Title After that day
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When we encounter a real, serious problem, we understand the problem and find a solution that solves the problem at hand. While mobilizing various perspectives and methods, we pursue innovative research while weaving wisdom. However, the surprising thing is that it takes a long process to reaffirm that the best way is the most common sense and the most principled.
The Christian message is the good news that proclaims the coming of the 'Kingdom of God'. The core message that Jesus testified of was very short and concise: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel." This good news was not proclaimed in a historical vacuum. There are two prerequisites for this gospel to be proclaimed. The first is the temporal premise of John's arrest, and the second is the spatial premise of his coming to Galilee. Minjung theology and the recent socio-political theology sharply emphasized the geopolitical importance of Galilee, so that the gospel of Jesus could be called the 'Gospel of Galilee' and the Galilean content and character of the gospel were well expressed. After Jesus was resurrected, he promised his disciples that they would meet in Galilee in order to meet the resurrected me.
Today, I would like to examine the whole component of the proclamation of the Gospel hermeneutically, focusing on the temporal element. For example, the premise of the prophet Isaiah's prophetic testimony in Isaiah 6 and below in the Old Testament is also 'the year in which King Hezekiah died,' so the time element is arranged. In this respect, 'the day after', 'after John was arrested', is a religious premise for the proclamation of the gospel. 'After that day' is the expression after experiencing a significant, time-historical and decisive experience. Today, we too are in the midst of a great historical experience in the national community. How can we express the reality of South and North Korea? Do you think North Korea will die of starvation, and South Korea will die of rot? No, in order to truly meet the creative hopes of tomorrow and the future no matter how it was expressed, the experience of temporal events called 'after that day', a procedural process, must be clearly arranged. We would like to learn a lesson by arranging today's experience in three points according to the biblical presentation.
First, we must face today's historical experience thoroughly. Christianity is a belief that values historical significance. We construct life and history through various experiences. Experience is the source of all knowledge and knowledge. The memory and existential awareness of experiences and experiences transforms individuals and communities to the extent that they take them seriously. We know the difference between existential and qualitative changes as far as we can discern and share before and after any experience.
The holistic reality of our society today urges us to delve deeper and deeper into the meaning and content of historical experiences at this point in time. If we step back from reality, neither tomorrow nor yesterday can exist. We should know that tomorrow's promise and creation are already inherent in today's historical and empirical reality. Because unanswered questions cannot be answered. What is the reality of historical experience that we feel and express as a contradiction, why we feel pain, regret, and contradiction. We must achieve the ability to experience the reality of historical experience to diagnose ourselves, such as political institutions, structures of consciousness, forms of life, and value systems. Only here can we anticipate the good news of tomorrow.
Second, it is a demanding reality of a new era transition and a breakthrough leap. Christian history classification is a recognition method that organizes and records history regardless of chronological distinctions centered on one specific value. Kairos' view of 'time is near' is a qualitative view of time that emphasizes timing amid tensions and historical turmoil. In recognizing history, intentional selection and intentional solidarity are necessary. This can be easily understood when we change the word 'before history' to 'before God'. It is very helpful in deciding what to give up and what to make a decisive choice. The good news of God and Jesus we believe in has the content of justice, love, peace, and preservation of life as its core.
The justification requested by the spirit of this age can be given direction in the recognition of historical experience. However, whether to push forward by consciously choosing the direction to be directed, or to remain in the understanding of reality is another dimension. The problem is change, not interpretation.
Third, it requires a spiritual decision expressed in consciousness, motivation, and spirit. The gospel of Jesus calls for repentance while distinguishing from judgment across the old and the new. It is impossible to walk on a new path without a great determination for the process of maturation that peels off the skin.
It is said that the Korean economy is more important today. However, the basis of economic activity is also impossible without new support from the motivations and consciousness of human beings, who are active agents. Without spiritual reform, economic growth has now reached its limit. The way it used to work no longer works, no matter how effective it was in the past.
Even if we lose everything, if our soul is alive, we are alive. If we change this soul into a historical context and reinterpret it, it will be the motive to run again, the impulse to move, and the manifestation of the spirit.
'After That Day' is a summary expression of historical events and experiences that reveal the limiting overall limitations and problems of our human beings. In order for us to truly look forward to the 'after' and wait for the good news, we need a process of time procedure that renews, clearly and thoroughly the perception of this age. Although the gospel is for all, it is also because it is only heard by those who have gone through this temporal premise.
We are in the midst of a whirlwind of history as we move into the 21st century and a new era. There is no need to be optimistic or pessimistic. We are only being called for religious understanding and determination by reflecting the experiences and meanings of this time in the light of the words and will of God's revelation. Because the God we believe in is the God of history and politics. This is because God's present is always judgment and creation toward the reality of the 'Kingdom of God'.