The story of Jonah who was in the belly of the big fish is a familiar story to all Christians. However, the debate around the historical character of Jonah has made many Christians forget about the main message of this book. Therefore a number of interpreters suggest that we should get out of this historicity debate and focus on its theological themes and messages. Through this paper, the authors try to focus on exploring the main theme and to answer this, the author conducted a qualitative research using “God's mission” as a hermeneutical framework for the text of Jonah 3:1-4:11. Through this framework, proposed by Christopher J. H. Wright, the Portrait of God and His Mission is the theme that the book intends to carry. The message is that the church as its readers can understand the portrait of God and His Mission. This sort of understanding is then expected to become the foundation for the church in carrying out its mission activities.AbstrakKisah Yunus dalam perut ikan besar merupakan kisah yang akrab bagi semua orang Kristen. Namun demikian, perdebatan mengenai historisitas tokoh Yunus akibat kisah ini telah membuat sebagai orang Kristen lupa mengenai tema dan pesan dari kitab ini. Karena itu sejumlah penafsir menyarankan agar kita sebaiknya keluar dari perdebatan historisitas ini dan berfokus pada tema dan pesan teologisnya. Melalui tulisan ini, penulis mencoba mengikuti usulan tersebut dan berfokus pada penggalian tema apa yang hendak disampaikan melalui kitab ini. Untuk menjawabnya, penulis melakukan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan “misi Allah” sebagai bingkai kerja penafsiran (hermeneutical framework) terhadap teks Yunus 3:1-4:11. Melalui bingkai kerja yang diusulkan oleh Christopher J. H. Wright ini, maka Potret Allah dan Misi-Nya adalah tema yang hendak diusung melalui kitab ini. Pesannya adalah agar gereja sebagai pembacanya dapat memahami potret Allah dan Misi-Nya. Pemahaman tersebut selanjutnya diharapkan menjadi fondasi bagi gereja dalam menjalankan aktivitas misinya.

Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini adalah mengapa ada perbedaan kota perlindungan dalam Ulangan 4:41-43 dan 19:1-13 dengan Keluaran 21:12-14, dan Bilangan 35:9-34. Temanya adalah kota-kota perlindungan, namun dengan berbeda versi teologis maupun waktunya. Masalah ini diselesaikan dengan metode historis kritis, sehingga sampai pada asumsi yaitu kota perlindungan merupakan perwujudan dari keadilan sosial.

As God's people, the church needs to realize that diversity is an essential nature of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Efforts to homogenize nations that are diverse in race, ethnicity, culture and religion must be seen as efforts to divide the nation. Therefore religions in Indonesia, especially the Church of God must really be a motivator and encourage their citizens to be truly aware of the diversity of the nation and take part in fostering a life of life that respects diversity and tolerates life with fellow human beings with everything attached to himself, including his religion and culture. In connection with the above, the church leaders and theologians must really try to find an understanding of faith that encourages people to accept differences and be able to build a tolerant life together. Efforts in that direction can be built through the perspectives of all fields of theological studies. This paper contains efforts to build a tolerant shared life from a systematic perspective. Theology of Religions and the Biblical (Old Testament). The dogmatic perspective sees two basic needs, namely to nurture and increasingly take root in the faith of church members, and the need to determine attitudes towards the presence of other religious life together. Without forgetting the universal nature of religion as an expression of religious awareness. From an ethical perspective feel the need to develop global ethics that are universal. From the perspective of the science of religions it is necessary to highlight the verses of the Scriptures possessed by each religion that are universal. While the Biblical perspective sees the importance of Christians understanding their holy books diachronically and holistically. Because improper ways of understanding the Bible make possible the birth of exclusive fundamentalists. Central themes, such as love, justice, truth, peace, redemption, goodness, and life are believed to be from God, all of which are universal. All biblical texts, if understood, diachronically, then the text messages are the central themes already mentioned. ABSTRAKSebagai umat Allah, gereja perlu menyadari bahwa keanekaragaman merupakan sifat hakiki dari Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia. Usaha untuk menyeragamkan bangsa yang beranekaragam ras, suku, kebudayaan dan agama harus dilihat sebagai upaya yang bisa memecah belah bangsa. Karena itu, agama-agama di Indonesia, khususnya Gereja Tuhan harus sungguh menjadi pemberi motivasi dan mendorong warganya untuk sungguh-sungguh menyadari akan keanekaragaman bangsa dan ikut mengambil bagian dalam menumbuhkembangkan peri kehidupan yang menghargai keanekaragaman dan hidup bertoleransi dengan sesama manusia dengan segala sesuatu yang melekat pada dirinya, termasuk agama dan kebudayaanya.Berhubungan dengan hal di atas, maka para pemimpin gereja dan para teolog harus sungguh-sungguh berusaha menemukan pemahaman iman yang mendorong umat bisa menerima adanya perbedaan-perbedaan dan mampu membangun kehidupan bersama yang bertoleransi. Upaya-upaya ke arah itu...

Topik mengenai kaitan antara Perjanjian Lama (PL) dan Perjanjian Baru (PB) menjadi perdebatan diantara para ahli biblika. Pertanyaan mengenai kaitan antara soterioloi dalam PL dan PB pun menjadi bagian dari perdebatan dalam studi biblika. Tulisan ini menelaah bagaimana konsep injil dari PL harus dipahami. Metode semantik akan diterapkan dalam beberapa teks kitab Yesaya untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut

This book explains the source of Y by focusing on social, economic, and even political aspects. The description contained in it is not only limited to explaining the source of Y, but has been accompanied by the interpretation of the two authors. In this book, it is explained that the Y source is written with the background of the strong Egypt as one of the superpowers and the Israel kingdom under David's monarchy, here Egypt is the biggest threat. The question is, why Egypt? Aren't there other superpowers in addition to Egypt, such as the Mycenaeans, Hittites, and Assyrians? And is it true that source Y was written at the time David was king of Israel kingdom? This is explained at length in this book. In addition, source Y also has another agenda, namely how to unite the twelve tribes into one nation in a new kingdom under the Davidic dynasty. Why did David have to do this? The initial answer given is because it relates to their existence in the midst of other kingdoms and nations. The way that David tried to convince his people was by bringing up the story of Abraham's calling, especially the affirmation “Israel is a great nation, chosen and blessed. These two agendas are a big framework for understanding this book.