The number twelve is important. The children of Israel are organized into twelve tribes. Jesus symbolically chooses twelve of his disciples to become the pillars in an emerging community of faith, but now only eleven are left. So the disciples find a few qualified people and roll the dice. The lot f….

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This post appeared here first: Forward Day By Day – February 25, 2019

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