11.1 What is the gospel?
ANSWER:
"Gospel" is an old English word meaning "good news". It is the good news about the Kingdom of God, and how we can find salvation in that Kingdom. See Luke 8:1; Mark 1:14; Matthew 4:17 and 23; Romans 1:16.

11.2 Was Jesus Christ the first person to preach the gospel?
ANSWER:
No. The gospel was preached to Abraham, who lived about 2,000 years before Jesus Christ. See Galatians 3:8.

11.3 What did God promise Abraham?
ANSWER:
(a) He gave him the good news of the Gospel (Galatians 3:8).
(b) He said Abraham would be father of a great nation, of many peoples and of kings, and would be a source of great blessing (Genesis 12:2; 13:16; 17:4, 6).
(c) He promised that all nations would be blessed in Abraham and his seed (Genesis 12:3; 22:17-18).
(d) He made a covenant with Abraham whereby he will inherit the land of Canaan for ever by resurrection from the dead (Genesis 13:14-17; 15:7, 12, 17; 17: 8; Acts 7:5; Mark 12:26-27; Hebrews 11:8-9, 39-40).
(e) He promised that Abraham's seed (Christ) would inherit the land of Canaan and be king over all his enemies (Genesis 12:7;22:17;Galatians 3:8, 16, 29).
The promises were renewed to Abraham's son, Isaac, and his grandson, Jacob. See Genesis 26:2-4; 28:34.13-14.

11.4 What did God promise king David?
ANSWER:
(a) that he would have a remarkable descendant whose father would be God.
See 1 Chronicles 17:11-12.

(b) that God's covenant with David would be established in this descendant, who is Christ, (Acts 2:30), who would rule on David's throne (Psalm 89:28, 34-36; 132:11)

(c) that Christ would also be a righteous Saviour
(2 Samuel 23: 3-5)

(d) that the Royal House of David would be God's house and with Christ would establish a house of worship in Zion (1 Chronicles 17:10, 12, l6; Psalm 132:2-3. See also Isaiah 2:2-3).