After Jesus' Resurrection, he appears multiple times to the apostles and upon doing so, he does something unique: Jesus commissions his apostles to be "sent" just as he was "sent" by the father.
Jesus commissions, authorizes, and deputizes his apostles to continue the same mission he started.
The good news isn't just that Jesus is back from the dead but that the power, authority, and mission that Jesus had is now bestowed upon the 12 apostles.
And, what does this authority enable them to do? Among other things, to only do what God could do in a first century Jewish context: forgive not just sins one commits against them, but sins people commit against others.
Notable Quote:
"Now, in a 1st Century Jewish setting, this is a staggering bestowal of authority, because as we see from elsewhere in the gospels (like in the gospel of Mark), when Jesus forgives the sins of the paralytic, they say, “This man speaks blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?” It’s a divine power. It’s a divine prerogative to forgive sins. And amazingly, now Jesus gives that divine authority and that divine power to the Apostles. And so, it’s very crucial here to stress that in order for them to both forgive and to retain someone’s sins, the implication is that they would somehow know what those sins are."
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