zombie;6381741 said:
DoUwant2go2Heaven?;6381713 said:
Apostles are ministers of the word, who are sent forth to preach the Gospel.
Jesus Christ divinely ordained 12, 1 fell (Judas) and 1 replaced him (Matthias).
But if the word "apostle" was limited to just those 12, what do we say about Paul? The writer of half the new testament and 1 of the greatest missionaries to ever live? He also called Himself an apostle. Did He not minister the word? Was he not sent forth to preach the gospel by the LORD?
So that would make 13 apostles and not 12, correct?
But even if I played along with your postulation on Revelation 18:20, we are all united as 1 in Christ. Therefore the call for all those in heaven, apostles and prophets, to rejoice over the destruction of Babylon the Great, is a call to celebrate the judgment of God! Which in context is what the verse is all about. It's a call to celebrate God taking action on the harlot and avenging the blood of all the saints of God.
With Babylon being a land of immigrants, the descendants of those who literally killed the apostles, the prophets, and the saints of old are all accounted for in Babylon the great.
"Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages." Revelation 17:15
America is known as the melting pot of the world. Every people group, nation, and language can be found in her. Thus God knows the ancestry of every soul. Amen.
Paul was made an apostle by christ himself and the other apostles co-signed him.
Nobody in 2013 can get that co-sign therefore there are no modern day apostles only false ones like the bible says there would be
Ok, so your argument rests on the premise that Revelation 18:20 is only referring to the 12 apostles + Paul, right? Ok well my answer to that was given here:
But even if I played along with your postulation on Revelation 18:20, we are all united as 1 in Christ. Therefore the call for all those in heaven, apostles and prophets, to rejoice over the destruction of Babylon the Great, is a call to celebrate the judgment of God! Which in context is what the verse is all about. It's a call to celebrate God taking action on the harlot and avenging the blood of all the saints of God.
With Babylon being a land of immigrants, the descendants of those who literally killed the apostles, the prophets, and the saints of old are all accounted for in Babylon the great.
"Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages." Revelation 17:15
America is known as the melting pot of the world. Every people group, nation, and language can be found in her. Thus God knows the ancestry of every soul. Amen.