Old Testament Saints?
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Salvation for the Old Testament believers was the same as it is today for the New Testament believers.\nBy grace through faith in the coming Messiah (OT), and by grace through faith in the Messiah who came, and will return (NT).
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=205\nhttp://ivory.lm.com/~strita/strita.html\nhttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintr01.htm\n\nHOpe these help.
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This site is pretty informative\n\nhttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron00.htm#g
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There is no "old Covenant," because there is no new one.\n\nBut if you mean the Prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures, then what they said is From Gd.\n\nFor example, Ezekiel. The whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about the idea that no one can die for someone else's sins. This chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us.\n\nI also like Hosea, for example Hosea 11:9, where he said, "For I am Gd and not a man."\n\nI also love Jonah. In Jonah, the People of Ninevah do three things in order to be forgiven by Gd. They fast, they pray for forgiveness, and they stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd forgave them!\n\nJonah 3:7-10 And he caused it to be proclaimed \nand published through Ninevah, by the decree \nof the King and his nobles, saying, Let \nneither man nor beast, herd nor flock taste \nanything; let them not feed nor drink water; \nbut let man and beast be covered with \nsackcloth, and cry mightily unto Gd; yea, let \nthem turn every one from his evil way, and \nfrom the violence that is in their hands. Who \ncan tell if Gd will turn and repent, and turn \naway from his fierce anger that we perish not? \nAnd Gd saw their works, that they turned from \ntheir evil way; and Gd repented of the evil, \nthat he had said that he would do unto them; \nand he did not do it.\n\nPlease notice that Jonah tells us that Gd saw their WORKS, their deeds, how they turned from their evil ways, and Gd forgave them. It does not say that Gd saw their blood sacrifice, they never offered one. It does not say that Gd forgave them because they had the right faith, but rather it says that Gd forgave them because of their deeds!\n\nSo, yes, the Prophets who spoke as Gd instructed are wonderful!
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Yes, there are prophets in the Catholic religion.\n\nSome of the Saints are prophets.\n\nI am certainly no expert on prophecy, but this article in the Catholic Encyclopedia may help: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12473a.htm \nHowever, this article is from 1911 and may not completely align with current Church teaching.\n\nFor more expert Catholic opinions, you might want to try Catholic Answers at: http://www.catholic.com/\n\nWith love in Christ.
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God gave the Old Testament to "set the scene" as it were for the coming of His Messiah, which non-Messianic Jews still are looking for, and Christians including Messianic Jews would say is Jesus Christ.  The Old Testament is pretty well divided into parts.  \n\nFirst there is the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, all of which are believed to be authored by Moses and are commonly referred to as the "Law."  God gave it to show us what His standard is so that in doing so we may realize how far we all fall short of it, and thus, that God alone is justified in judging or condemning, for we are all guilty.  As Jesus said, let Him that is without sin cast the first stone.  The Law in providing the basis for what we know to be wrong, thus shows us we need God's mercy.  \n\nThen come the historical books, like Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Chronicles, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Samuel, Esther, and Nehemiah.  These chronicle much of Israel's history and God's interaction with people for hundreds of years.  It is often said, those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.  I suspect these historical books are given not only that we may understand better God's interaction with people but also common mistakes made by people just like us.  \n\nThen there is the wisdom books, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and Ecclesiastes.  In these books is hidden a wealth of wisdom to apply to all venues of everyday life, written by David, Solomon, and Job.  David and Solomon were both 2 of Israel's greatest rulers, and Job was at one point the most influential man in the middle east.  \n\nAnd finally, the remaining books, Isaiah through Malachi, form what is known as the prophets, foretelling of that which is to come, with much about the coming Messiah and other future events.  Sometimes we can even figure out exact dates based on times given like that in Nehemiah 2 {month Nisan, in the 20th year of Artaxerxes the king, or 445 B.C.[1]).  Interestingly, that time allows us to precisely date, when comparing with Daniel 9:25, the exact time when the Messiah is to come.  Since the babylonian calendar time of 360 days was used, you then multiply 360 days * the 69 weeks of 7 years each, so 360 * 69 * 7 or 173,880 days unto "the Messiah, the Prince."  To get our current year we must then divide by 365 to get 476.38356 years, which when added to the 445 B.C. date we have from archeological evidence we get a date of roughly 21-22 A.D when the Messiah was to start His public ministry.  The 70th week which would account for 49 years is said in Daniel 9 to be when the sacrifice and offering would cease.  And in 70 A.D. the temple at Jerusalem was destroyed indeed by Rome, so that the offerings did cease, which today are no longer a custom by Israel.  To see a thorough elaboration of the points, you can see the Scofield note[2] on the topic.  At any rate, many of the prophecies have now been fulfilled, including many Messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus[3].\n\n\n\nAs for the New Testament, in it we find the fulfilling of the promises and hints of the grace to come by the Messiah.  We see the fulfilling of the prophecies and the revelation of which the Old Testament prophets could see and show only a shadow of.  It is small wonder then that the last book of the Bible is called "Revelation" for it is God's revelation of that which He has now made clear, known, and open about His long-ago promises.  Grace and truth are now revealed as being free to all in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Mmm...\n\nHere are some of the Jewish medieval troubadours I can think of at the moment:\n*Solomon ibn Gabirol/ R' Shlomoh Ibn Gbirol /HaRashbag\n*Yehuda Halevi\n*Yehuda Alharizi\n*Moses ibn Ezra/ Mosheh Ibn Ezra
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Judaism follows the Tora, which is pretty much the Old Testament of the Bible.
