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contents

Akwm 9

I

A Pp B 2

Isael’s Missinal Lie

2 A Sy Na? 45

Isael’s Witness the W

3 A a Emby G’ R 6he Full Missin Jesus

4 D, a, Sa 87

Ptaits Missin in the Synptic Gspels

5 A M S L 3

Being, Ding an elling in Jhn’s Gspel

6 Y W B My W 33

Speaking an Living the Gspel in Acts

7 Cmp by C’ L 59

Paul’s Hlistic Missin

8 Pa Gp 83

he Missinal Lie Paul’s Chuches

9 M m Ma 29

Being, Ding an elling in Pete




Fw Lamb 23

W an Lie Missin in Revelatin

Wa D D I Mak? 253

Cncluing Relectins

F F Ra 278

Sbj a A Ix 28

Sp Ix 284




introDuction

Peach the gspel at all times,

an i necessay use ws.

Attriuted toSt Frncis of Assisi

t’ a w ay, a bk a

I ’ pp w— m Sp-

ay, w J a hw w a G-

m I pmay ak pa p ? S w

pa w a ? I py pak ?

pp w C mby km G?

T a a y aay, aa Ca aa wa ba w—mm am xy I pa,

wa a a aa -a a p a a am

a ba y Ta ma C-

ay xa “pa’ ak w pp C

paa m ma j a my y I -

a, may aa w y, m wa

wmy ab pam p b T a

Moe ecetly, libeatio theology, with it oot i Lati Ameica, emphaized that huma

“alatio” wa pimaily about libeatig people om the ujut ocial, political ad ecoomic

ytem that oppe them.




Intuctin 1

y w , y kw a a y w

a?” I’m y p w a am I mpy

a I m a Ca m a wa y a-m I wa a ab vebal w

La, w, I w a Bb Aa Pp-

p I y a I a b pp a a ma

A qa mmy w pp qa

ab amp w I a wk May my Ca

w w w bbay appa k

py, maz j a pa p I k may paa p a “Smky Ma” aba

mp, w a pp am m a Pp

kw J B y m a a W

a w b p C a I

a my Ca a b Aa b a a

pama p a a paa ma a

m my w b N Ama

M y, I a b a may a W Ep I

a , a w, a m a pmay w

aqa F may a pp a “p-Ca” ,

p pa am Ca

a a a ky pak M pp a ay a-

a by a a b y am by C

T x y a a ap a a

p a why w a way w

A am m, I a w my , b Ep, a w

a I a N Ama, a way b G’ pp

w May m a paa ab mmy, m-

a j, a a a B -

ay talking ab a Ty a m w living ut

mpa C mm a a km G

Uay, b q mm ma a m pp T w ba w

wy a m xp Cay p

aba am T w wa pa p




Intuctin 1

aw w a q D m pa a ba

my w y , I w pmay paa Nw -

am ay my a ab a a, Nw am aa am a pak, pa a mby

w I y j m jy, w w Sp a ma-

maa bw a p, a a-

a p m G

A am m, w xp a a bba w

w a pp A w

maa Sp, w ak w a m a - bw b, a ay D y m

m a ? A , wy? W w a a Nw

am w a am way D m-

a ma appa m

I a p w y a a mpa G

max bba m W w ak ab pama,

pa p, ba a ’ m

whAt’s the PlAn?

