I'll let the scripture answer that,
They knew who He was.
So your claim is that OT saints knew who Jesus of Nazareth was before He ever came in the flesh...?
Abraham talked with Him in a manifestation of the flesh before Sodom and Gomorrah The word says that God talked with Moses face to face. this is confirmed on the mount of transfiguration. There are many more places that show they knew He was coming. Isaiah talks about His coming and so did Jeremiah and Zachariah.
It's all there if you have eyes to see and ears to her what the spirit is saying.
hismessenger
In the scripture you posted... it did say that they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth, although it doesn't say that they confessed Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of the living God.
Also... if Christ was ALREADY building His church in the OT, then Matt 16 doesn't make a lot of sense... because why would He say that He was going to build His church based upon the confession of Himself if that was already happening...? It's basically what the OP asks...
IMO, the just have ALWAYS lived by faith... in the OT and in the NT... and that's what pleases God. So the OT saints didn't know of Jesus of Nazareth, although they certainly had the Law and prophets which pointed to Him.
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