Yes, absolutely correct! God requirement for the Old Testament Jews who lived in Palestine to keep the ceremonial laws was a matter of obeying the Lord to avoid national judgment. It has nothing to do with going to Heaven. Case in point, when the Jews failed to keep the Sabbath Day for 490 years, God punished them by sending Israel into Babylonian captivity for 70 years (1 year for every 7 years they had failed to keep the Sabbath). Nobody lost God's free gift of eternal life. Acts 10:43 makes it plain that ALL THE PROPHETS preached salvation by God's grace through faith alone in the Messiah.
Beware of any false teacher (e.g., Peter S. Ruckman, William P. Grady and Robert Breaker) who foolishly teach that people were saved by WORKS in the Old Testament under Mosaic law. The three aforementioned names all preach heresy, by claiming that people needed to maintain a life of GOOD WORKS to remain in a state of salvation.
The inspired King James Bible adamantly teaches that lost sinners have always been saved by God's grace through childlike faith in Jesus Christ. John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