M bk k a bw a

p Nw am Hw, w ap ay a a

a ak, a w xp O am Ia G’ m

Cap ma ientity G’ pp a wa

ma p a y pa way y b a wa

w T ap ak w Ia wa a a a

a, ba w a I by w

m G’ pp Ia m pak m ay

Cap a jy Nw am Ta

jy b w J: Hw m b, a

km m J? A wa x

J’ my a a pa m ? A -

J’ m a a w, w a Gp ap a Cap w ap bw p-

am a ma p Maw, Mak a Lk I x-

p wa a Gp a, w y a m




1 Recovering the Full Mission of God

a, a wa pp ay ba I

ap w w Gp J’ paa am

m J a w a G’ m w

Cap x m m m J a Sp-m

mmy A y a m I a aa,

pam w a a , a w m ma B w m

xp w a a pa ba w pay A, a

a w

T x w ap Pa’ Cap ap bw pam a p Pa’ w

my a a ap C T ap w ak w Pa

p m ay Ca a

W a G’ pp a b by a G’ m, b

ay a way ap m

1 P pa a mp p wa ma be pp

G m, a w ap T a C-

a w a p m w a m Hw y

a y a G’ y , b b

a ba w, a Ca ay

Fay, bk Ra a py -

a Ca m I ap , w a a J’ Apayp

a G’ pp a w, b w a pa, w

a w m m y I paa, Ra b

pb a pa m ’ w a way a

pak ay a

Cap mmaz wa pa jy a

ab ap bw , a b Ca

m B ma w Sp m ap aa

a pa wy- y I paa, wa

b bw pam a p

Ca a ma? Wa, ay, b py? A w away ay? A wa ma wa w ay,

w w , a w w a?

B b w b, I xpa m ky m




Intuctin 1

• w k a mby

ma b a wa w

• w m a bw a

p Ca m

I a w Sp y, Sp’

a, w p a pp a p

mak bk ab m a, I a kp -

a ja a a mmm I m a, w, I a m -

a ma I a, I may bba

pa bk A w ak m m a

, k p Sp paa a way w pay -

Fay, a bba ap w a “Q R-

,” w a p y k ab w ma

Sp m m a z y w ma a a a

y Ca mmy

N appa a y k m a a pp I a

Wya a a ba aa a- I w p N Ama, b I a a m Aa

a Ep m my a T a a py ap

my appa b Sp a ba Ca m, a y

w ky z

I p a a y a bk, y w w Bb xq-

y a pama, pa a p Ca m

F a app, w Sp pak F m pa, ww m Nw am B w ak

G’ pp O am Ia a ay ab b,

a pak m G




1

A PeoPle oF Blessing

Israel’s Missional Life

An yu will be my kingm piests, my hly natin.

Eodus 1: nlt

iw p a a a a py ab ba am

May pak a “m a” w a x-

aa I a may pak mak a a m

Bb ab mpa a y b p

w I wa py a by w B, k bak, m

wa m Ray, , wa a m O am

A a a , “m” wa b w J’ ma

a mak p a a (M :1) T ’ m w,

m, wa a pa: Nw am

Ga, w m mpy a a am, a

w Pa’ my bk A, w m w

a O am ay mpa bj B pp

w m u m G’s m? Spp “m,”

a pa a a, xpa “m,” a

a papa w a w m G? W m

b a O am a

T O am, a, ba m m b T




Recovering the Full Mission of God

m G— pp a pp a w a—a

w a G 1 a ma w w a Ra

Ca a wp bba aa G’ a Abaam a a G 1 T paa pp ,

w ak, b bm G’ m b a a’ a-

T mak y Ia a bk T

Nw am a m pa a m a y G’ pp

a-a ma a Ia

A am m O am by p

bk

Ia, I wa xp a mwa aw :Wa G’ pp, Ia, m? A wa

w ab ap bw b, a

m G? W w a w q w

ap bk T ap pmay ab w G’ pp

ma a am a I w y a, a

w a w a y xp wa y T ap w

w w ak w Ia wa a a pak ab G

A ay, w’ q: Ca Ia’ G’

m ap m ay?

Being A Blessing

O a a may Ca m ma O

am ba a xp may maa W w

k a ay a pa J’ mma “ a mak

p” a (M :1) Ia’ m, pa,

a ma ging , telling , ing m M

amay ab being I’ a ientity A Ia’ ma

y by pa a pay G’ m

m w

O , —ba O am—m b

a Ia’ a y O a Cp W

Aboe all ee Chitophe J. H. Wight’ outtadig teatmet o thi ubject i Te Mission o

God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative (Dowe Goe, IL: IteVaity Pe, 26), to

which I am pooudly idebted i thi chapte.Michael W. Gohee, A Light to the Nations: Te Missional Church and the Biblical Story (Gad

Rapid: Bake, 211), p. 2.




