Answer: God wants all nations to believe and obey Him,
(verse 26). This is accomplished by the revelation of the
mystery of the Gospel (revealed and made known through the
prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God) and the
proclamation of Jesus Christ, (verses 25 and 26).
(Romans 1:2: "the Gospel He promised
beforehand through His prophets in the Holy
Scriptures....")
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Psalm 22:27-28: "All the ends of the
earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of
the nations will bow down before Him, for dominion belongs to the
Lord and He rules over the nations."
Psalm 67:1-2: "May God be gracious
to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us, that Your
ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all
nations."
Psalm 86:9-10: "All the nations You
have made will come and worship before You, O Lord; they will bring
glory to Your Name. For You are great and do marvelous deeds;
You alone are God."
Psalm 96: "Sing to the Lord a new
song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord,
praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds
among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of
praise; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods
of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and glory are in His
sanctuary. Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord
the glory due His Name; bring an offering and come into His
courts. Worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness;
tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations,
'The Lord reigns.' The world is firmly
established, it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with
equity. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let
the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant,
and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will
sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for He comes, He
comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in
righteousness and the peoples in His Truth."
Psalm 117:1-2: "Praise the Lord,
all you nations; extol Him, all you peoples. For great is His
love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures
forever."
Isaiah 2:2-3: "In the last days the
mountain of the Lord's temple will be established as chief among
the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations
will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say,
'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house
of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we
may walk in His paths.' The law will go out from Zion,
the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
Daniel 7:13-14: "In my vision at
night I looked, and there before me was one like a Son of Man,
coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days
and was led into His presence. He was given authority, glory
and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language
worshiped Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will
not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be
destroyed."
Matthew 24:14: [Jesus said,] "And
this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a
testimony to all nations, and then the end will
come."
Matthew 28:19-20: [Jesus said,]
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the
age."
Mark 13:9: [Jesus said,] "And the Gospel
must first be preached to all nations."
Luke 24:45-48: "Then He [Jesus]
opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told
them, 'This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and
rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness
of sins will be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these
things.'"
Acts 1:8: [Jesus said,] "But you
will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will
be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the ends of the earth."
Acts 13:46-47: "Then Paul and
Barnabas answered them [the Jews] boldly: "We had to speak
the Word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not
consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the
Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring
salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Romans 1:5-6: "Through Him and for
His Name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people
from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from
faith. And you also are among those who are called to belong
to Jesus Christ."
Romans 10:16-18: "But not all the
Israelites accepted the Good News. For Isaiah says, 'Lord,
who has believed our message?' Consequently, faith
comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through
the Word of Christ. But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course
they did: 'Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
their Words to the ends of the world.'"
Galatians 3:6-9: "Consider Abraham:
"He believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness.' Understand, then, that those who
believe are children of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that
God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the Gospel
in advance to Abraham: 'All nations will be blessed through
you.' So those who have faith are blessed along with
Abraham, the man of faith."
1 Timothy 3:16: "Beyond all
question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a
body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was
preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken
up in glory."
Revelation 5:9: "You are worthy to
take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and
with Your blood You purchased men for God from every tribe and
language and people and nation."
Revelation 7:9-10: "After this I
looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could
count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing
before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white
robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they
cried out in a loud voice: 'Salvation belongs to our
God, Who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.'"
Revelation 14:6: "Then I saw
another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal Gospel to
proclaim to those who live on the earth--to every nation,
tribe, language and people."
Revelation 15:4: "Who will not fear
You, O Lord, and bring glory to Your Name? For You alone are
holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your
righteous acts have been revealed."
