Universal mission: the climax of Matthew’s post-resurrection account: an exegetical analysis of Matthew 28
The work is based on the last command of the risen Jesus to his disciples in Matthew’s account of the events that followed the resurrection of Jesus. The command is: «Make disciples of all nations». The command reverses the initial restriction of the disciples to only the lost sheep of the house of...
| Summary: | The work is based on the last command of the risen Jesus to his disciples in Matthew’s account of the events that followed the resurrection of Jesus. The command is: «Make disciples of all nations». The command reverses the initial restriction of the disciples to only the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The work presents the command as the climax of Matthew’s post-resurrection account, which is told in four scenes and each of the scenes contains a command. The last command sanctions the mission to the Gentiles without ending the mission to Israel. Making disciples involves baptism to increase the number of Christians (Church growth) and teaching to increase adherence to the teachings of Jesus (Church life) Some background issues to the universal mission – Exegesis of Matthew 28 – The universal commissioning of the disciples – Theology of Matthew 28 – The Nigerian experience of mission |
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| ISBN: | 3631764359 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3726/b14516 |