A Peple Blessing

am : W a G’ pp a wa a y a ? T

b pa b a aw q a w

G’ a Abaam ( Abam) G 1:1-:

Nw Lord a Abam,

“G m y y, a m y a a m y

a’ , a w I w w y;

a I w mak y a a a,

a I w b y,

a mak y am a;

A y a b a b;a I w b w b y,

a w y I w

a y a am a w b b” (ns)

T paa m a ak y ma -

b aa G’ pp a (G –11) T

pa ma a b Ga E a wwa,

a w p y w Bab H a a’ a j p a aa a I y

b a w a a a, y ak , a w,

a G (G 11:1-) G –11 a y aa b-

k T q may’ a y k a

ay ma a a G’ a4

Wa G’ aw ba pam ? I a p-

y “ma” By a, G a p, Abaam A m,

G m a pp, wm pm a a a

b B m b, y a a pp w a m— be a

b a a a I way, G m-

aa w a mmy maa b

I’ a a mpa G’ a pm

Abaam G 1:1- a bba a m T

pm G’ b a pp Abaam appa, m

Chitophe J. H. Wight, Te Mission o God’s People: A Biblical Teology o the Church’s Mission

(Gad Rapid: Zodea, 21), p. 11.Gohee, Light to the Nations, p. 2.





am m, a m G5 Wa’ m,

pm, k a ma m, pay ym-

py Sp W a “ y w a b aa a m ab p Bb, w C a

a ” I a y a ma Ra’ pp

m y b, aa a a wp G a

a Lamb (R :-10)

T ba m G 1:1- p ay y

a G’ pp G’ m F, pp wm G

a a means by w G x b ww R m G’ pm Abaam a

p a , w a mma: “a [y a ] be a

b” (G 1:)7 T a “b a b” ma

a G a a Abaam a a T a G’

b paa a a Ia’ w ak ap

b 8

T a pm mak Ia’ m m p G’

pp w meiate G’ b a am a Ey m

pm ba b G, qa w w

“ y,” , b , “thugh y” ( “ y a”; G

:1; :; :1) Fm b, G pp ay

b m by ma a paa, ay pp

C a, Jma’ x Baby (J :1-1)

w appy G’ a Abaam a k way E m

apy, G mma pp b a a b

m: “B k wa (šālôm) y a pay

Ge 12:3; 1:1; 22:1; 26:; 2:1. Te object o the pomied bleig aie om all “amilie”

i the t ad lat eeece to the boade laguage o all “atio” i the othe thee occu-

ece. O the dieece betwee thee tem, ee Daiel I. Block, “Natio/Natioality,” New

International Dictionary o Old estament Teology and Exegesis, ed. W. A. VaGemee (Gad

Rapid: Zodea, 1), :66-2.Wight, Mission o God , pp. 1-.I pee the impeatie oce to the nrsv talatio, which take the phae a the eult o goalo God’ ceatig a people: “so that you will be a bleig.” See M. Daiel Caoll R., “Bleig

the Natio: owad a Biblical Teology o Miio om Geei,” Bulletin or Biblical Research

1 (2): 21-22.eece E. Fetheim, “Te Book o Geei,” i Te New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary , ol. 1

(Nahille: Abigdo, 1), p. 2.




A Peple Blessing

Lord ba, wa y w y wa” (J :)

Ia waw a -py pp a “a”

, G’ pp a bm a w a amy a w y m A ama G’ pp,

a w, be a mmy b ak T

p m a ak w ay wy, p ma

B a ma am

S, b a a G’ maa b a a liestyle -

m I q beience G fst mma Abaam, “G m

[] a I w w y” (G 1:1; ) Ey aw paa, m “b a b” ,

Abaam’ w a ma Caaa W Aba-

am’ ky b, y w a b a b9

T bw b a m m xp

G Abaam a j pa ma b—

w a y , Iaa G p w a pm:

“a by y p a a a w b b, because yu have

beye me” (G :1 niv, a a) Abaam a a pa

Ia a a pp G w A pm a

m a G’, papa wa G p

w a by m

T, Ia’ a a b p a cmpe-

hensive m T m “b” (Hbw : bk) “b” pay a

a , y paa, b w G ama “B”

a , a-a m, w may m W b a

“b ay a y w a a a

a G pp jy w—aba, -

a y, , pa a ”0 ( G 1:; :; 0:-0;

D :-1) B, a G –11 mak pay a, b a a

may a bk by ma ; y b S “b”

G 1:1- m a G’ pp m pp, a

may, w a a I a a wAam a E’ ( G :1, 1; :)

See Wight, Mission o God , p. 26.Ibid., p. 221.





