Isaiah prophesied Christ birth to a virgin, the coming of a suffering messiah. Abraham, the father of nations and Christ ancestor witness Christ saving all nations. Noah, who God made a covenant with not to destroy the world with water again, and who also preached righteousness, now witness the ultimate goal of listening to God's instruction. John the Baptist, is represented in the painting as a witness to both Christ's Life and Death, he acknowledged Christ as the Lamb of God. Mt. Calvary in the background of the painting, also known as Golgotha, the place of skull was where Christ was crucified, the middle cross of the three was where Christ gave His last breathe. Bounds asserts that, “the resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish
