2A In His divinity, as the only begotten Son of God, the Lord had authority over all; however, in His humanity, as the Son of Man and the King of the heavenly kingdom, authority in heaven and on earth was given to Him after His resurrection (vv. 1-10, 18).
3B Because all authority has been given to the resurrected Christ, He sent His disciples to disciple all the nations; they go with His authority (vv. 18-19):
41 我们受主差遣,不仅要带人得救,也要使万民作主的门徒;这是国度的事。
41 We have been sent by the Lord not only to bring people to salvation but also to disciple the nations; this is a matter of the kingdom.
52 To disciple the nations is to make the heathen the kingdom people for the establishing of His kingdom, which is the church, even today, on the earth (1 Thes. 1:9; 2:12; Rev. 1:5-6, 9; 5:9-10).
63 The intrinsic purpose of our preaching the gospel is to bring people of the nations into the Triune God in order to make them the citizens of the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 24:14; 28:18-19).
13Further Reading: CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” ch. 5; CWWL, 1957, vol. 2, “What the Kingdom Is to the Believers,” ch. 6