Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ."-- Galatians 3:8,16.
[105]Before the blessing promised could come to the peoples of earth, the seed which was promised must first come.

The Israelites, otherwise called Jews, therefore expected that one of the natural descendants of Abraham would become their king and that through that king and his kingdom all the nations of the earth would be blessed by receiving the benefits first given to them.

For this reason the faithful Jews looked forward with great expectancy to the birth of the one who was to be their king.

They based their hopes upon the repeated promise made by Jehovah.

Without doubt it was thought by some that Isaac, the son of Abraham, would be the one through whom the blessing would come.