What did Christ say about the principal figures in Hebrew history?
“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:46-47). “. . . [You will] see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God . . .” (Luke 13:28). “But He [Jesus] said to them, ‘Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry . . . ?'” (Mark 2:25). Christ acknowledged and validated the historicity of the leading characters and events of the Old Testament (compare Matthew 11:22-24; 12:41-42; etc.). He authenticated the Hebrew Bible by accepting biblical history and citing it in His teaching. The apostles did the same. Read Hebrews 11, which is known as the “faith chapter ” of the Bible. It is a brief compendium of the early Church’s belief in the leading people and the main events of the Old Testament. [TOP OF PAGE] [TABLE OF CONTENTS] [THIS CATEGORY] [PAGE BOTTOM] THE WRITERS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE In writing His Word for humanity, God used peop
