"And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets" (Hebrews 11:32).

"This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us" (Acts 7:38).

"These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as He taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on Him; for His hour was not yet come" (John 8:20).

"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad" (John 8:56).

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees about "my day"--a day which Abraham had "seen" 2000 years before. This evidently referred to the time when Christ would be on earth, which God had enabled Abraham to see in prophecy.

"Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you" (Romans 1:10).