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Obviously, that's your religion's private interpretation and thus your tradition since it can't be found in the scriptures...

Mark 16 and Matthew 28 has been eliminated by the Great Church of Iscool (population 1), handed down from the Throne of the Great Sports Interpretation on NFL Sundays? And poor Paul is responsible for all this is he?

Let's recap what Jesus ACTUALLY said after He was Resurrected and was readying them for Pentecost (the starting signal, as it were):

Matthew 28: 18 11 Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, therefore, 12 and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. 13 And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."

Mark 16: . 14 (But) later, as the eleven were at table, he appeared to them and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him after he had been raised. 15 He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. 18 They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God. 20 But they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.) 3

Luke tells us in Acts 1: 4 While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for "the promise of the Father 3 about which you have heard me speak; 5 for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy Spirit." 6 When they had gathered together they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going 4 to restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 5 He answered them, "It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. 8 6 But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

The only trash to be dealt with is the ruins of the Reformation and the rubble of the Restoration. Jesus tells us with his own words that the Apostles are to evangelize the earth (note that Paul is not part of this instruction - where do we have Scripture quote Jesus telling Paul this? Answer: we have no Scripture quoting Jesus talking to Paul as He did the 12 and those He dealt with during His Incarnation, right?) and He will be with them always.

As Christians, we follow Jesus. Who did you say that you follow?

Ah, yes, you follow a cupie (sic) doll.