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@article{ART001916863},
author={유종근},
title={Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2014},
volume={20},
number={3},
pages={106-172},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106}

TY - JOUR
AU - 유종근
TI - Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2014
VL - 20
IS - 3
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 106
EP - 172
SN - 1229-0521
AB - I have attempted in this paper to review the socio-economic phenomenon of the globalization with regard to the biblical values and to explore its relationship with the globalization of the gospel as a vehicle for the Missio Dei, the salvation of the creation. The socio-economic phenomenon of the globalization has been much maligned for its alleged aggravation of the gaps between the haves and the have-nots. While this is indeed one of the noticeable characteristics of the globalization, there is also a countervailing tendency toward equalization in a global scale, which the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman famously dubbed as "the world becoming flat." In addition, the globalization has made the overall income level steadily rise so as to significantly improve the standards of living for a great majority of people throughout the world. Perhaps, from the biblical point of view, the greatest achievement of the globalization is the near elimination of colonialism and delegitimization of the despotism, and a significant improvement, through the spread of democracy and the increasing economic interdependence, in the likelihood of the global peace, even though sectarian and ethnic wars continue to rage today. Moreover, the increasingly fierce competition in the global markets has made it difficult to ignore the global standards not only in the business area but also in human rights and gender equality. All these phenomena reflect the values God has given us through his words in the Bible. But I am convinced that God, as the lord of history, has been the mover of the globalization processes in order that such socio-economic phenomena may serve as vehicles to spread the gospel throughout the globe, i.e., the globalization of the gospel. In the "fullness of the time" when the spread of Hellenism and the establishment of the Pax Romana made it convenient to spread the gospel, God set in motion the globalization of his gospel by sending out to this world his first missionary Jesus Christ. The process of evangelical globalization began by Jesus picking out and training his disciples. After his resurrection, Jesus charged that his disciples "go and make disciples of all nations" so that their disciples would each make more disciples and the number of disciples could grow exponentially. This process must continue until his second coming and each of us believers in Jesus Christ is charged with his Great Comission to "go and make disciples of all nations."The rapid acceleration of the socio-economic globalization and the spread of the gospel that has transformed the former peripheries of the christianity into new heartlands has caused a new phenomenon in which the migrants from these new heartlands bring their evangelical zeal to the former heartlands of Europe and the North America and reignite the flickering flame there. Nevertheless, not all the migrants are christians, although many of them are. The church in the host nation must do all it can to make disciples of these non-christian migrants and send them back as missionaries. That is a far superior strategy to sending out missionaries who do not speak the native languages and fully understand the native culture.
KW - Globalization and the Bible;Globalization and the Mission;Globalization of the Gospel;Universal Salvation;Socio-economic Consequences of the Globalization
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106
ER -

유종근. (2014). Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 20(3), 106-172.

유종근. 2014, "Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.20, no.3 pp.106-172. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근 "Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 20.3 pp.106-172 (2014) : 106.

유종근. Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications. 2014; 20(3), 106-172. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근. "Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 20, no.3 (2014) : 106-172.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근. Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 20(3), 106-172. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근. Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2014; 20(3) 106-172. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근. Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications. 2014; 20(3), 106-172. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106

유종근. "Globalization from the Viewpoint of the Biblical Values and Its Missionary Implications" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 20, no.3 (2014) : 106-172.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2014.20.3.106