Interplay of fear of God’s judgement and responsibility compulsion as nexus for encouraging responsible migration response

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title Interplay of fear of God’s judgement and responsibility compulsion as nexus for encouraging responsible migration response
 
Creator Magezi, Christopher
 
Subject Theology Israel; responsibility compulsion; God’s anger; God’s judgement; God’s punishment; Christians; church; migration response
Description This article argues for the interplay of fear of God’s judgement and responsibility compulsion as a nexus for encouraging responsible migration response. This arises from the need of theology of migration that challenges the church to respond to migration challenges in a comprehensive manner. Given this, the aim of this article is to contribute migration theology that respond to the aforementioned proposed need. It utilises the available literature to establish the role of Israel in God’s redemptive history that includes her positive treatment of people from other nations, thereby also reminding the nations of what God expects of all people. In bringing the issue of the interplay of fear of God’s judgement and responsibility compulsion as a nexus for encouraging responsible migration response, it advances that God promises to judge and punish his people when they oppose his care and love for the vulnerable people such as aliens, widows and orphans (Ex 22:21–27). However, in remaining faithful to his aforementioned promises to the Israelites, God confronts them (the Israelites) in anger, judgement and punishment when they disobey him in the way they manage their relationship with people of other nations (Jr 7:1–15, 52; 2 Ki 24:10–20). With this in mind, it concludes by advancing the interplay of fear of God’s judgement and responsibility compulsion as nexus for encouraging responsible migration response within contemporary churches in South Africa and beyond.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article outlines the issue of fear of judgement and responsibility compulsion as a nexus for responsible migration response. It underscores the aforementioned by delving into a thorough exegesis of the relevant Old Testament passages and looking at Israel’s role in redemptive history as God’s people. It then presents the role of Israel as accomplished by the God-man, Jesus Christ, who established the church as a new covenant community of God. As such, it is a theological interdisciplinary article integrating exegesis, biblical theology, systematic theology and practical theology.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor North West University, Vaal Triangle Campus
Date 2019-07-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literature based study
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v40i1.1909
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 40, No 1 (2019); 11 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Theology Old Testament and New Testament —
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Christopher Magezi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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