Biblical Prophetic Call/Commission and Its Implications for Missionary Call/Commission
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The purpose of this thesis is to establish the biblical foundation for divine call/commission of the Old Testament prophets and to explore its implications for the contemporary missionary call/commission. The key to understanding the Old Testament prophets in their roles and functions is their own consciousness of divinely motivated mission. We must understand that such prophetic missional consciousness derives from a prophet’s actual experience of divine call/commission which is usually accompanied by some form of theophany or divine encounter. Such divine encounter (whether through audible voice, heavenly vision, angelic visitation, or supernatural manifestation) as recorded in the Old Testament has traditionally been identified as “call/commission narrative.” A series of these biblical cases of prophetic call/commission — Moses (Ex. 3:1-4:17), Samuel (1 Sam. 3:1-14), Elijah (1 Ki. 19:1-18), Isaiah (Isa. 6:1-13), Jeremiah (Jer. 1:4-10), Ezekiel (Ez. 1:1-3:15) — then, would serve as a significant model for the contemporary missionary call/commission. The vision and effectivity (especially in the midst of trials and sufferings) of the missionaries would depend largely on their conviction regarding their divine call/commission. This thesis, then, begins by establishing the literary genre of call/commission narrative in general. Then, the specific elements related to the call/commission of the select prophetic individuals in their respective narratives are addressed, as follows: (1) theophanic encounter, (2) commissioning word, (3) human inadequacy, and (4) divine empowerment. Finally, the missiological implications of the biblical prophetic call/commission are discussed. Thus, as initially modeled by the Old Testament prophets and continued by the New Testament apostles (in imitation of and obedience to Jesus Christ), the churches in general and missionaries in specific are responsible to faithfully seek and confirm their call/commission directly from the Lord and to faithfully persevere in fulfilling their commission to the nations.
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The purpose of this thesis is to establish the biblical foundation for divine call/commission of the Old Testament prophets and to explore its implications for the contemporary missionary call/commission. The key to understanding the Old Testament prophets in their roles and functions is their own consciousness of divinely motivated mission. We must understand that such prophetic missional consciousness derives from a prophet’s actual experience of divine call/commission which is usually accompanied by some form of theophany or divine encounter. Such divine encounter (whether through audible voice, heavenly vision, angelic visitation, or supernatural manifestation) as recorded in the Old Testament has traditionally been identified as “call/commission narrative.” A series of these biblical cases of prophetic call/commission — Moses (Ex. 3:1-4:17), Samuel (1 Sam. 3:1-14), Elijah (1 Ki. 19:1-18), Isaiah (Isa. 6:1-13), Jeremiah (Jer. 1:4-10), Ezekiel (Ez. 1:1-3:15) — then, would serve as a significant model for the contemporary missionary call/commission. The vision and effectivity (especially in the midst of trials and sufferings) of the missionaries would depend largely on their conviction regarding their divine call/commission. This thesis, then, begins by establishing the literary genre of call/commission narrative in general. Then, the specific elements related to the call/commission of the select prophetic individuals in their respective narratives are addressed, as follows: (1) theophanic encounter, (2) commissioning word, (3) human inadequacy, and (4) divine empowerment. Finally, the missiological implications of the biblical prophetic call/commission are discussed. Thus, as initially modeled by the Old Testament prophets and continued by the New Testament apostles (in imitation of and obedience to Jesus Christ), the churches in general and missionaries in specific are responsible to faithfully seek and confirm their call/commission directly from the Lord and to faithfully persevere in fulfilling their commission to the nations.
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