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Old Testament = Torah.\nTorah = Unchanged.\nTorah = Jewish.\n\nHope that answers your question.
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So Many events that the spirit of GOD existed in Old Testament. The 1 example is Daniel, in the mids of lion & in the fire inside the oven. Also in the time of Moises, Elijah, David, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, & so manyyyyyyyyyyyy ......!
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Yeah, I've been wondering myself why they're called IDOLS - I sure don't worship them and I haven't seen a statuette of any of them so-called Idols up front with the rest of the Saints.\n\nHmmm...now you've got me thinking. ;-P
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The Old Testament sacrifices were a 'type' of Christ. Think of them as a credit card for sin. Jesus was the actual payment. And that payment is good for all people throughout time.
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! SOMEBODY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SPEAK OUT IN TRUTH! You are 100% CORRECT! ALL of the so-called "holidays"(holydays) were NEVER commanded in the Bible-EVER!!! Jeremiah Chapter 10 directly mentions a "christmas tree" as an IDOL! Astarte (Easter) is mentioned many times in the Old Testament as an ABOMINATION TO GOD!!! Tammuz is also in the Old Testament! And not in a good way! People simply follow what the "crowd" says to follow! DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT??? Borrowing Pagan traditions and somehow transforming them into "holy days" is unacceptable worship to GOD! DON'T BELIEVE A NOBODY LIKE ME--READ YOUR BIBLE!!! Please see for yourself! Then you will know what God REALLY feels about man-made traditions.....
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OLD TESTAMENT\n\nGenesis\nExodus\nLeviticus\nNumbers\nDeuteronomy\nJoshua\nJudges\nRuth\n1 Samuel\n2 Samuel\n1 Kings\n2 Kings\n1 Chronicles\n2 Chronicles\nEzra\nNehemiah\nEsther\nJob\nPsalms\nProverbs\nEcclesiastes\nSong of Solomon\nIsaiah\nJeremiah\nLamentations\nEzekiel\nDaniel\nHosea\nJoel\n Amos\nObadiah\nJonah\nMicah\nNahum\nHabakkuk\nZephaniah\nHaggai\nZechariah\nMalachi\n\nNEW TESTAMENT\n\nMatthew\nMark\nLuke\nJohn\nActs of the Apostles\nRomans\n1 Corinthians\n2 Corinthians\nGalatians\nEphesians\nPhilippians\nColossians\n1 Thessalonians\n2 Thessalonians\n 1 Timothy\n2 Timothy\nTitus\nPhilemon\nHebrews\nJames\n1 Peter\n2 Peter\n1 John\n2 John\n3 John\nJude\nRevelation
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Yes, they are all saints. I do know that Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine were virgins and martyrs. They have that in common. Saint Margaret and Saint Cahterine are ranked as one of the fourteen most helpful saints in heaven. I would assume that Saint Michael is there also. So, I think that may be your answer?
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Catholic and Orthodox churches create new saints.  Many reformed churches (in particular the C of E) are happy to work with the old ones, but not the newer ones since they split with Rome.\n\nPatron saints are ones with a particular connection with an occupation or some other group of people.  Sometimes the connection is obvious: at other times it's a bit obscure.  Why England should have an Armenian soldier as our patron saint, I've no idea.
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Cuniform is the oldest written language. The old testament was written in Hebrew and Chaldean (Daniel)