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2012年8月21日 星期二

The Covenant of The Rainbow - Living Together in the Household of God


Christian Conference of Asia General Committee meeting
Hsinchu, Taiwan on August 20-22, 2012
Bible Studies

By Huang Po Ho
Vice president & prof., Chang Jung Christian University
Dean, Program for Theology and Cultures in Asia
Co-moderator, CATS

Genesis 9. 8-17
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 "Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." 17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth."

Introduction

CCA 55th anniversary worship
A month ago, I was invited by Persetia (Association of Theological Education in Indonesia) to be one of the lecturers of its Summer School for their graduate students, this summer school was held in Ambon Maluku. Besides the enjoyment for struggling together with the participants to explore the theme on “Doing Theologies in Asian Way with Asian Resources” in relation to the issue of gender injustice facing our societies in Indonesia and Asia today. This week long experiences in Ambon has introduced me also to the conflicts between Muslims with Christians took place in this island since 1999, and gave me the chance to physically felt the aftermath of this tension lurking under the silence of the society.