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Posted by BORN AGAIN (Member # 5) on :

dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I was surprised to read yesterday that "only eleven disciples went into Galilee" after Jesus's resurrection to meet Jesus in a certain mountain:

Matthew 28 (KJV)
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

By now, Judas had betrayed the Lord and hanged himself, but now that I think about it, it is not until Acts that the eleven disciples choose a twelfth disciple:

Acts 1:26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

Go figure.

God bless, BORN AGAIN [Cross]

Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :

Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

12 is the number of Israel. Casting lots was the customary way to communicate with God throughout the OT economy.

Posted by timspong (Member # 5240) on :

Personally I think Paul should have been the 12th apostle. But they acted in haste before the holy spirit had come upon them. If you notice, Matthias was never mentioned again.

Posted by epouraniois (Member # 5187) on :

May I point out that they couldnot have possibly acted in haste, for it is written:

Luk 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Luk 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,

Their eyes are supernaturally opened to understand the Bible, and Mat 19:28 quoted above sets the initiative, while Paul had not seen, which was the requirement for an apostle, to have been a disciple.

Act 1:3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God

We can see that this amazing Bible study by the risen Lord Himself, having opened the eyes of their understanding placed them in a much better position of understanding what the program and plan of God was for the re-offering of the kingdom to Israel.

Posted by timspong (Member # 5240) on :

okay thanks for the clarification