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Yeah, like KeyKingKong said, pre-Christian Jews lived under the old covenant, a set of rules God created that had nothing to do with Jesus.
When Jesus arrived on scene, he (with God) created a new set of rules, the new covenant, that had different requirements for getting into heaven.
Both sets of rules left you with an opportunity to be saved, and an opportunity to be damned.
The interesting point here is that (according to common interpretations of the bible) everybody goes into limbo until the second coming of Christ. So there is either a heck of a lot of people sitting in limbo, or Christ has already come and gone for the second time and we all missed the boat. Meaning we're already in hell or tribulation or whatever syntax you prefer.
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