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“Go ... Teach All Nations”
This chapter is based on Matthew 28:16-20.
Standing only a step from His heavenly throne, Christ gave the
commission: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” “Go into
all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Mark 16:15
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Jesus repeated the words again and again so that the disciples would
grasp their significance. The light of heaven was to shine on all the
inhabitants of the earth in clear, strong rays.
Jesus had given the commission to the Twelve in the upper room,
but now it was to go to a larger number. All the believers who could
be called together were assembled for the meeting on a mountain
in Galilee. The angel at the tomb reminded the disciples of Jesus’
promise to meet them in Galilee. They repeated the promise to the
believers at Jerusalem during Passover week, and through them it
reached many who were mourning the death of their Lord. With
intense interest, all looked forward to the meeting. They came from
every direction with wondering hearts.
At the time appointed, about five hundred believers gathered in
little knots on the mountainside, eager to learn all they could from
those who had seen Christ since His resurrection. The disciples went
from group to group, telling all that they had seen and heard of Jesus
and reasoning from the Scriptures, as He had done with them.
Suddenly Jesus stood among them. No one could tell from where
He had come or how. Many had never seen Him before, but in His
hands and feet they saw the marks of the Crucifixion. When they
saw Him, they worshiped Him.
But some doubted. It will always be this way. There are those
who find it hard to exercise faith, and they place themselves on the
doubting side. They lose much because of their unbelief.
This was the only interview that Jesus had with many of the
believers after His resurrection. His words, coming from lips that
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