Wednesday Reflection Week 7

At first I didn’t quiet get the difference between the Trinity view of the mission and the Kingdom perspective on the mission. I can’t say that I do but I started seeing subtle differences. One thing I have noticed is that the former could be exclusive in certain aspects. It is in fact inclusive towards the outside (or secular) but it still seems to define the outside and the inside (it is us who are in the inside who gives/shares to the outside). Where as for the latter, it is more inclusive in the way how it considers all creation as part of (or at least as subject) to the Kingdom of God. I, personally do not believe all creation is part of the Kingdom of God since there is clear distinction between the good and bad (i.e. the parable of the weed) but I believe the church must be less exclusive and be more open to the outside world. After all, the parable of the weed also teaches us that we are not the harvesters; we are not the ones who sort the good and bad. That is God’s job at the end of time. For now we must try to reach out to all areas of our lives without concerning too much on who is “in” and who is “out.”