Witnesses of the Messiah: On Acts of the Apostles 1

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After the resurrection, the apostles asked, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6) Witnesses of the Messiah will guide you through Acts of the Apostles and show you how the Church, founded upon the apostles, is the restoration of the kingdom. As insightful as it is easy to read, Witnesses of the Messiah is ideal for individual or group study.

The background for Peter’s speech lies in Jesus’ teaching that, in the kingdom, the apostles will “sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Lk. 22:30). Jesus’ choice of exactly twelve apostles was not random. Rather, the number symbolizes the apostles’ role as covenant representatives around whom the twelve tribes of Israel would be reconstituted. Hence, the apostolic college needed to be restored to its full complement of twelve members for the restoration of Israel to proceed. Ezekiel

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