Matthew was, I believe, sounding the call to a universal humanity. “Go make disciples of all nations” meant, to Matthew, “Go beyond the boundaries of your religion, your security system and your fears.” It meant, “Go to those whom your religious tradition has defined as unclean, uncircumcised, unsaved, unbaptized and unbelieving; those denounced as infidels, heretics, agnostics or atheists.” It meant, “Go beyond the barriers you have erected in your biologically driven search for survival.”