G’ pm b, , a ma -

a by —w G, w a a w a

T m b a a wa Abaam’ -a a b pa aa

m k maa w-b G’ b pp

a a a y a m

A w a x w Pa, m pp w a,

w a may b a a y pb

J Naza, Abaam (Ga :, 1; M

1:1)

M, a “Abaam’ p” (Ga :), w a a am pm a Abaam : Ia’ a b a pp b

m

emBoDying goD’s holiness

W w a ky paa, Ex 1:-:

Y a wa I Eypa,

a w I b y a’ w a b y myNw , y by my a kp my a,

y a b my a p a pp

I, w a m,

b yu shall be me a piestly kingm an a hly natin (a a)

H w m O am’ m mp p

y, aa a m G’ pp T paa

pa:• A m G’ a, ba wk ba Ia, aa

Ex 1–1 (Ex 1:)

• A (“ ”) a a Ia b a a

a (Ex 1:) T apa aw a -

a Ex (Ex 0–0)

• A pm wa Ia w b a G a a

pp a (Ex 1:-)

See Caig G. Batholomew ad Michael W. Gohee, Te Drama o Scripture: Finding Our Place

in the Biblical Story (Gad Rapid: Bake, 2), pp. -.Wight, Mission o God , pp. 22-21.




A Peple Blessing

T am mpa B Ia’ b a

y w G’ a wk (“Nw ” Ex 1:) Ga

pmay A a w aw G 1:1-, Ia’ aby G y a m p w a

a by G (Ex 1:) I w, Ia w’ b k pp

w a G a a m b y a kp a

“B” a “” a paab

Ta b G’ pp Ia’ ma y: Ia

b a kingm piests a a hly natin O aa, Ia’ ama

a a G’ a mpy a things, b be aa k peple Hw, pa “ a pp” a

“ w a m” a a Ia’ pa y ma

a pp waw m “b, ba w” a m

O ay, “Isael is cmmissine t be G’s peple n behal the

eath, which is G’s”4 Wam Dmb y a Ex 1:

a k mmay G 1:1-; hw Ia w

G’ pm b a b a5

A priestly people Ia’ a a “km p” a “py

km” p bw y a m T

mmy py ba ma p y p, b b-

a a a py unctin m a “Wa

p a a pp, Ia a a pp w”

Wa, , py ? Ab a, a m—

meiate bw G a a O a, j a p

b G’ b pp, Ia ma kw a

p G a O a, p b a-

a G ba pp Lkw, Ia p-

a G Ia G ba ,

m a b m a ma am Hw G

mak m kw w’ pp? A w G wa

Ibid., p. 3.eece E. Fetheim, Exodus (Louiille: Wetmite Joh Kox, 11), p. 212 (italic oigial).William Dumbell, Covenant and Creation: A Teology o Old estament Covenants (Nahille:

Toma Nelo, 1), p. .Johae Blauw, Te Missionary Nature o the Church: A Survey o the Biblical Teology o Mis-

sion (Gad Rapid: Eedma, 162), p. 2.





may b w m? T aw am b

a: thugh Isael.7 Ia’ m b a km p am

a A holy people Pa Ia’ ma G’ w -

w Ia’ , a W p , a w m-

: b a given a a task8 I pa, Ia y ba

a b apa G’ T a G G ay, “Y a

b y m; I Lord am y, a I a paa y m

pp b m” (L 0:; D :; :1-1) b a y

a ma a Ia a m a a a, j a Yaw k a

B Ia a a task a a

yay H m a-w xp Ia’ -

, a, pa a wa wa a a a ( L

0:-), a, paa, a T mmy’ pa

a mm pay a G-ap aa I amak a

y, , mpa, a j A app

y a Ia’ x, amy , a ap,

m, p a a T mpa appa, “Y

a b y, I Lord y G am y” (L 1:) a a

Ty p w aa ma ( L 1:-)

Ia’ , w, w ak T mmy

pay G’ y aa w “Ia’ G

b a a ma a a a w b aw

”9 I Ia wa ma G’ b a, m

a a y pp b wa y Ia b “Exb A”

aba, am a G a pp Ta’ m-

a Say, O am y xp a pp

a ay a p y a, a pp a k m

k a a m a y y G

W a mak w ba ab Ia’ m Ex

1 F, Ia ba w a pmay a a cmmunity Ia

Wight, Mission o God’s People, p. 121.See the dicuio o Iael’ holie i Wight, Mission o God , pp. 32-.Batholomew ad Gohee, Drama o Scripture, p. 66.




