Matthew 28:16-20
The risen King sends His disciples to make disciples of all nations, and He goes with them by His abiding presence.
16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.
17 When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
18 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go and make disciples of all 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 commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
The risen King sends his disciples to make disciples of all nations, and he goes with them by his abiding presence.
Matthew concludes his Gospel by presenting the risen Jesus as the universally authorized King who sends his disciples to make disciples of all nations while promising his abiding presence until the end of the age.
The Eleven go to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated. The setting fulfills Jesus' earlier promise to meet his disciples in Galilee after being raised. The immediate audience is the Eleven disciples, a diminished group after Judas's betrayal, yet still appointed by Jesus as witnesses and agents of his mission.
The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King
The crucified Jesus has risen just as he said, possesses all authority in heaven and on earth, receives worship, sends his disciples to make disciples of all nations, and promises his abiding presence until the end of the age.