⇒ They were the faithful followers of the LORD, and their faithfulness was being demonstrated in their return to the promised land of God. ⇒ They were proof that God’s promise of a godly seed of believers would always exist upon the earth. Moreover, their godly heritage could be traced through the genealogies that had been kept by their forefathers since the very beginning of human history. Unlike any other nation upon earth, the genealogy of godly believers could be traced all the way back to Adam,