A Peple Blessing

mpy a a with p, b a a p G a j

a y a, b a y pp0 S, Ia’ m

may a a mel Ia’ ak pmay be a G-ap mmy bee a a a g a ba

w t a

Ex 1:-, , a am y a

m G’ pp La w w a P app paa’

aa y N a Ia, J

C a a py a I a m bw G a

w A k Ia, a py m pa by a y am G a y w -

may b aw wp m (1 P :-1; R 1:; :10)

AttrActing the nAtions to goD

I a a a Pa a W Sama I wa k by

aa Ty a a , p by p, b

wa T amy’ a m wa pay w mmy,

ay pa , Smay, Ia , w m ay, a

w wa Ia wa qy p b a wa a b

a wa w G ay, “I a [Jam] a-

, w a a ” (Ezk :) Ia wa ma G’

b a ay a m attactin Ia’

aa G, k w aa yb B wa

ab Ia a w p a wa G? T a a

a w ma m Ia: xp G’

a a b y

Displaying God’s blessing G wk in Ia a a wk

thugh Ia ba G’ a p

Ia bm a aa a T bay xp

Pam T Pam b:

May G b a a b

a mak a p , Selah

Bya Stoe, Evangelism Afer Christendom: Te Teology and Practice o Christian Witness

(Gad Rapid: Bazo, 2), pp. 6, .Gohee, Light to the Nations, p. .





a y way may b kw p a,

y a pw am a a (P :1-)

H Pam xaz aa b Aa a

a Ia (Nm :-) Ia mpy

a a a pay G b “” (Ia), pp wa H

ak a G’ a aa m pa -

a Ia, , “ b a a y,” a a may

a kw a wp G ( P :) G’ b

Ia w ab a G— w b

T m a bak a q xp —K S-m’ pay a a Jam mp I m -

k G’ b a pp Ia, Sm y

a :

Lkw w a , w y pp Ia, m m a

a a ba y am— y a a y a am, y

my a, a y am—w a m a pay

wa , a a y w pa, a a a a a y, a a pp a may kw

y am a a y, a y pp Ia, a a y may kw

a y am a b k a I a b (1 K :1-)

H assumptin a w m pa G’

p ( mp) a wp Ia’ G Wy? Ba y a

a w wa G a pp T equest a -

m w G’ b aw payA pupse appa a “a pp a” m

kw a wp G, a Ia T paam

pay Sm ak a G’ b wa pp

m aw y yw b G’ b a

( a I 1:) I a, a pmay aa by w G’

pp ae—a p a p a b G—

a a by wa y say

Walte Bueggema, Telgy the Ol estament: estimny, Dispute, Avcacy (Mieapo-

li, MN: Fote, 1), p. .See Wight, Mission o God’s People, pp. 13-3.




A Peple Blessing 1

Walking in God’s way . T O am p, , a G’ a

wa Ia w p m a wp a a G

B a’ a T ky Ia’ b a b espnse wa G a M a ay , Ia’ way

w aa a y a G T being a

ing m m m Ia’ b

A ay a Abaam aa G, w G’ aa

m Ia’ b y:

Abaam w y bm a a a pw a, a a a

a w b b m F I a m, a w a a m t keep the way the Lord by

ing what is ight an just , a Lord w b ab Abaam

wa a pm m (G 1:1-1 niv, a a)

T x paa mpa T p m mway

y G’ jm aa Sm, pyp

ma wk O am ( , I 1:-1; Ezk 1:-0)

I b-ja a way Sm, G a Abaam’ pp “kp way Lord” T pa ap aba O

am Cp W py a map

“wak way Lord” ( D 10:1) w ma4

F, a p w m a pa Ia wa b-

wa G a w a T ma a

a w y’ b ay

I Ia’ a, wak G’ way byG’ mma, w w aa A Bya S p ,

“G’ way a bm Ia’ way, a kw wa G

p , y k a Ia”5

I w G 1:1, (“kp way

L”, “ wa a j”) a a bw wa

m b a a O a, pp w G

Abaam O , ma by w G w

pm b a Abaam’ ( G 1:1) W

Wight, Mission o God , pp. 363-6.Stoe, Evangelism Afer Christendom, p. 6.





a a: “the ethical quality lie the peple G is the

vital link between thei calling an thei missin”

Living the law . T “a k” bw pa a m bmm w G’ aw T aw a pa

ap a Ia’ b a M’ w Ia

Dmy :- a makab:

Y m b [ aw] y, w w y wm a

m pp, w, w y a a a, w ay,

“Sy a a a w a pp!” F wa a

a a a a a Lord G w w a m? A wa a a a a a a a j a

aw a I am b y ay?

