Faith Before The Flood

Hebrews 11
4 By faith Abel....
5 By faith Enoch....
7 By faith Noah...
8 By faith Abraham...

The chapter provides a lesson in faith, faith of those who lived and believed before the coming of Christ.

More From Hebrews 11
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Strangers and pilgrims on the earth: what a wonderful verse.   This is one of those passages that hardwire Old Testament teachings to New Testament teachings. 

And Finally From Hebrews 11
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

And they did, finally, receive their salvation, with us, with the coming of the Messiah and the sacrifice of Jesus, on the cross. And, in the end, this passage provides the timeless meaning of faith and a deeper meaning of faith.