Explaining Matthew 28:19
- Myron A. Gilmore Jr.
- May 20
- 2 min read
Saints, understand that the book of Matthew was written to a Jewish audience, that's why it says "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". This is the same reason Romans 10:9 says what it says, because the Jews didn't believe Jesus was the Messiah, so in order for them to be saved they had to admit that Jesus is Lord. Matthew 28:19 is written that way so that the Jews would realize that Jesus was Lord also, it doesn't have to do with the concept of the Trinity. God is one, for Jesus to humble himself to God or rather submit to God shows that the Son part of him wasn't God, he's only God as the Father. This is why once the Son has put everything under him, he will put himself under the Father to be all in all. The Holy Ghost and the Father are the same because God is a Spirit and there is only one Spirit that is Holy. Just like in the book of Daniel, the Ancient of days giving the kingdom to the Son of man represents God giving the kingdom to his people; we are the body of Christ who are finishing the ministry that Christ started and then we will be submitted to God in the end and God will have all the glory. We are workers together with Christ, meaning what he started he's living in us helping us finish the work. Holy, Holy, Holy refers to the outer court (where everyday people are), the inner court and the most Holy place, but when Jesus died, that separation was torn in half, so there's nothing separating us from the Father once we have the Holy Ghost, because the Son as the high priest offered himself as the final sacrifice once and for all, this is why when we have the Son we also have the Father because they are the same. Before Christ was the Son he was God's Word, and God made everything by speaking it. This is why it says that Jesus was made a life giving Spirit because the Son's Spirit was all God/the Father. We are kings and priests because we're now sons of God through Christ, this is why we are able to continue his ministry, because we're operating in his fivefold position in his absence
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