I Dmy , M mp Ia mpa a-

m G’ a A a pm ma

w a pp Ia

mmy a pa bw, pak I G’ pp

by ma aw a G , y a p bpak y a mm m a a m7

Wy by aw a Ia’ m? I pa, ba

aw a , ay p xamp wa G’

k k Ia’ a p pay k ma -

ap a G a pp I w, y paa way,

w G b

T am a aw a mbm Ia’ a a b T a q Dmy

:- p w mak : , Yaw’ p am

pp (D :: Ex :1; L :11-1); a , G’

aw (D :) T a b bw w G’ a

Ia m pb xp a’ yay way I

w, a w pay Ia’ am a G

w m, G’ pp a j k y

Ia’ paa b, , wa a p m

Wight, Mission o God , p. 36 (italic oigial).Chitophe J. H. Wight, Old estament Ethics or the People o God (Dowe Goe, IL:

IteVaity Pe, 2), p. 36.




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a (D :-10; J :-) B wa a W

pp w a a a by G’ aw, y

a a a xamp Ia’ a G’ y am m pay am a (Ezk :1-1; a D

:-) “Ij a b a,” Ma G,

“am a abam Ia’ ma y”8

Loving as God loves Ia’ b G’ aw bm a w

a pa ba aw ap G’ pp a x-

p wa G k a wa G a ab T pay

a Dmy 10:1-19

A b makabpaa, G’ pp a a mmay wa q m

(D 10:1-1):

• ea Lord y G

• walk a way

• lve m

• seve Lord y G w a y a

• keep mmam Lord y G

A paa p, Ia wa ma

way ay pa B a m a Ia a

p mma w Ra Ia aa

G Yaw a w p a a pa

H a G w

• paa a ak bb

• x j pa a ww

• a

• p m a (D 10:1-1)

G’ a w a a G y, j a mpa

wak a maaz A wa G k a w

Gohee, Light to the Nations, p. 2.O the miioal implicatio o thi paage, ee Howad Pekett ad Vioth Ramachada,

Te Message o Mission: Te Glory o Christ in All ime and Space (Dowe Goe, IL: Ite-

Vaity Pe, 23), pp. 1-23.





Diferent social orms F, Ia m way

p y T Ia’ jy a a

pp, a b a b a wa a a B p m a k p x5 F xamp,

p may, Jam mp wa a, y Ia’

wp, b a ma y T mp wa ymb

G’ p w pp B Ia a a x am

p G Gy Ba p a mp wa a

“ymb m Ia a G’ p w ay

w m” T mp “wa a a ma Ia b a w w G’ p a ” Ea w

aw w Sm’ pay a mp p

m T k pa a w b aw pa G’

p a y, , m kw a wp G (1 K :1-)

aay, Ia wy w mp a a ymb a y

w “G’ y pp a a G’ p wa b

y m”7

T a , w, Ia’ x Baby

Spp b mp a ma, G’ pp a a : Hw

w y ma a a bj a pw mp?

T w x p w p a: a a ama-

8 W y waw a “y ”

pa y? Aay, w y mpy b w way

y mp a a? E

p w p a Ia’ m b a

T pp x, w, map a

O a, pp aa a -y a

y mp, a G a y ( , Ezk

:1-, -)9 O a, y G’ pp

ma a Baby Ty w , by p , b by pa-

See Gohee, Light to the Nations, pp. -3.Gegoy K. Beale, “Ede, the emple, ad the Chuch’ Miio i the New Ceatio,” Journal

o the Evangelical Teological Society (2): 1-1.Ibid., p. 1.Gohee, Light to the Nations, p. 6.Ibid., p. 62.




