Alright, here is my humble answer. The man that has most influenced all of humanity is Adam. It was by him that sin entered the world, and every human ever born has been affected by that. Jesus hasn't reached everybody yet. And the oldest monotheistic religion is Judaism, based on the biblical account of Melchizedek. genesis 14 reads "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Melchizedek, according to Paul, was a priest of the most high God. Melchizedek is often considered to be an pre incarnate epiphany of Jesus, meaning that the king of salem and high priest of God could have been in that place for any length of time. He was there before abraham, and worshiped God before abraham.
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