Oh, you know, T, I worked long and hard to stop setting the rules for God and at my advanced age I have pretty much succeeded so I have no definite idea about that. My gut says yes, they are saved by observance of the Old Covenant which cannot be "apart from Christ" since "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος" but I don't know; way, way above my pay grade, my friend.
"Different perceptions of a phenomenon whose underlying Reality is the same, K."
So the priests and the rabbis around here in my youth always said.
K: So the priests and the rabbis around here in my youth always said.
That's really stretching it. I am sure no self-respecting Jew would say Christianity is just a different perception of the same underlying reality.
My gut says yes, they are saved by observance of the Old Covenant which cannot be "apart from Christ" since "In the beginning [sic] was the Word..." but I don't know; way, way above my pay grade, my friend.
Well, they leave out the Christ, Kolo. The NT really doesn't leave that option.