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Shouldn't The New Movie Noah Actually Be Called Gabriel?


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Just Mormons, but I don't think it's an official teaching. The new movie Noah wasn't made by Mormons.

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Also, the new Noah movie isn't about destroying a violent and sinful people. It is about people being destroyed because of global warming in their own day.

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Noah is Gabriel?  I guess I hadn't hear that belief of the LDS church before.  I know this question opens a can of worms, but is that an official belief/teaching/doctrine of the LDS church?

 

I've heard that Adam is Michael, too.  Is that official?

 

Are there any other Old Testament people that are equated with angels?

 

As a side note, it is fascinating to me that the LDS view angels as human spirits.

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Noah is Gabriel?  I guess I hadn't hear that belief of the LDS church before.  I know this question opens a can of worms, but is that an official belief/teaching/doctrine of the LDS church?

 

I've heard that Adam is Michael, too.  Is that official?

 

Are there any other Old Testament people that are equated with angels?

 

As a side note, it is fascinating to me that the LDS view angels as human spirits.

 

In LDS belief Adam is Michael, and Noah is Gabriel.

 

In LDS belief Angels are messengers from God. Be it pre mortal, mortal, or post mortal. They don't have wings. ;)

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As a side note, it is fascinating to me that the LDS view angels as human spirits.

 

Rev 19:10

 

Anyway, Satan and his menions are also a human spirit, but who failed in the first estate (pre-existence) -- did not get a body.

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Also, the new Noah movie isn't about destroying a violent and sinful people. It is about people being destroyed because of global warming in their own day.

Yes, Noah had to have several SUVs to get all of those animals. Stupid Hollywood.

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Also, the new Noah movie isn't about destroying a violent and sinful people. It is about people being destroyed because of global warming in their own day.

 

Have you seen the movie?

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Noah is Gabriel?  I guess I hadn't hear that belief of the LDS church before.  I know this question opens a can of worms, but is that an official belief/teaching/doctrine of the LDS church?

 

I've heard that Adam is Michael, too.  Is that official?

 

Are there any other Old Testament people that are equated with angels?

 

As a side note, it is fascinating to me that the LDS view angels as human spirits.

Adam is officially Michael. It is inferred that Gabriel is Noah. A lot of LDS suspect Raphael is Enoch and that the other archangels are Abraham, Moses (he should stick with being called Metatron), Peter, and Joseph Smith.

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In LDS belief Adam is Michael, and Noah is Gabriel.

 

In LDS belief Angels are messengers from God. Be it pre mortal, mortal, or post mortal. They don't have wings. ;)

But they can fly and use some kind of conduit to teleport.

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Yes. This link that I posted upthread is directly from LDS.org.

"Fact Box: Noah

Names: Noah, Gabriel

Birth date: about 1,056 years after Adam9

Age at time of death: 950 years10

Genealogy: son of Lamech, grandson of Methuselah, ninth generation after Adam

Mortal roles: preacher of righteousness before the Flood; savior of family and animals from the Flood; second father of the human race

Postmortal role: as Gabriel, he appeared to Daniel to teach him about the Second Coming;11 to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist; and to Mary, the mother of Jesus."

I've been taught this my whole life in the church.

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Adam is officially Michael. It is inferred that Gabriel is Noah. A lot of LDS suspect Raphael is Enoch and that the other archangels are Abraham, Moses (he should stick with being called Metatron), Peter, and Joseph Smith.

 

The two name thing is a fascinating concept.  I know this thread is focused on those who are considered "angels" - Noah/Gabriel, Adam/Michael, Raphael/Enoch.

Other name changes in scripture are equally interesting:  Shem/Melchezidek, Paul/Saul, Jacob/Israel, Abram/Abraham.

 

When we consider the ordinances of the temple as well as the doctrine of adoption it seems like having multiple names and acquiring new names as we progress spiritually is a standard practice.  We consistently acquire names throughout our existence.  Another example would be a wife taking her husband's last name eternally when she is sealed to him.

We take upon ourselves the name of Christ figuratively when baptized, but eventually when Christ "seals us His" perhaps we will literally gain his name.  (Someone told me that's where "christening" came from - "Christ ending").

Anyway, speculative, but fascinating.

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Aren't Noah and Gabriel the same person?

The Bible calls him Noah (Nuh in Arabic). I am good with that. As to Noah being Gabriel, I will let Jesus the Christ explain that when we talk. :)

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Adam is officially Michael. It is inferred that Gabriel is Noah. A lot of LDS suspect Raphael is Enoch and that the other archangels are Abraham, Moses (he should stick with being called Metatron), Peter, and Joseph Smith.

 

Interesting.  Which archangel is speculated to be Joseph Smith?

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Interesting.  Which archangel is speculated to be Joseph Smith?

Most don't go so far as to assign a position. In my admittedly not comprehensive look at the names of the (usually seven) archangels only Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael seem to stay the same consistently. The other names vary a lot between sources.

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I think that outside of Adam = Michael, nothing is stressed. We may accept that Noah = Gabriel, and perhaps Enoch = Raphael, but that doesn't come up much... at least that I can remember.

Perhaps LDS are the only group(or one of very few) that believe angels are not a different species than man.

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Yes. This link that I posted upthread is directly from LDS.org.

"Fact Box: Noah

Names: Noah, Gabriel

Birth date: about 1,056 years after Adam9

Age at time of death: 950 years10

Genealogy: son of Lamech, grandson of Methuselah, ninth generation after Adam

Mortal roles: preacher of righteousness before the Flood; savior of family and animals from the Flood; second father of the human race

Postmortal role: as Gabriel, he appeared to Daniel to teach him about the Second Coming;11 to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist; and to Mary, the mother of Jesus."

I've been taught this my whole life in the church.

Does the movie show him post mortality or not? Edited by calmoriah
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Adam is officially Michael. It is inferred that Gabriel is Noah. A lot of LDS suspect Raphael is Enoch and that the other archangels are Abraham, Moses (he should stick with being called Metatron), Peter, and Joseph Smith.

 

I thought Enoch was Metatron.

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Interesting.  Which archangel is speculated to be Joseph Smith?

 

Possibly Barakiel (or some better spelling thereof).

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