Unto The End of the World

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. — Matthew 28:19-20

Above the Arctic circle in northwest Siberia is the Yamal Peninsula.  “Yamal” means “The End of the World.” Jesus commanded the church to  take the Gospel to that remote part of the world.

Jesus last instructions before ascending back to heaven was to be His witnesses from Jerusalem “unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).  According to BIMI (Baptist International Missions, Inc.) geographically “the uttermost part of the earth” from Jerusalem is the isle of Fiji.   As Isaiah says, “Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof” (Isa. 42:10).

No matter where you are, every corner of our world needs the saving message of the gospel.  Jesus Christ died for the world—and that includes people both near and far—Your neighborhood, your workplace, your family, and those in Yamal, Sibera or inhabitants on the Fiji islands in the South Pacific.

Each of us has the opportunity to take the gospel to people in our personal “end of the earth.”  What are you doing to get the message of salvation in Christ to both those around you and around the world?