The Gospel Story 12: Matthew 28:16-20

Through his death and resurrection, Jesus has enacted a kingdom. The Old Testament hope that “All Authority in Heaven and on Earth” would be given to the Messiah in chapters like Psalm 2 is finally fulfilled. But this didn’t result in the immediate “end of history” as many of the prophets might have thought, but instead the kingdom of God coexists with other evil kingdoms, and it’s the Church’s job to represent that kingdom. We are also tasked with spreading that kingdom to all nations, fulfilling the promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed through his family.