Joseph includes Ephraim, and with the omission of Dan that makes 11 tribes
so the inclusion of the Levites brings it back to 12 tribes
> Judah, Reuben, Gad,
> Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh,
> Simeon, Levi, Issachar,
> Zebulun, Joseph [Ephraim], Benjamin
This number is symbolic of the fullness of the first resurrection when Jews and Spirit-filled Christians are raised up to meet our Lord and God Jesus in the air.
The number is not literal but representative of the number 12 in the plan of salvation through Israel - Ephraim and Judah.
Rev 7:3 saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the bondmen of our God on their foreheads.
I would agree signifies symbolic a aparble in view.. I would offer..
Twelve is a remnant of the whole. There are twenty seven listed listed in the new testament . sends them out two by two. There were many in the upper room that showed they had the approval to be sent out . Some say as any as 500 followers he could send out.
Acts 2: 2-3 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of
fire, and
it sat upon each of them.
Twelve apostles were set aside as holy for another use other than that of many that venerate the apostles as if it was only in the new testament where God
sent out his prophets to declare the
gospel. That work of God mercy mixed with grace began with Abel a martyr . THe blood of his sufferings cries out just as any other true apostle.
Twelve is used to denote the authority of God as to whatsoever is in view. Tribes and or mixed with apostles (sent ones) together make up the one bride of Christ the church .
One bride called by the father in Acts. . .
Christian previously called
her Israel. Christian is a more befitting name to name the wife of all the nations literally meaning residents of the city of Christ named after her husband Christ.
Again (12) authority of God whatsoever is in view to include the tribes of the enemy of the gospel
Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are
their names, by their towns, and by their castles;
twelve princes according to
their nations.
Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the
sons of
Jacob were
twelve:
Tribes. . = Gates of the city by which we can enter in fellowship. and apostles = those sent out of the gates with the gospel .
Every Word has a specific meaning. Even in the name tribes . LIke Dan that signifies the letter of the law "death" . . thou shall not or you come to an end of life..
Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the
law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the
letter.
Genesis 49:16-17King James Version
Dan shall
judge his people, as one of the
tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a
serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward.
Falling backward or to be hung is to breaking one's neck to those who do break the law by obeying the voice of the serpent (father of lies) It is shown in a ceremonial law using the metaphor Ass in a parable . that must be redeemed by a lamb . . . or its neck must be broken again to bring meaning to the tribe of
Dan .
In that way neither the tribe of Dan or the false apostle Judas will enter the eternal promised land, . . . . the bride of Christ, the church .
Exodus 13:13 And every firstling of an
ass thou shalt redeem with a
lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem
it, then thou shalt
break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
Acts 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and
falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Judas according to the description of Dan . . Hung himself fell backward off his high horse of deception (false prophecy) backward slain in the Spirit.
Revelation 21: 9-17 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the
bride, the
Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the
glory of
God: and
her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.And the wall of the city had
twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the
Lamb. And he that talked with me had a
golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Judas #1 Hit man for the unbelieving Jew he tried to return the blood money 30 silver dollars .
Mathew 27 :5 So
Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and
hanged himself.
Romans 7:6 But now
we are delivered from the
law, that
being dead wherein
we were
held; that we should serve in
newness of
spirit, and not in the
oldness of the
letter.. . . . (represented by the
tribe of
Dan death )
The doctrine of Judas and Dan. . . the left out ones. . .
