account of how little time was left. His disciples were not to rejoice or despair over success or lack of it. Success is not part of the assignment, for true success remains with the Lord who hands out assignments, the One who by his Cross has thrown Satan out of heaven. Only the Lamb of God “has triumphed”, the “lion of the tribe of Judah”. The great hymns of praise in heaven are sung to him (Rev 5:5, 9ff.). Those he commissions will find in him—not in themselves—the “authority” “to overcome all