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_smk, regarding your first question about those before Christ, the Bible teaches that people looked forward in faith to the savior God would one day provide and thus were saved (see Romans Ch. 5). In effect, they were saved by looking forward to the cross. We are saved by looking back in time to the cross.
As for those who rejected the promises of God regarding the provision for sin in Christ, they have only the expectation of an eternity seperate from God. For those who have never heard the message of Christ, the Bible is clear that God, a perfect and just judge, will judge them based on the light that they have received. Romans Ch.1 says that everyone is given some knowledge of the creator and will be judged according to what they do with that knowlede. For us though, we have heard the message and are without excuse. :)