In this episode, we're joined by Dave Jacob of Gospel Mobilization to trace the mission of God across the entire Old Testament. Far from being a New Testament afterthought, God's heart for the nations is woven through Scripture from the very beginning.

We start before the fall, with God's command to Adam to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. From there we follow the thread through the great covenants — God's promise to Abraham to bless all peoples, the calling of Israel through Moses, and the kingdom established in David. We finish at the temple, where the Court of the Gentiles stood as a sign of God's welcome to the nations, and in Psalm 67, a prayer that God's saving power would be known among all peoples.

Along the way, we challenge the church to recover this vision. From the beginning, God had the nations on His heart — and today, so many still have never heard the gospel. The call to missions isn't a departure from the Old Testament story. It's the fulfillment of it.

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