There is then a special section on relations with Muslims and another on relations with Jews, Nostra Aetate, which rejects long centuries of Christian anti-Jewish teaching and preaching. (religion-online.org)
It was a standing principle of Rabbinic exegesis of the Old Testament that what the prophets predicted had reference to the «days of the Messiah,» that is to say, to the expected time when God, after long centuries of waiting, should visit His people with judgment and blessing, bringing to a climax His dealings with them in history. (religion-online.org)
The people of the Old Testament were on a long journey by which they gradually matured in their relationship with God, over long centuries learning about Him and discovering always more about who He is. (faith.org.uk)