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ticipating a wk mp! Ra Jma’

x T pp m “p w ” Baby Ty

b , pa a, may a a B ’ Amazy, y a “k wa y” w G

a pa m— y pp! Ty a pay ba

Babya b, a y m pp a (J

:-) T a p xaza Abaam’ a b a

b a a w a

T bk Da aa wa a ma x m k k

pa Da a a y a a Babya mp Ty ap Babya am Ty -

a Babya a a a Babya aa Ty

pb , pm wa Babya a

A am m, ap ay mpm w

ww a way mp Ty b by a m

k’ ab (Da 1) Da’ mpa y k’ mma

wp a a (Da ) Da p pay a

G, a m pa (Da ) I , Da a

a a papa a mp, b y

way a a w G-ap y A Wa

Bma ky b, y a “‘ba,’ kw p

mp a b w , b a

‘m ’”40 Ia’ a m w

pp a a Baby Hw, m ak m

a a apppa a a x

B ’ j Ia a m a w ma

a a x T a pak 1 P, paa,

G’ pp a a x x (1 P 1:1; :11), a b

a , y aay m ( ap ) Lk

Ia, ay a mpa w O

a, w a bm m k a a pa

a w a ay A m m ba La-a Mm b, “Ey a away

Walte Bueggema, Cadences o Home: Preaching Among Exiles (Louiille: Wetmite

Joh Kox, 1), p. 11.





mpm w x”4 O a, w a waw

a bbb Ca m, Ca bk, Ca a

Ca , a w a ay ma a R a p, G’ may pp m away b “b-

a” W m a b bth aa km

an aa

Varied responses N y Ia’ papa G’ m

a paa a x I a a a mb -

p F, m ap paa

a b challenge a ejecte Ab a, Ia w ay “” ay a aa Na Ea -

b T am Eyp’ Paa,

Caaa a a w pp a a

pa—a p, a a wa, am m

G’ mma ’ b a: “Y a a y a

Eyp, w y , a y a a y a

Caaa, w I am b y Y a w a”

(L 1:) Pa Ia’ ma a wa ay a y

a by w a a L G a

(D :, )

Ia’ j pa a “a a ”4

T Ia’ G’ a aa y -

a p paa w Say, Ia pay a

w y Ia, G’ pp mba a a aa, mp-

m w ay a pa a m a

a a m

S, m a w tleate in a qualife

sense T pa pyamy, ay a W

, a “a p a q

a a m a a G’ aa”4

“aomatio: Te Chuch i Repoe to Huma Need: Wheato Coultatio, Jue13,” i Mission as ransormation: A Teology o the Whole Gospel , ed. Viay Samuel ad

Chit Sugde (Oxod: Regum, 1), p. 22.Michael W. Gohee, “Te Ugecy o Readig the Bible a Oe Stoy,” Teology oday 6

(2): .Wight, Old estament Ethics, pp. 32-3.




A Peple Blessing

A p Ia’ w wa a k tans-

ming engagement G’ pp am a ap a m

a, pa a w B ay F x-amp, ay a bw a, a a mp w a mm

a a a pa a Na Ea44 I paa,

aa a bw a bj bam a map

a ap bw Ia’ L a a

a G’ a w Ia a Sa a may wa aa-

w a a B a ap a a-

p m w Wa a w ab ba pa pw a pamam, Sa a a xp

G’ a Wa’ m, Ia’ ba ap w

a a a Ia a w L T am

a ap bm a paam a wa w La

pp xaz a a w m Ty -

a w, a a a G w w a

pp (J 1:1-)

Ia’ wm a pap m k xamp

am am O am Wm x w

m aa m a w, a Ia appy z

G’ wm w O am wm

w a mak x m a Eyp

a Mpama Pb –, a, appay a -

aby w Eypa “a Ammp”45 Ia’ a, ,

mm may a a a -

T p w w wm am a G

a a ma, G’ a, a a p

am a pp w4

Ia, w, mba a “w” ay a

O the aciet backgoud o the coeat idea, ee D. F. Ete, “Coeat (O),” i Te Inter-

national Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ed. G. W. Bomiley (Gad Rapid: Eedma, 1)1:-3.

Athu F. Glae, “Old etamet Cotextualizatio: Reelatio ad It Eiomet,” i Te

Word Among Us: Contextualizing Teology or Mission oday , ed. Dea S. Gillilad (Dalla, X:

Wod Publihig, 1), p. .Wight, Mission o God , pp. -6.





a wm Ay a m a w mp maa

a wa y j O ay w a b

a pa Ia’ a a Ia wa w a wm , b y “w a a m

a”47 T a Ia y b a

“ a L, a wm; a pa m -

a” (Jb :)

