### 19. Q. How do you come to know this?

**A**. The holy gospel tells me. God himself began to reveal the gospel already in Paradise;<sup>1</sup> later, he proclaimed it by the holy patriarchs<sup>2</sup> and prophets<sup>3</sup> and foreshadowed it by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law;<sup>4</sup> and finally he fulfilled it through his own beloved Son.<sup>5</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Gen. 3:15](/get-passage/Genesis+3:15)
<sup>2</sup> [Gen. 22:18](/get-passage/Genesis+22:18); [49:10](/get-passage/Genesis+49:10)
<sup>3</sup> [Isa. 53](/get-passage/Isaiah+53); [Jer. 23:5-6](/get-passage/Jeremiah+23:5-6); [Mic. 7:18-20](/get-passage/Micah+7:18-20); [Acts 10:43](/get-passage/Acts+10:43); [Heb. 1:1-2](/get-passage/Hebrews+1:1-2)
<sup>4</sup> [Lev. 1-7](/get-passage/Leviticus+1); [John 5:46](/get-passage/John+5:46); [Heb. 10:1-10](/get-passage/Hebrews+10:1-10)
<sup>5</sup> [Rom. 10:4](/get-passage/Romans+10:4); [Gal. 4:4-5](/get-passage/Galatians+4:4-5); [Col. 2:17](/get-passage/Colossians+2:17)