DID ANY OF THE OTW QUALIFIED FOR A SUB-STANDARD OF PERFECTION

Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Hebrews 11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:39 “And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,” . The OTW doctrine concludes that this passage qualifies the OTW categorically and unquestionably for such a pre-resurrection scenario.

It has been suggested that some teachers of the doctrine may go so far as to state that the worthies were in fact “overcomers”, according to God’s law, within the specific time period or dispensation of the Old Testament.

Some teachers add another qualification to their previously stated assertion of perfected OTW by stating, “If they were not overcomers, they were so close to perfection that they only needed to complete a few minor carnal behaviors.”

The teachers use a fallacy called Argument By Scenario: telling a story that ties together unrelated material, and then using the story as proof they are related.

Additionally, the teachers state that “water baptism and the baptism of the Holy Spirit are the only things lacking for all of the Worthies.”

The OTW didn’t have to accept Jesus as Messiah for a pre-resurrection because, according to the doctrine, “they already had” accepted Jesus in their previous lives.

This knowledge plus the Holy Ghost would have empowered the OTW to easily move into the higher standard of perfection of the New Testament. The teachers of the OTW would double down on the doctrine adding once again “the OTW had to be overcomers” to move into the First Resurrection, just like everyone in the world today.

Some teachers’ conjecturing of the Doctrine of the OTW suggests that these prophets and characters of Hebrews 11, may or may not have had a personal experience with Jesus. However, others also teach that the entire group of saints included in the chapter of Hebrews 11 could have been taught by Jesus himself.

Another caveat is given which claims, if the OTW did not have a personal relationship with Jesus, the OTW were certainly taught through Abel, Jacob and Noah about the Savior.

The OTW teachers likewise state that Jesus passed this knowledge to Moses about the pre-resurrection and First Resurrection. Moses then taught the rest of the OTW of Israel.

The knowledge of who the Messiah really was was passed down through every generation until the last Old Testament prophet, Malachi. There it stopped and was lost to Israel until the coming of Jesus.