Yet it is said, that "By faithAbel offered unto God, a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gift; and by it he being dead, yet speaketh." Also that, "By faithEnoch was translated, that he should not see death; and be was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God."12Similar statements are true of Noah, and many more, who lived during that age. But what did they all believe? Than those contained in this covenant there were no other promises, no other
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Faith of the antediluvians was in the promise of the Gospel (Genesis 3:15), the covenant of grace or edenic covenant since it was the only promise revealed to them at that time.
