A Biblical Theology of Mission

A Biblical Theology of Mission

Introduction

The Bible contains true stories about life and is regarded as a guide for people. Throughout the Bible, there are examples of people whom god called for a mission. Every mission has a goal of saving the people from sin and redeems the world. In the Old Testament, the Israelites were the main subject of the mission. These missions ended in the New Testament beginning with the mission of Jesus. This mission is still going on in the shape of the church. It involves the efforts being made by the church in order to bring people into the fold of Christianity.

Old Testament

The story of Abraham is one of the best examples in the Old Testament regarding the mission of God. The Lord commanded Abraham to leave his homeland and move to a place where the Lord would guide him. Abraham immediately listened to God and left his homeland never to return again. The mission Abraham took him from place to place in order to carry out the mission of god. However, at the initial stage, he lacked the skills needed to carry out the mission. Although Abraham was carrying out the mission of God, he was not given the skills of carrying out the mission because God wanted his to develop the skills himself. The mission of Abraham contained several characteristics of a true mission due to which it is considered one of the most important missions in the Old Testament. The main aspect of the initial mission at Egypt was that after confronting Abraham and God, the Pharaoh blesses Abraham and gave homage to God.

The story of Joseph is also a good example of how God calls people to carry out his mission. This story is completely different from that of Abraham. Although Abraham was willing to go on a mission for god, Joseph did not know that God had chosen him for a mission until he was delivered out of trouble several times and ended up at a high position.

Joseph was the most loving son of his father and was also loved by God; therefore, his brothers got jealous and tried to separate him from their father. They did this by throwing him in a pit and then sold him to an Ishmaelite who later sold him as a slave to a Egyptian.

While in Egypt, he was made in charge of the house of the chief guard of Pharaoh. It was there that his troubles began again when the wife of the owner of the house made a false claim that Joseph tried to rape her. He was then placed in charge of a prison where he asked one of the prisoners to remember him on how he was treated. During this time, the Pharaoh had several dreams that no one could interpret. However, when the prisoner Joseph had asked to remember him stood in front of Pharaoh, he told Pharaoh about Joseph and his skills of interpreting ...