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A 5 page research paper that addresses the topic of salvation as it is addressed in the Old Testament. The write particularly focuses on the "prophetic" model of salvation in OT scripture. The writer also considers this aspect of religious faith from within the context of this time in history, while relating it to Christian perspective and particularly on how a Old Testament view of salvation informs New Testament faith, life and studies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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salvation is clearest in the account of the Old Testament prophets, particularly Isaiah (Clifford and Anatolios 739). This examination of how salvation is pictured in the Old Testament considers this
aspect of religious faith from within the context of this time in history, while relating it to Christian perspective and particularly on how a Old Testament view of salvation
informs New Testament faith, life and studies. In perspective of the writers of the Old Testament was that of "Ancient Near Eastern royal scribes," in that they saw world history
as a long succession of different empires and monarchs, which "took divine causality seriously," and "correlated important events" accordingly (Clifford and Anatolios 739). In the later half of the eighth
century B.C., it seemed clear to the prophets "Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Micah" that God had ended his "special relationship with Israel," as these Old Testament books endeavor to
correlate this "divine decision with Israels conduct" (Clifford and Anatolios 739). In this prophetic model of salvation, God does, indeed, provide salvation for the people but it is an
extended process that is recognized by the Israelites "only in the long run" (Clifford and Anatolios 740). It is Isaiahs perspective that particularly informs the writing of Lukes Gospel, as
this account of Jesus ministry portrays it as a "coherent judgment comprising sin, chastisement and restoration" (Clifford and Anatolios 740). The prophetic model can be summarized as portraying four distinctive
characteristics. First of all, divine saving presence intercedes into human history through divine intervention and through God using human instrumentality to accomplish divine purpose (Clifford and Anatolios 741). Secondly, this
intervention reveals Gods "plan," as God "coopts the plot of human history" in order to enact his purposes (Clifford and Anatolios 741). However, this plan is interactive and requires appropriate
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