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1 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | Kassy | 163581 | ||
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2 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | Emmaus | 163582 | ||
See Acts 1:15-26. Emmaus |
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3 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | DocTrinsograce | 163590 | ||
Hi, Emmaus... Although the disciples chose Matthias in order to round out their numbers -- as you pointed out in Acts chapter 1 -- I've always thought that this was an action that was unwarranted. Indeed, Christ commanded them to simply wait in Jerusalem (Acts 1:4). Paul was certainly a much more apt candidate, and was of God's own choosing (1 Cor 1:1). Since we know that there are only twelve apostles of the Lamb (Rev 21:14) -- extra-Scriptural stories notwithstanding -- I'm willing to bet that Matthias will not be numbered among them. In the fulfillment of Revelation chapter 21, we'll have to check to see whose names appear on the city wall. :-) Nothing dogmatic here... just pondering "aloud," as it were. :-) In Him, Doc |
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4 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | Emmaus | 163591 | ||
Doc, Then I guess the Scripture was not fulfilled, to which Peter referred and that therefore that passage of Acts is not inerrant. In fact and in Scripture, the casting of lots was a venerated method of discerning God's will (Leviticus 16:17-10; Proverbs 16:33)and for assigning certain duties of Levitical priests serving in the Temple (1 Chronicles 24:31; Luke 1:8). But hey, what do I know, I just read it in the Bible. As for Paul: Barnabus was an apostle too, set aside by God and sent for the same task as Paul at the same time (Acts 13:2-3). So not all apostles were counted among the Twelve and if Paul and Barnabus were there would be thirteen. A bookie (the Scriptural kind of course) would be happy to take your bet and prosper. ;-) Emmaus |
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5 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | DocTrinsograce | 163594 | ||
Dear Emmaus, Not every quote of everyone in the narratives of Scripture is inerrant truth. Some of the quotes of folks in Scripture are downright untrue! After all, we have the wicked and even Satan quoted! :-) More specifically, it would not be the first nor the last time that Peter was in error... if, after all, he was, indeed, in error. Consequently, that argument wouldn't help us in our efforts to arrive at a soundly Biblical explanation. (By the way, where is it that we find Barnabas numbered as one of the apostles? I just scanned through every reference to him and I do not see that he was granted that office, although he was called to the ministry of evangelism. Did I miss it somewhere?) On the other hand, in Galatians 1:19 Paul makes reference to James -- calling him the brother of Jesus in order to distinguish him from the son of Zebedee -- as an apostle. Counting Matthias and Paul that would put us up to fourteen; which effectively eliminates my argument while strengthening your own. How, then, do you suggest we deal with the verse in the 21st chapter of Revelation? -- barring, of course, any extra-Scriptural appeals... or, for that matter, the explanation that involves our circumnavigation with the hypothetical bookie. :-) In Him, Doc |
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6 | who was judus repacement as an apostal | Acts 1:20 | Emmaus | 163602 | ||
Doc, Here I was giving you the benfit of the doubt that you knew an apostle was one who was "sent" as Paul and Barnabus were together. By your logic if Peter was in error about scripture being fulfilled in this instance he was probably in error in his subsequent references to the fulfillment of scripture in the rest of Acts. I will stick to Acts and let you puzzle out Revelation along with the sometimes puzzling and changing names of the twelves tribes found in various places in the Old Testament. What is you bet on those names. I hear someone humming Danny Boy in the background. Emmaus |
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