Matthew—The Gospel of the Promised Messiah (2)

The hope of the coming Messiah lived in the soul of every faithful son of Abraham. Already in the Garden of Eden, God had promised, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Gen. 3:15). The Jews came to know the Promised One as the Messiah, a Hebrew name for the Anointed One. According to the law and the prophets, Christ was coming as Mediator of the covenant. The hope of the coming Messiah lived...