Abraham had faith in God, and it was counted to him as righteousness(Heb 11).
I don't know if he actually met Jesus though.
Maybe...
Jesus said, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad".
Melchisedek???
Okay.
Jesus' reference to Abraham having "
rejoiced" (past tense) to see "
My day" (then present tense, now past tense) was then confirmed by what Paul stated regarding the timing of the coming or return of Christ, saying, "
But each one in his own order"-- meaning that while all in Christ see Him at his coming, unlike the unfolding of history and the lives and times of "
each in his own order", the event of Christ's coming or return is stated by Christ as a one time event, which He called "
My day" referring to that present time (now past).
Granted, the reality of the timeless and eternal things of God do not easily translate well into the terms that men who are accustom to all things existing on a timeline, are likely to understand--even when we know that God Himself does not exist in such a way, but "
is the same yesterday, today, and forever", meaning
always. But does that mean that we should view the things of God by the terms of men regardless rather than the terms of God? Certainly not, and this (God's terms) is the perspective by which I have been speaking.
The point is, all who come under the salvation of Jesus Christ, which is the only salvation made available to mankind from the beginning of the world unto the end...are begotten of God (born again of the spirit of God) by and "
in" the "
only begotten Son" Jesus Christ (as His body) in
His day whether past, present, or future tense according to men. Scripture breaks all who are "
in Christ" down into two groups, "
the dead in Christ" meaning before the day of Christ and salvation had come, and "
the living in Christ" meaning those born again of the spirit of God, after He has come.
This is what is meant by "
worship in spirit and truth”; that is, by God's terms rather than those of men and of this world.