April 20, 2014 – The Great Commission
– A Study of Matthew – Empty Tomb to Great Multitude
Matthew 28:18-20 – New
International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission
“18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore 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 and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Empty Tomb to
Great Multitude
Matthew 28:1-10
– New International Version (NIV)
1“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord
came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on
it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were
white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they
shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know
that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not
here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then
go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead
of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled
with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met
them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped
him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell
my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
When
did Mary Magdalene and the other Mary go to the tomb of Jesus (verse 1)?
What
natural phenomena occurred (verse 2)?
Where
did the angel of the Lord come from (verse
2)?
What did the angel do (verse 2)?
How did the angel appear (verse 3)?
In your opinion, why were the guards
so afraid of the angel (verse 4)?
What did the angel first say to the
women
(verse 5)?
Who
did the angel say the women were looking for (verse 5)?
What
did the angel say Jesus had done (verse 6)?
In
your opinion, why did the angel say “just
as he said” (verse 6)?
Who,
after they had looked to see that Jesus was not there, were the women to go to
with a message (verse 7)?
What
message were they to deliver (verse 7)?
In
your opinion, why were the women “afraid yet filled with joy” (verse 8)?
What
did Jesus say to them when He met them (verse 9)?
How
did the women react to Jesus (verse 9)?
In
your opinion, why did Jesus say “Do not
be afraid” (verse 10)?
Who
did Jesus have them take a message to (verse 10)?
What
was the message they were to take (verse 10)?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Matthew 28:1-10 show us about the Great Commission?
Daniel 2:31-45
– New International Version (NIV)
31 “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large
statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. 32 The
head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its
belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet
partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34 While you were
watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on
its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron,
the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and
became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away
without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge
mountain and filled the whole earth.
36 “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the
king. 37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of
heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; 38 in
your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds
in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are
that head of gold.
39 “After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours.
Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. 40 Finally,
there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes
everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all
the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were
partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet
it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed
with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so
this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And
just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture
and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a
kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It
will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself
endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the
rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron,
the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
“The
great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is
true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
Who is Daniel speaking to (verse 31)?
What does Daniel describe, that had been
seen (verse 31)?
What were the parts made of (verses 32
and33)?
The head?
The
chest?
The
belly and thighs?
The
legs?
The
feet?
In your opinion, what does it mean that
the rock was “cut out, but not by human
hands” (verse 34)?
What did the rock do (verse 34)?
What happened to the entire enormous
statue (verse 35)?
What did the rock become (verse 35)?
When Daniel interpreted the dream, who
was the head of gold (verse 38)?
What is the fourth kingdom made of
(verses 40 and 41)?
How is it important that the feet is
iron and clay (verse 42)?
What does it mean that the iron is mixed
with clay (verse 43)?
Who will set up the kingdom (verse 44)?
In your opinion, why won’t this kingdom “never be destroyed, nor will it be left to
another people” (verse 44)?
What will the new kingdom that “will itself endure forever” do to all
other kingdoms (verse 44)?
In your opinion, why is it significant
that the beginning of this vision seemed to focus on an enormous statue, but
the end focuses on a “rock cut out of a
mountain, but not by human hands”?
What is said about the dream (verse 45)?
In your opinion, what is the connection
between the empty tomb in Matthew 28 and the “rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands” from Daniel 2?
In your opinion, how does the king’s
dream and Daniel’s interpretation in Daniel 2:31-45 help us understand Easter
morning in Matthew 28:1-10?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Daniel show us about the Great Commission?
Romans 8:31-38
– New International Version (NIV)
31 “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If
God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare
his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him,
graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge
against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who
then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who
was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or
persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it
is written:
“For
your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor
life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.”
In your opinion, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (verse 31)?
What did God do for us with His Son (verse
32)?
Who, in spite of charges against
Christians by Satan, the world, or even Christians themselves, justifies (verse
33)?
Who condemns (verse 34)?
Where is “Christ Jesus who died-more than that, who was raised to life” (verse
34)?
What is Jesus doing there (verse 34)?
In your opinion, what is the comfort of (verse
35)?
In your opinion, who do we face death
for (verse 36)?
What are we “through him who loved us” (verse 37)?
What will none of the things that Paul
listed in verses 38 and 39 not be about to do?
In your opinion, what does “Christ Jesus who died—more than
that, who was raised to life” of Romans 8
have to do with the “rock cut out of a
mountain, but not by human hands” of Daniel 2?
In your opinion, how does Paul’s more
that conquerors discussion of Romans 8 help us understand about the empty tomb
and the message to the “brothers”
through the “women” of Matthew 28?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Romans show us about the Great Commission?
9 “After this I looked, and there before me was a great
multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and
language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing
white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And
they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation
belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb.”
11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around
the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before
the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:
“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who
are they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And
he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
Who was before John (verse 9)?
What were they wearing (verse 9)?
What did they say when they cried out in a loud voice “belongs to our God, who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb” (verse 10)?
Who said “Amen” to
the statement that “Salvation belongs to
our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (verses 11 and 12)?
Who are the ones in the white robes (verse 14)?
In your opinion, is it possible that the people who have
come through the great tribulation in Revelation 7:9-14 may be the same people
who Paul says “For your sake we face
death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” in Romans
8:31-38?
In your opinion, does the statement “After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no
one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before
the throne and before the Lamb.” from Revelation 7:9-14 help us understand
the “kingdom that shall never be
destroyed” that is formed from the rock “cut
from the mountain, but not by human hands” of Daniel 2:31-45?
In your opinion, what is the connection between the
statement “Salvation belongs to our God, who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” from Revelation 7:9-14 and the empty
tomb on Easter Morning in Matthew 28:1-10?
In your opinion, what does this passage
from Revelation show us about the Great Commission?
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