For instance, there's a whole chapter in the New Testament about Jewish people like Abraham and Isaac and Joseph, who are actually cited by God for outstanding faith. The word for Christ is an English pronunciation of the Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah. The Hebrew scriptures, perhaps as early as the Garden of Eden, began referring directly or indirectly to the coming of the Messiah.

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