THE JEWISH COMMISSION

 Was The Great Commission To The Gentiles Believers?

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Matthew 28:19–20 contains what has come to be called the Great Commission: “Therefore go and make disciples of All Nations, baptizing them in The Name of The Father and of The Son and The Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I Am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Jesus gave this command to the Jewish Apostles shortly before He ascended into heaven, and it essentially outlines what Jesus expected the Hebrew Apostles and those Jews who followed them to do in His absence.

It is interesting that, in the original Greek, the only direct command in Matthew 28:19–20 is “make disciples.” The Great Commission instructs the Jews to make disciples while they are going throughout the world. The instructions to “go,” “baptize,” and “teach” are indirect commands—participles in the original. How are the Jews believers to make disciples? By baptizing them and teaching them all that Jesus commanded. “Make disciples” is the primary command of the Great Commission. “Going,” “baptizing,” and “teaching” are the means by which they fulfill the command to “make disciples.”

A disciple is someone who receives instruction from another person; a Christ believer disciple is a baptized follower of Christ, one who believes the teaching of Christ. A disciple of Christ imitates Jesus’ example, clings to His sacrifice, believes in His resurrection, possesses the Holy Spirit, and lives to do His work. The command in the Great Commission to “make disciples” means to teach or train first the Jewish Nation's people to follow and obey Christ.

Many understand Acts 1:8 as part of the Great Commission as well: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be Yeshua's witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” The Great Commission is enabled by the power of the Holy Spirit. His Apostles are to be Christ’s witnesses, fulfilling the Great Commission in their cities ( Jerusalem ), in our states and countries (Judea and Samaria), and anywhere else God sends us (to the ends of the earth).

Throughout the book of Acts, we see how the apostles began to fulfill the Great Commission, as outlined in Acts 1:8. First, Jerusalem is evangelized ( Acts 1 — 7 ); then the Spirit expands the Church through Judea and Samaria ( Acts 8 — 12 ); finally, the gospel reaches into “the ends of the earth” ( Acts 13 — 28 ). Today, we All Jews and Gentiles continue to act as ambassadors for Christ, and “we plead on Christ’s behalf: ‘Be reconciled to God’” ( 2 Corinthians 5:20,).

We have received a precious gift: “the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people” ( Jude 1:3 ). Jesus’ words in the Great Commission reveal the heart of God, who desires “all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” ( 1 Timothy 2:4 ). The Great Commission compels the Jewish believers first to share the good news until everyone has heard with the Gentiles believers. Like the servants in Jesus’ parable, we are to be about the business of the kingdom, making disciples of all nations: “He called His ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come to the Jew first and also to the Gentiles” ( Luke 19:13, KJV ). Amen. In Spirit & Truth.

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