Wednesday, 7/6/16
Jesus chose just twelve apostles, not eleven or thirteen, because
he wanted us to be seen as the new People of God. Just at the Old Testament’s
People of God was founded on twelve patriarchs, so it was fitting that there be
twelve as the basis of the New People of God.
We see this demonstrated in Chapter Twenty-One of the Book
of Revelation where the two Peoples of God come together to form the Heavenly
Jerusalem
Verse 12. The city had
a massive high wall with twelve gates . . . on which were inscribed the names
of the twelve tribes of the Israelites.
Verse 14 The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation
on which were inscribed the twelve names of the Apostles.
This new Jerusalem is described in the third verse of “The
Holy City.”
And once again the
scene was changed,
New earth there seemed
to be.
I saw the Holy City
rise beside a tide-less sea.
The light of God was
in the streets, the gates were open wide
And all who would
might enter, and no one was denied.
And all who would
might enter, and no one was denied
It was the new
Jerusalem that will not pass away.
It was the new
Jerusalem that will not pass away.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
lift up your gates and sing,
Hosanna in the
highest. Hosanna for ever more.
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