Matthew 13:47-50
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Net
The kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind (47).
The Greek word, sagene refers to a large dragnet, which is cast into the water to drag fish up from the bottom. While being dragged along it keeps gathering all in its way, both good and bad, small and great. This image of the Kingdom of God as a net provides a picture different from that of the modern globalization net which selectively concerned with few privileged, on the basis of their merit and economic value to its network. Quite contrarily, the Kingdom of God gives preference to the least, the weak, unsupported and the marginalized, the subalterns.
In Globalization humans and nature becomes simply objects of commercial transaction. Holistic human well being in the areas of environment, public health, living standards, and the protection of human rights are undermined. This has become very visible on account of the large scale protests by people at the places where the meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund like, Seattle, Davos and Hongkong in recent years and how these were responded to. The world needs new political and economic network that protects the rights of all.
● Lord, Save us from the viles of the evil one.
●● Participate in protest movements so as to expose the evil designs of the selective economics of Corporate world.
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