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The Lord of the Rings: The King's Sovereign Commission - Reformed (Great Commission)

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At the Council of Elrond, the mission is established: the Ring must be destroyed in Mount Doom. This is not democratically decided but sovereignly appointed. Frodo is chosen, companions are assigned, and the mission will succeed because it must—the story's Author guarantees it. The Great Commission flows from Christ's sovereign authority: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me." The mission to disciple all nations will not fail because the sovereign King guarantees it. Reformed confidence in mission rests not on human strategy but on divine sovereignty. We go because He sends; we succeed because He reigns.

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Scripture References

Matthew 28:18-20

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