Matthew 28 - The final Chapter

SF, Stagecoach, NV

Dear Brothers, Sisters, Prodigals and Unsaved,

Our Lessons in Matthew will always have such topics that show; "How To" Live our Lives, Healings, Miracles, Deliverance and more.  Today you’ll learn and see; what we need in this chapter concerning, Jesus has Risen and THE GREAT COMMISSION.

So hang in there - Abba [God] wrote this all down, for His Children to have the knowledge we need to get through these crazy days.  Thereby knowing the truth, we're set-free by Jesus' Victory, we have victory, when we learn to say and do what Jesus did.  

You’ll notice, that each of the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have some variances.  It’s not because they were in disagreement, but that they only related what they saw and did within their time frame with JESUS.  So don’t worry about those people who say the Bible is in disagreement.  If you and 3 or 4 people read the same book, yet had different opinions why is that?  It’s because each of you are in different places in life, talents or knowledge.  It does not mean any of you are wrong, you just see it from a different point of view, some will see more, others less.  PTL!  If we were all alike, we’d be awful boring.  And that would not fit with what Abba [God] said, “WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE”.  We have different jobs, from different countries; etc, I think you get the message - DIFFERENT IS NOT WRONG - UNLESS THEY:

Deny the Birth, Death, Resurrection, or that JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER.  Stay clear of them, until you know how important each of these times are and Jesus completed.

You’ll see that in, Chapter 28 they are only about the RESURRECTION AND THE GREAT COMMISSION we have, that’s why He gave us the same authority and power, that  Abba gave Christ Jesus.  FYI: that’s what we’ll be covering for the next couple of months.  Also, the Great Commission could not be done completed in our own power - It took Jesus’ ALL to complete, then He gave it to us, so we could fulfill His Great Commission. 

28:1-20 CHAPTER 28:

28:1-15 : JESUS IS RISEN!

    1-7   [Matthew 28:1-7 NKJV] 1 “Now after the Sabbath, as the first [day] of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead [men]. 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 "He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 "And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

As in Chapter 27, the other Mary is the Mother of Jesus, James, Joses [Joseph] [also Jude and Simon were Jesus’ brothers].
I sure hope, when all the angels come with Jesus to gather us together [rapture] an earthquake, off the charts doesn’t happen!  Seriously, I wonder if an earthquake will happen then too?  I saw the size of the doors they used to keep anyone in, until there is only the bones left [approximately 1 year].  So that stone would have been about 80" [inches-high], and about 24-36” [inches wide].  Whatever the size, it would be too heavy for just one man to move.  And the one angel moving it does not surprise me, because as I’ve told you before, when I have to move my couches to vacuum under, I always ask an angel to help me - then it slides right out for me.  If the angel had stood up, he probably would have scared the women, especially with his lightning countenance.  White clothes not so much.  Yet it scared the guards so much, they fainted.

The first thing the angel said “DO NOT FEAR” Jesus was crucified. Even showed them to prove, that He’s not there.  Go quickly and tell the disciples Jesus will meet them in Galilee.

And the next few verses confirm they did exactly what the angel told them to do.

    8-10  [Matthew 28:8-10 NKJV] 8 “So they went out quickly from the tomb with fea [porbably adrenaline] and great joy, and ran to bring His disciples word. 9 And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go [and] tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Yes the went quickly, even running to share what scared [fear] them and made them so happy!  They did get to meet Jesus, before the disciples, rejoicing with tears [I’m sure], holding His feet, 1) proving He was not a Spirit but in the flesh and possibly to worship Him. 

Our Pastor, Allan Moser, just finished a Bible Study on the difference between Worship and Praise.  PRAISE is thanking Abba, for what He’s done for you - AND IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU.  While WORSHIP glorifies His Holy Name and is ALL ABOUT HIM.  Are you doing more Praise then Worship?  I know I was.  Change is good, but repenting [changing our ways] is better.  I never thought of it before.  What’s the saying, “You’re never to old to learn”?

28:16-20:  THE GREAT COMMISSION

   16-20. [Matthew 28:16-20 NKJV] 16 “Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age." Amen.”

The disciples went to the mountain in Galilee that’s where Jesus had appointed for them to go.  Can you guess for sure, which one doubted?  “Doubting Thomas” for sure and a few others and he wasn’t even there the first time the disciples saw Jesus.  Yet Jesus showed those there, to see His scared body, His hands that had whole in them and side from when they verified He was dead.  So they had NO DOUBTS.  It’s like our answered prayers - THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT, THAT JESUS IS ALIVE AND HEARS YOUR PRAYERS, WHEN THEY ARE ANSWERED “SUPERNATURALLY”.

Our main Commission is Versus 19-20. Make disciples [share the Word to others around the world], Baptizing them in the trinity [Father, Son and Holy Spirit].  Teaching Christians to observe Abba’s ways. And His PROMISE to ALWAYS be with us.  With just those Commissions; Abba created; the positions necessary for His Great Commission; Apostles, [today, Missionaries], Prophets, Pastors, Evangelists and Teachers.   Jesus was, the only human who could and did, DO IT ALL!

[John 20:19-29 NKJV] 19 “Then, the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace [be] with you." 20 When He had said this, He showed them [His] hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on [them], and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the [sins] of any, they are retained." 24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" 27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand [here], and put [it] into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed [are] those who have not seen and [yet] have believed.”

Did you catch the first verse?  Jesus came through a locked door - which had to be in a spiritual form, then for them to touch Him - He had to revert to a physical form.

Then finally, after touching Jesus, Thomas never doubted again.  If you’re named Thomas, or have the same doubting [unbelieving] spirit that he had - see what the Lord said to Thomas, in John 20:29.  Thomas believed, because he touched the wholes in Jesus’ hands and side.  YET, warns him, that Thomas only believed because “he touched Him”.  BUT, blessed are those who have not sen and yet have believed.  [That’s YOU AND ME!]

The next blogs will be on “Your Authority to fulfill Your Commission from the Lord”?

If you’ve never read the book “The Power of Blessings” by Kerry Kirkwood - it’s a book I’d HIGHLY recommend you read.

2019 Has been declared by many various prophets, that it will be a year the prodigals will come home and many of the unsaved will become Christians - so HELP them to see ABBA, JESUS & HOLY SPIRIT.  Then hopefully we’ll be going home!  COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS…AMEN!

I also want to PRAISE the Lord for the 2018, 39 countries who’ve been reading the blog.  Know, that I pray nightly for those in authority over you and all the people within each of those nations and around the unsaved world.

My prayer for you; is that you’ll continue to read this Blog, especially concerning the next few series, I feel very strongly the Lord wants me to share with you.  1) To WORSHIP HIM, you need to know ABBA and His Character.  2] Our Authority in Jesus’ Name, to fight the good fight against the enemy.  Jesus said in, [John 15:15 NKJV] 15 "No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.”

BLESSINGS to you and yours - REJOICE IN ALL THINGS COMING IN 2019!

In Jesus’ Name,

Sandy F. - The Lord’s Servant