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“Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.”

1 Corinthians 1:32-33

After the resurrection, Jesus left the Earth to ascend to the throne and fulfill Daniel’s vision of the Son of Man coming before the Ancient of Days to receive dominion. (Daniel 7) Before His departure, He left the Apostles with an important task: The Great Commission. This is found in Matthew 28:16-20, where Christ commands them (and us by proxy many generations later) to go forth and spread the gospel to the world. These words have a striking parallel to the creation narrative in Genesis, where God blesses mankind and gives the command to go forth and multiply and fill the Earth and to subdue it.

Indeed there are many parallels between creation in Genesis and the revealed redemption in Christ through the gospels. As God rested on the 7th day, so did Christ rest after being crucified, finishing His work and creating the new spiritual reality. As all things began on the first day, so too did Christ resurrect on the first day and bring to life the promises made by God for believers. As God breathed life into the nostrils of Adam, so too did Christ breathe the Holy Spirit onto the Apostles. And just as man was told to multiply and be fruitful, so too is the gospel going to go out to the whole world and be fruitful, increasing the number of God’s elect over time until the very last ones are sealed.