“The Great Commission” by way of contrast to this first commission given in such impressive detail in Matthew 10. We observe immediately that: (1) this first commission was limited to Israel, whereas the great commission was to all the world and to every creature; (2) the first commission carried only the good news that the kingdom of heaven was about to be established, while the great commission offered the full gospel of redemption by the death and resurrection of Christ; (3) the first commission