Bible Linguistics 9 – Ecstatic proposal for Christian retirees ①

Bible Linguistics 9 – Ecstatic proposal for Christian retirees ①

After graduating from college, I joined a relatively stable and good pay job and worked for nearly 20 years. In the workplace where I worked, employees do not leave well except in special cases. Most employees work until retirement. Less than 10% of employees retire before retirement. But I came out as an honorary retirement ten years earlier. There may have been various reasons, but the vague curiosity that there might be a more meaningful life, not just a salary life, was the decisive reason. After retirement, I ran a small private business and had various hobby activities and spent about 5 years in meetings or drinking with friends. After that, I wondered what I could do in the'one-hundred-age time' to live a rewarding life up to the old age. Then, I participated in the "reading the Bible from beginning to end course" for 5 days and 4 nights at Gapyeong Pilgrim House operated by the Global Village Church.

This course is a program that anyone interested can participate in. I was attending church until then, but I was a ‘Sunday believer’ who goes on Sundays and worships. This course is indeed a march. We have to read only what the Bible reads from 6 AM to 11 PM, but there is not much left in the Bible after we're done. It was because they had almost no knowledge of the Bible. After the course is over, you will receive a course certificate, such as receiving a finish medal after the completion of a marathon. The meaning in itself was not that big, but after it was brought, the storm was probably enormous enough to dominate the second half of life. At this time, I finally decided to study the Bible in seminary, and decided to do the Bible study but focus on learning the language I usually like. That is the multi-lingual Bible study I am doing right now.
 
Being a theologian at a late age also required courage. Moreover, it was thought that theology, as an ordinary snob that has its weakness as a human being, was unthinkable and inaccessible. However, there is an incredible term that can be used among Christians to solve the problems of people in this dilemma. That is “laity theology”. Lay theology is literally a layman who can study the Bible more in depth. Since the Bible teaches, “Don't be a teacher,” it is a kind of “gospel” for believers who want to study theology as lay people who do not want to go on a full-time pastoral path. I started with the intention of becoming a “laity theologian”. In connection with the child's educational problems, the family decided to go abroad to study together and enrolled in a small seminary school in North America to study theology. There are so many masters in the world. There are many masters among lay people who study theology. They are people who practice their theology and faith in God while still knowing their secular occupation as a vocation and keeping silently.

I respect these people. Of course, that doesn't mean that the enthusiastic people who lead dreams as pastors and lead people to the Gospel are worse than those. It seems that people who continue to study without losing faith while accepting reality silently look great. While studying theology, the emphasis was on language learning, a field of interest, rather than theoretical theological studies. In addition to reading and memorizing the Bible itself, I learned the original Hebrew and Greek. Latin was self-taught. As I read the Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese Bibles one after another, the Bible verses naturally memorized. After reading a book several times, it is natural to come up with a way to memorize it by itself. Beginning by memorizing 66 books of the Bible by book title and subject, it was done by linking image association with golden verses memorization of the New Testament and Old Testament 1189 (verses). Only after reaching a certain level of Bible study in this native language can they expand to other languages. It is not easy to interpret the Bible itself, but once it is understood, it is easier to memorize than others.

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