Ia’ wm k, , b b -

a a mba a a B y

wa w Ia a Sy a mpa ’ -am w a pa w I, w a paa

Pa’ way xaz p a p a G

A A 1:-1 Pa mm w a a

a ma xp a G’ a H q w

Gk p B a w mpm p

C T k am w a wm

a xp a ’ m ay48

cAring For goD’s creAtion

G’ m b w a I Bb’ w, G a

“ a a a” (G 1:1) G a a pp, y -

may, b w a Ta pp b y a

pa Ca ( P 10:; 1; 10:) , G -

may a a ak: a a b , a

way a G’ w kp a (G 1:)49 A am

m, a ma w a wk a ak a a G a ma

(G :1) W a a b a G’ a “T a

a kp a ma m a w m -

a pp G m”50

Ibid., p. .See Dea Flemmig, Contextualization in the New estament (Dowe Goe, IL: IteVaity

Pe, 2), pp. 1-; 36-1.Sadly, God’ commad to ule oe ceatio i Ge 1:2 ha too ofe bee miued, ee by

Chitia, a a licee to domiate ad exploit the eiomet, athe tha cae o it. Ti

completely mie the itetio o the paage. God authoize huma to epeet ad e-

emble his own ule oe ceatio—a ule o gace, compaio, jutice ad loe.Wight, Mission o God , p. 6; c. p. 1.




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B bba y a a G’ a wa

a a a a q ma ( H :1-) T a

T ap bw ma a a p G’mp m, , a pp, a a, , a

a I ab amy bw G, ma a a

Cqy, w G a b a paa pp, Ia,

ak a I b a pp a ma

w a G b mak a

w (I :1; R 1:)

Ia’ ap w a, , away x G’w a a a Ia’ a G’ pp

xmp m m human a a G’ a

G’ pp a ay m a “ a Lord’ a a

a ” (P :1) W y a pm, y a -

w a wap wa b G T a

p a w y “T a m b pma-

y,” G ay, “ba a m a y my a a

a a” (L : niv) Wa a,

my wa a ma , away w5

Ia’ aw mak q a Naa a b x-

p p x (D :-); b

a y a w (L 1:-); ama a p a

abba (Ex :-, 1) G, w a, -

pp papa ma pp w

a T pa wa ma be pp G

A a , a a a mpay, y p G’

pp I G “a mpa a a ma” (P 1: niv),

y pp mby a am a pa wa G’

a Wa’ m, a mbm bm a m w

w A W wy ,

y Ca ma a a a aay ,

ba ay k “a m” b mpy ba

William A. Dye, Te Earth Is God’s: A Teology o American Culture (Maykoll, NY: Obi,

1), pp. 11-16.





a w a Ca’ m w

a (w ma a) a

mak bba y a Ca pa m m b5

I G’ -m pp a a, G’ pp

m m a pp b a wa w

conclusion

Wa a w a a ab G’ pp Ia G’

m? A wa a ab ap bw living a telling y G’ aa? L m mmaz:

• Ia’ bk ma a be a a w G’

b w w a pp a

• Ia’ ma y b a hly a piestly pp Sa

bw G a a, Ia ma kw G

• Ia a a y by liestyle a

pactices, w w w wa G k Ia’ mma

a ap a w a a Y a am m,

a a m w a pp

• Ia’ m pmay attacting a, a a

t a W a az Ia, y w

pw a p G pay Wa G a Ia

a pa aw ma a

• Ia ma y pa a -

w T b j wa a

a ay mba a m a

G M, hw Ia pay a m

ay m a x

• Pa Ia’ m a G’s ceatin T bm a -my G’ a a w a Ia pa

G’ pp a a

Wight, Mission o God , p. 1.




A Peple Blessing

T mmay a a Ia G- m

w pmay by living ma, by ging mw pam

T O am a p being a ing , a a telling T ky q Ia wa , “Hw w y a?” b “Wa

w y ?”5

Nw w p, a w w x ap

B Ia’ ientity a a pp wm G a x

y a a O am a m

Pap m y a k, “S wa?” Ta wa Isael Ta wa

l a Wa a a w m J C ay? I w pak a q a x

ap B b w a a p Ia’ m

G, w ak w Ia wa a “ , , y,” a

w a

Questions For reFlection

I y xp, a pa a Oam a G’ m w? Wy

wy ?

Wa a m a- way w y a y Ca m-

my a a b a b y x?

Wa a m aa a ay? G

m paa xamp w G’ pp m aa

G y

I G’ m mba a a w a pp, wa a pa-

a mpa a w Ca papa m

G ay?

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