Unto the Ends of the Earth

Acts 1:8

• "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

    And when Christ had spoken these things, the Apostles beheld as He was taken up in a cloud. The last thing that Christ did was to leave a promise that it would be their commission to minister Salvation. A promise not only to the Apostles, but to all Christians who would come after them. We, by the power of the Holy Spirit of God, will be witnesses unto the uttermost part [eschatos], or ends of the world.

For this purpose of witnessing, the Church is appointed, and for this design it's members have been made a vessel, and endowed with the Holy Spirit unto this labor. Jerusalem, all Judaea, Samaria, and the uttermost part of the earth, designates the whole world. The Church would go forth to evangelize to the end of the world.

This is the task of the mountain Retreat. To be ministers of the gospel, bearing faithful witness unto Christ. To go to the world carrying the gospel message of Christ to every part.

And may the Lord bless us in our efforts.