CLE: THE OLD TESTAMENT KINGS

• Faithfulness is the act of commitment and firmness to adhere to the truth and something important that we keep or believe in.
• The incarnation of Jesus Christ is foretold thousands of years ago by the prophets.
• The promised King was born already and fulfilled His mission.
• Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead.
• Fortune telling is one spiritual activity that the Church has condemned
• Prophecy is a supernatural foreknowledge of future events manifested in words and signs for the good of others.
• Prophets are chosen people of God to speak in His name and bring His message for all
• Fortune tellers are individuals who render service to selected individuals who compensate their services.
• prophets have the gift of prophecy infused by God to warn the people of the things that will come in the future.
• the gift of prophecy is a crucial element particularly in understanding the message of the Scriptures
• One very important prophecy in the Bible is the coming of the Messiah, the Savior of Israel and of the whole world.
• The prophecy about the coming savior is foretold in the Old Testament by many prophets in different time and generation. The prophecy all points out to Jesus Christ.
• Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of many prophecies in the Old Testament, and the realization of "God's promise" to save His creation.
• The main prophecy that points to Jesus is the coming of a Messiah (Savior) portrayed as a King.
• Jesus is human but also divine
• In the Gospel of Matthew, the messianic theme of a coming King of kings is realized.
• Jesus Christ is presented as a man from the lineage of David.
• Jesus Christ Himself proclaimed in His teaching that He has a Kingdom, the "Kingdom of Heaven"
• The Gospel presented Jesus as the "son of David," considered the greatest King of Israel. He is a descendant of David and a rightful heir to the throne of His father.
• The prophet Nathan told David that His kingdom would remain forever and a son from his royal lineage will build the temple (house of God).
• Solomon the son of David built the temple of Israel
• Jesus on the other hand built the temple of God, in every man's heart through His Spirit and in His Church.
• The royal line of David passes to Solomon, and passed to Joseph, the adopted father of Jesus, making Jesus the heir of David.
• genealogy - family history, tracing the lineages and history of the family
• Other important prophecies about Jesus in the old testament: The prophecy of the King from the line of David, The prophesy of the Virgin Mother of God, and The prophecy of the suffering Messiah
• Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel
• This is the most vivid description of the suffering Jesus. In the passion and death of Jesus, these words of old became all a reality. Jesus is called the suffering Messiah. By His stripes we are healed.
• Jesus Christ is the new Moses, and the fulfillment of the Law, he is the true high priest from the order of Melchizedek who offered the perfect sacrifice to God, the only Sacrifice acceptable to God, the body and blood of Jesus.
• The Old Testament could only be understood in the light of Jesus, because everything that is written in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the person of Jesus.
• The power of God was best expressed by Jesus in His love for mankind until His death on the cross. God conquered evil by love.
• The Promised Messiah foretold in the Old Testament was already incarnated with us in the person of Jesus.
• The God prophesied in the old became man
• The Eucharist is a memorial of His love for us. The Eucharist is our encounter with Him. He is sacramentally present in the sacred bread and wine, living with us in His Spirit.
• The precepts of the church are set in the content of a rrealal life bound to and nourished by linerliturgicalgical life. The obligatory character of these positive laws decreed a the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the very necessary minimum in the sont of on yer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God
• The first precept You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor requires the faithful to sanctify the day commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord as well as the principal of honoring the mysteries of the Lord
• The second precept ("You shall confess your sins at least Once a year")
• The third precept("You shall receive the sacrament the Eucharist at least during the Easter season")
• the fourth precept ("You shall observe the days of for and abstinence established by the church")
• The fifth precept("You shall help to provide for the rest the church")
• He is the eternally begotten Son of the Lord Most High whom kings fear in His anger, and who blesses those who take refuge in Him.