What is the biblical basis for missions?
Gods plan for the nations runs from Genesis to Revelation. It begins with Genesis 12:2-3 where God promises Abraham, “I will bless youand you will be a blessingand all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Gods purposes come to a climax in the new heavens and new earth, the New Jerusalem of Revelation 21-22. Describing the New Jerusalem where “the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.” Revelation 21:24-26 says, “The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.” The Great Commission appears in various forms. Read: Matthew 28:16-20 Mark 16:15 Luke 24:45-49 John 20:21 Acts 1:8 Romans 1:5 Also see Romans 10:13-15. Some little known biblical prophecies give exciting predictions of what God plans for the nations. “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
