From the beginning, men have known of the coming of Jesus Christ to die for the sins of men. From Adam and Eve through the generations following Noah, Job, and Abraham, Christ was known and taught as the coming Saviour of men. The sacrifice of innocent lambs pointed to the sacrifice of the Innocent Christ: "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

      In the days of the prophet Daniel (6th century B.C.) the knowledge of Christ was taught: "Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego [because they wouldn't bow before the golden statue of the king]: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and THE FORM OF THE FOURTH IS LIKE THE SON OF GOD. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon." Dan.3:19-30.

      How did Nebuchadnezzar know about "the Son of God?" The prophet Daniel made known to the king the history and religion of Israel, and the coming of the "Messiah" for the sins of men. Even before the prophets and kings of Israel, Abraham knew of the coming of Christ. Said Jesus to the Jews of His day: "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad." Jn.8:56.

      That men today refuse to learn and believe this most ancient of truths shows how, throughout history, organized religion professing Christ as LORD has failed in their commission to stand blameless before men. Nevertheless, TRUE Christianity is the oldest religion on Earth since the moral fall of our Premier mother and father, and the great plan of GOD'S salvation began.