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A righteous person is one who is ethical and faithful to God’s covenantA covenant is a promise or agreement. In the Bible the promises made…

The region we today call Palestine and Israel was under Roman rule during the time of JesusJesus is the MessiahThe Messiah was the one who, it was believed, would come to free the people of Israel from bondage and exile. In Jewish thought the Messiah is the anticipated one who will come, as prophesied by Isaiah. In Christian thought Jesus of Nazareth is identified... More whose life, death, and resurrection…