当主耶稣从死里复活后，告诉门徒，天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给祂了。换句话说，神的国已经赐给祂了。然而，现在有一个问题，地上有谁服祂的权柄？神是把国赐给祂了；父神把天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给子了，这在神那里已经不成问题。神的心意是要荣耀祂的儿子，叫祂的儿子在宇宙中作万有的君王；神也在祂儿子复活时，把天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给了祂的儿子。然而，主能立刻就掌权么？
这时还有两个问题：第一，在地上还找不到人服祂的权柄；第二，地上还有反叛的魔鬼和他的使者，顶撞神的权柄。神的儿子从神那里得到了权柄，要到地上设立祂的国度；但地上的光景却不是这样。地上没有服祂权柄的人，反而有背叛祂的魔鬼和使者。在这种情形下，祂怎么能把祂的国度设立在地上？祂怎么能在地上通行神的权柄？
因为地上满了背叛，没有人愿意服祂的权柄，没有人肯承认祂是君王；地上的人都跟从了背叛祂的撒但。所以，主差遣门徒说，‘你们要去，使万民作我的门徒。’什么是使万民作主的门徒呢？就是使他们归顺主。原来他们是跟随撒但，背叛主的，现在必须使他们归顺主。我们要清楚的看见，主吩咐门徒去，传福音给万民听，把国度的福音传到普天之下，叫万民作祂的门徒，叫他们归顺主，使他们成为祂国度的子民。
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Preach the Gospel and Build the Lord’s Kingdom – Matt. 28:18-19
After the Lord Jesus resurrected from the dead, he told his disciples that all authority has been given to him in heaven and on earth. In other words, the kingdom of God has been given to him. Now there is a question: Who on earth submits to his authority? God has given him the kingdom; God the Father has given all authority in heaven and earth to the Son, and this is no longer a problem with God. God’s intention is to glorify his Son and make his Son the king of kings in the universe. God also gave his Son all authority in heaven and earth when he resurrected him. However, can the Lord take control immediately?
At this time, there are still two problems: first, there is still no one on earth who submits to his authority; second, there are still rebellious devils and his angels on earth who contradict God’s authority. The Son of God has received authority from God to establish his kingdom on earth; but the situation on earth is not like this. There is no one on earth who submits to his authority. Instead, there are demons and angels who rebel against him. How could he establish his kingdom on earth under such circumstances? How could he exercise God’s authority on earth?
Because the earth is full of rebellion, no one is willing to submit to his authority, and no one is willing to acknowledge him as king. Everyone on the earth has followed Satan, who rebelled against him. Therefore, the Lord sent his disciples and said, “Go therefore and disciple all the nations.” What is to disciple all the nations? That is to make them surrender to the Lord. Originally they followed Satan and rebelled against the Lord. Now they must be made to submit to the Lord. We must clearly see that the Lord commanded his disciples to go and preach the gospel to all the nations, to declare the gospel of the kingdom throughout the world, to make all nations his disciples, to make them submit to the Lord and to make them kingdom people.