Deep within every human being, there is the yearning to know the truth, to live, to be happy, to love and to be loved, without end. But these very fundamental aspirations of the human nature are denied to us. The mind that seeks the truth is clouded with ignorance and falsehood.
Thus we are plunged into the depths of sorrow and despair from which rises the cry: “Who will rescue me?” Every religion, in one way or another, expresses the deep conviction that God will answer this cry for liberation. Our story starts with the expectation of various peoples concerning the coming of a divine Redeemer. Then we turn to the hopes of the Jewish people expressed in their Messianic prophecies.
