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scholar and theologian N.T. Wright has explained why <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Jesus commissioned
twelve disciples as Apostles. </b></span>Wright tells us that <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>when a first-century
Jew spoke of the arrival of God’s kingdom</b></span>, he was taken to mean
something very specific. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>He was announcing that the Temple was going to
be restored, that the proper worship of Yahweh would obtain, that the
enemies of Israel would be dealt with, and that, above all, the tribes
of the Lord would be gathered and through them the tribes of the world.</b></span></span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">Recall
<span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>the great vision from the second chapter of Isaiah: "The mountain of
the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain…All
nations shall stream toward it.</b></span>" <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>This is why Jesus chose twelve
disciples, evocative of the twelve tribes. They would be the prototype
and the catalyst for the gathering of Israel and hence the gathering of
everyone. They would be the fundamental community and sign of unity.</b></span></span></b></span></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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