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Salvation from Penalty, Presence of Power of Sin |
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The Jewish Scriptures glories in calling God Savior (Isa. 45:15, 21; Ps. 24:5; 27:1, 9; 62:2; 65:5, 79:7; Micah 7:7; Hab. 3:18; Isa. 12:2; 17:10; 62:11).
The word “salvation” in the Old Testament has the idea of God delivering His people from circumstances in which they are powerless to rescue themselves and in which they are doomed to destruction without God’s help. Sometimes the context is physical deliverance from enemies, and at other times it is the rescue from sin and its consequences. "Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness" (Psalm 51:14).
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