<p>28:20&nbsp;<i>Teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you; and I am with you always, even to the end of the age</i>- The Lord will support the work of the great preaching commission right up to the end of the age- which means that once the commission is completed, and the whole world has indeed been told the good news of the resurrection, then this age shall finish and the Lord shall return. He said the same very clearly in teaching that once the Gospel goes into all the world, then the end shall come. Matthew clearly saw his own Gospel record, the testament to his life's work, as playing a part in bringing about &quot;the end&quot;. The further it could be distributed, the faster the end would come. And that challenge remains with us as with no other generation.</p>
<p>There are some definite links between the Greek text of Matthew&rsquo;s record of the commission, and the LXX of the end of Daniel 12:</p>
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            <p><b>Daniel 12:13 LXX</b></p>
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            <p>Go ye into all the world (Mt. 28:20)</p>
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            <p>Go thou thy way</p>
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            <p>&ldquo;&hellip;then shall the end come&rdquo; (when the Gospel has   been preached to all the world)</p>
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            <p>till the end</p>
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            <p>I am with you all the days (28:20 Gk.)</p>
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            <p>for still there will be days</p>
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            <p>unto the end of the world</p>
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            <p>to the end of the world.</p>
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<p>These connections suggest that the great commission to preach worldwide will be powerfully fulfilled in the last days- see on 24:14.</p>