12 Tribes 70 Nations
- · There are 12 Tribes of Israel (13 if you count Levi and count Joseph’s sons separately)*
- · There are 12 Apostles (13 if you count Paul)*
- · There are 12 Gates in the New Jerusalem representing the 12 Tribes according to Revelation chapter 21
- · There are 12 Foundations of Precious Stones in the New Jerusalem representing the 12 Apostles according to Revelation 21
- · There are 12 Precious Stones in the Priestly Levitical Breastplate
- · There are 70 Nations of the World
- · There is said to be a representative of the 70 Nations that went out with Israel as the mixed multitude in the Exodus from Egypt
- · There are 70 Elders Moses appointed
- · There are 70 Elders on the Sanhedrin
- · There are 70 Disciples Yeshua appointed besides the 12
*13 in
Hebraic numerology means “Life”
Do these
facts have anything to do with which Tribes the Twelve Apostles were sent? Do
these facts have anything to do with the 70 Elders, 70 Disciples and 70
Nations?
Let us focus
for now on the meaning 12:
Recall,
Yeshua did not call or send out the Disciples/Apostles to Gentile nations or
peoples. He made clear that His and His Disciples/Apostles focus was to be to
the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.
“I am not sent but unto the lost
sheep of the house of Israel.” – Matt. 15:24
“…Go rather to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.” – Matt. 10:6
Rav Sha’ul (Apostle Paul) was considered the Apostle to the Gentiles (70
Nations) and confirmed that Israel should be attempted to be reached first and
then the Gentile (Rom. 1:16, 2:9-10).
Why go to Lost Israel first? Because there were two Kingdoms and two
Captivities. Judah, the Southern Kingdom was taken off in to Babylon and
returned. Yeshua and His Disciples were apart of and constantly among them
(Judah) and thus the reason Yeshua has only targeted the “Lost Sheep of the
House of Israel.” The Northern Kingdom consisting of 10 Tribes of Israel was
taken into Assyrian Captivity and has never returned, they never came back into
the Land and thus the reason the Apostle were sent out to the Lost Tribes.
If one will care to notice the 12 Tribes represent being gathered
together. The 12 Apostles represents being sent out. Thus the Apostles are SENT
to REGATHER the 12 Tribes.
Israel ENTERED the Land of Promise and is honored in the New Jerusalem by
the 12 Gates according to their encampment around the Tabernacle in the
wilderness. The word Apostle, means, “One who is sent,” and is honored by the
Foundation Stones of the New Jerusalem. In order to see the layered foundation
one must “go out” of the city in order to view them.
That being said, it seems logical Yeshua would pick 12 Apostles and
assign one to each Lost Tribe.
Recall what Yeshua said regarding His Talmidim (Disciples):
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. – Matt. 19:28
That ye may eat and drink at my table
in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel. – Luke 22:30
