A. What Is Biblical Mission? “Biblical mission means more than simply going overseas to plant churches or spread civilization. It means the church participating in the ‘mission of God (Missio Dei)’ and seeking the restoration of God’s rule and glory throughout the whole earth. Mission is not a program that begins with human enthusiasm; rather, it is the heart of God that runs throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, and is a fundamental reason for the church’s existence. Let me clearly summarize five essential principles of true mission as presented in Scripture. 🌍 1. The Mission of God (Missio Dei) The subject and initiator of mission is not human beings but God. In order to save fallen humanity, God first comes to us, sends His Son, and sends the Holy Spirit. He is the “missionary God” who sends. Biblical basis: “As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” (John 20:21) Key meaning: The church acknowledges that God has the initiative in mission and serves as His agent, obed...
Our God is the only true
God, and the true God is with us!
King
Nebuchadnezzar had a strange dream and was troubled to understand its meaning.
He
called for magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to interpret the
dream for him.
The
astrologers said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever! Tell us
the dream,
and
we will interpret it for you." Interestingly, Nebuchadnezzar did not tell
them his dream
but
wanted them to reveal both the dream and its interpretation.
Why
did Nebuchadnezzar not disclose his dream to them?
Ultimately,
the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers told Nebuchadnezzar,
"What
the king asks is too difficult; no one can reveal it to the king except the
gods,
and
they do not live among humans" (Daniel 2:2-11).
When
I meditate on this passage, I believe that before God exalted Daniel in
Babylon,
He
first orchestrated a series of events: He caused King Nebuchadnezzar to have a
dream
and
made it so that the king did not disclose the dream.
Nebuchadnezzar
then demanded that all the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers,
and
astrologers reveal both the dream and its interpretation.
As a
result, they said, "No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and
such gods
do
not live among humans." The
"gods" they referred to were only God,
and
while they knew that no such gods lived among humans, God was with Daniel.
Thus,
God granted Daniel wisdom and power, and in response to his prayers,
revealed
the interpretation of the dream, that is, the mystery (vv. 11-28).
Therefore,
both King Nebuchadnezzar and all the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers,
and
astrologers came to realize that only Daniel’s God is the true God,
and
that the true God was with Daniel.
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