📜 KJV BIBLE STUDY: Matthew 28:19
📖 VERSE: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

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[Israel] Phrase: “Go ye therefore,” Note: This command was given by the Lord Jesus Christ to the eleven apostles (Matthew 28:16) and falls within the scope of God’s prophetic program for Israel and the establishment of the earthly kingdom. ‘Ye’ refers specifically to the Jewish apostles, commissioned to take the kingdom message to the world (Matthew 10:5-7). Supporting Scriptures:

• Matthew 15:24: “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

[Israel] Phrase: “and teach all nations,” Note: Under Israel’s program, the nations (Gentiles) were to be reached through Israel’s witness, preparatory for Christ’s physical reign on earth (Acts 1:8). This commission is part of the prophetic program which was temporarily suspended due to Israel’s rejection. The current dispensation (The Church, the Body of Christ) receives its marching orders from the Apostle Paul, focusing on the ‘preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery’ (Romans 16:25). Supporting Scriptures:

• Romans 16:25: “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,”

[Israel] Phrase: “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Note: This commission involves trine water baptism (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), which was a sign of cleansing and identification with the Kingdom of Heaven program. In the dispensation of grace (Mid-Acts), water baptism is no longer practiced because the believer is placed into the Body of Christ by the Holy Spirit alone (Ephesians 4:5, One Baptism). The Apostle Paul, the minister to the Gentiles today, stated clearly that he was not sent to baptize with water. Supporting Scriptures:

• 1 Corinthians 1:17: “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:13: “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”

God bless,
Joyckers Ministry

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