divine mission
God-given holy task
A divine mission is a task or purpose believed to be assigned by God or a higher power.
The phrase implies sacred duty and often unshakeable conviction: She felt a divine mission to help the poor.
It can describe genuine religious calling or, more critically, someone's grandiose self-justification: He spoke of his divine mission to reform the nation.
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- saviorOne who rescues another
- chosen oneProphesied special individual
- chosen peopleDivinely selected group
- prophecyForetelling of future events
purpose · mandate of heaven · apostleship · virtue · hero's journey · vocation · revelation · martyrdom · altruism · creation myth · righteousness · covenant · promised land · sacred text · burning bush · destiny · sacred duty · stewardship
- Joan of ArcJoan of Arc, French heroine, martyr, saint, heroine
- national mythsfounding myth, founding myths, national origin, origin story, origin stories
- religious delusionsmessiah complex, savior complex, angelic visitation, apocalyptic visions, prophetic dreams
- religious nationalismreligious nationalism, theocracy, state religion, Zionism, Islamism
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- questsquest, seeking, main quest, searching, side quest
source of purpose
divine missionself-aggrandizement
Inflating one's own status
self-interest · careerism · vanity project · power grab · vainglory