Back in Eden, when it appeared that mankind had lost everything ​ — a clean standing with God, everlasting life, happiness, and Paradise — ​ Jehovah God foretold a Deliverer.
كَمَا ذَكَرَتْ أَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي مِنْ سُلَالَةِ نَسَبِ ٱلْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ .‏ —‏ تك ٢١ :‏ ١٢ ؛‏ ٢٢ :‏ ​ ١٦ -‏ ١٨ ؛‏ ٢٨ :‏ ١٤ ؛‏ ٢ صم ٧ :‏ ​ ١٢ -‏ ١٦‏ .‏