TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benjamin Ogechi Agbara
PY  - 2018
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631764350
TI  - Universal Mission: The Climax of Matthew’s Post-Resurrection Account
T2  - An Exegetical Analysis of Matthew 28
DO  - 10.3726/b14516
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110723
N2  - 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).
KW  - Faithful Jews, Believing Gentiles, Immanuel Prophecy, Women Disciples, Commissioning, Making Disciples
LA  - German
ER  -