다니엘서에 나타난 하나님의 선교 연구

Abstract

God from the beginning to the present is the God of mission. When God did missionary works, He called necessary people as missionaries by era and used them. God called Adam, Abel, Seth,Enoch, and Noah in the universal historical era, Abraham, Isaac,Jacob, and Joseph in the patriarchal age, Moses in the Exodus period,several judges including Samson in the Judges period, David,Solomon, or the rest kings and several prophets in the monarchal period, and prophets and the diaspora in the Exile and the intertestamental period and fulfilled His missionary works. In this study, God's missionary case where He used Daniel,Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to widely reach out to all nations was examined while covering His mission cases in Daniel. The four missionaries had no sense of missionary and neither had mission strategy nor methods. Also, they did not have a necessity or a sense of duty for mission. God unobtrusively used them as missionaries regardless of their thoughts or will and had great results. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who were held captive when God was punishing Israel had no thoughts or intention for mission, so there were not any mission policies, strategies, or methods. They did not compromise with the environment and danger but kept their faith in God, never stopped praying, and lived sincerely not to reveal fault like they were living everyday life in their homeland when they were taken prisoners, and God did His mission work using their faith, prayer, and flawless life as a tool for mission. God in mission gave a miracle to Daniel and his three friends who did not eat the food which was designated by King Nebuchadnezzar and was used for worshiping an idol but did not bow before the golden statue and kept their faith in the critical situation where the three were thrown to the furnace of fire seven times stronger than the usual and Daniel who kept praying till he were thrown down to the lion's den and used them as missionaries to teach the Babylonian king, the people, and the people of subordinating countries that God is the only and almighty God. God who never suffer losses in any circumstance and uses everything together for good accomplished his will of mission for all nations in Babylon, a disciplinary place for the disobedient Israelites. Even today, when missionaries show their faith, continues to pray,and live a flawless life before God who does His mission work through people, God will work doubtlessly and efficiently for mission for all nations with a miracle perfectly designed for this era. To all missionaries who compromise with the reality or the environment under the theory of progressive contextualization, do not receive recognition before God and from the people of missionary fields and cannot do missionary works effectively, the uncompromising faith, the unstoppable prayers, and the flawless religious life of Daniel and his three friends will hopefully set a good example and challenge them so that they may born again as missionaries like the second Daniel and his three friends.