This gift of a heavenly Leader was prophesied at Isaiah 55: 4: “Look! As a witness to the national groups I have given him, as a leader and commander to the national groups. ”
وَقَدْ أَنْبَأَتْ إِشَعْيَا ٥٥ :‏ ٤ عَنْ هذَا ٱلْقَائِدِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيِّ قَائِلَةً :‏ « هُوَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ شَاهِدًا لِلْأُمَمِ ،‏ قَائِدًا وَآمِرًا لِلْأُمَمِ » .‏