Expansion of God’s inner and outer wheel When Messiah returns we see that the marriage supper takes place (Rev. 19:7-10). It is likely those who have qualified will be placed in God’s governing Council in the position for which they have qualified. For example, it appears that Moses and Elijah will function in the role of the replacement of two of the Living Creatures who lost their position when they rebelled. We also see that the 12 Apostles are assigned a position in the Council. The 12 Apostles will each be responsible for judging one of the 12 tribes of Israel (Mat. 19:28; Rev. 21:15-16). The twelve Apostles are as follows: 1. Peter 2. Andrew 3. James 4. John 5. Phillip 6. Bartholomew 7. Thomas 8. Matthew 9. James 10. Thaddaeus 11. Simon 12. Matthias – replaced Judas Iscariot (Mat. 10:2-4; Acts 1:26) We can assume that the 12 Judges will also be part of the governing Council. The twelve Judges are: 1) Othniel, son of Kenaz, nephew of Caleb (Jdg. 3:7-11); 2) Ehud of Benjamin (Jdg. 3:12:20); [After Ehud died the people were delivered into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan. In this sense Shamgar was not a direct judge as we see from Jdg. 3:31-4:4.] 3) Deborah, the prophetess wife of Lapidoth (Jdg. chaps. 4-5); 4) Gideon of Manasseh (Jdg. chs. 6-8); [Abimelech the usurper, son of Gideon by the Shechemite, made himself a false king. That is the meaning of usurper. He was not one of the twelve Judges but a false king.] 5) Tola, son of Puah of Issachar (Jdg. 10:1-2); 6) Jair of Gilead (Jdg. 10:3-5); 7) Jepthah the Gileadite, the son of a harlot (Jdg. 11:1; 12:7); 8) Ibzan of Bethlehem (Jdg. 12:8-10); 9) Elon of Zebulun (Jdg. 12:11-12); 10) Abdon, son of Hillel the Pirathonite of Ephraim (Jdg. 12:13-15); 11) Samson, a Danite, son of Manoah (Jdg. chs. 13-16). 12) Eli (1Sam. chaps. 12-4) Eli and Samuel were the last Judges of Israel. Samuel was a prophet and judge in Israel who ordained Saul and served under him, but he was not technically one of the twelve Judges. On the death of Eli the kingship commenced. Order of March The original Order of March of the twelve tribes of Israel is seen in Numbers 2:3-31 and the change made to that order is found in Ezekiel chapter 48. Starting from the east the order is: · Judah · Issachar · Zebulun · Reuben · Simeon · Gad · Benjamin · Manasseh · Ephraim · Naphtali · Asher · Dan We see in Ezekiel’s future Temple that the placement is changed to: · Joseph · Benjamin · Dan · Simeon · Issachar · Zebulun · Gad · Asher · Naphtali · Reuben · Judah · Levi Each tribe would be allocated to an apostle with three tribes per quadrant. But these 12 tribes are not the only descendants of Abraham. Abraham’s first son was of Hagar, the Egyptian handmaid of his wife Sarah (Gen. 16:1). His name was Ishmael. His mother took a wife for him from Egypt (Gen. 21:21). Ishmael is referred to in Genesis 16:11,15; 21:20; 39:1 and Judges 8:24. The everlasting Covenant that God made with Abraham and established through Isaac is mentioned in Genesis 17:20. The sons of Ishmael hold a blessing outside of the promises through Isaac, Israel and Joseph (Gen. 17:19-21). The 12 princes of Ishmael in order of their birth are (Gen. 25:13 ff): 1) Nebaioth 2) Kedar 3) Adbeel 4) Mibsam 5) Mishma 6) Dumah 7) Massa 8) Hadad 9) Tema 10) Jetur 11) Naphish 12) Kedemah This will create the secondary council of 24 tribes, added to God’s existing structure of 24 Elders. Over time we see God consistently uses certain numbers and patterns in expanding His system. After the death of Sarah, Abraham also had sons with Keturah (Gen. 25:1). The six sons of Keturah are as follows: 1) Zimran 2) Jokshan 3) Medan 4) Midian 5) Ishbak 6) Shuah It is interesting to note that Abraham’s descendants – the 12 tribes of Israel, the 12 tribes of Ishmael, and the six tribes of Keturah – give one full council of 30.
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