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Mission in Matthew against the Horizon of Matthew 24

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2008

VICKY BALABANSKI
VICKY BALABANSKI
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide College of Divinity, 34 Lipsett Terrace, Brooklyn Park SA 5032, Australia
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Abstract

Mission in Matthew's Gospel is not limited to the obvious missional texts – Matt 28.16–20 and Matthew 10. Verbal and thematic parallels between Matt 28.16–20 and Matt 24.1–31 invite an interpretation of these texts as mutually significant. Matthew 24 portrays the present for Matthew's community as darker and more vulnerable than is generally observed in Matt 28.16–20. This article explores both the similarities and contrasts between these Matthean passages and some other key intertexts, particularly Isa 42.1–4. Matthew's eschatological program is discerned, including the nature of Christ's ‘presence’ in Matthew 24 and the mission to the nations as an eschatological imperative.

Keywords

Matthew 24MissionTestimoniaMatthean EschatologyGentiles
Type
Articles
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 161 - 175
Copyright
2008 Cambridge University Press

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