That silence was broken by the arrival of John the Baptist, who announced that the promised Savior had come. While the thirty-nine Old Testament books focus on the history of Israel and the promise of the coming Savior, the twenty-seven New Testament books focus on the person of Christ and the establishment of the church. The four gospels give the record of His birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension. Each of the four writers views the greatest and most important event in history, the life