The 12 apostles and the 12 tribes are mentioned together as the names that are on the gates and the foundation of the New Jerusalem. This mentioning of these two groups together is interesting.
In the apostles we have an example of 12 people being chosen by God, but one falls so terribly that he is replaced by another person.
Could it be that in the list of tribes in Revelation 7, since Jacob way back in Genesis took Joseph's first two sons as his own, that they are included in the list (Ephraim under Joseph's name and Manasseh under his own name) and Dan had the same kind of terrible fall that required they be replaced by another tribe?
Just a thought, that I felt was worth sharing.
The study of the Revelation of the Messiah of Israel has been, at times, overwhelming, but always fruitful.
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