COGR – The Names on the Foundation
January 17, 2024
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Review:
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.[1]
Addison Everett tells us:
At 12 gates. As he gave the 12 angels and names written thereon, which are the names of the 12 tribes of the Children of Israel. Now, you maybe can’t see it very well, but there’s a four-square city here. It is made of gold. With Pearl gates with 12 foundations and precious stones in the foundations, the tree of life for the river of God is running through it right here. Beautiful symbol. And the names? On these foundations are names. Can I read them to you? I’m just going to read from left to right. To left O’Shea. Tinsman, Hildebrandt, Tovstiga, and we could keep going.
Commentary:
The COGR teaches that the Evening Time apostles are greater than the Morning Time apostles. This is at least in part because the end-time apostles can look back across the Christian era and understand what has occurred, whereas the original apostles had no way to understand or know what was going to come. Additionally, because the end-time apostles are responsible for judging the entire world and initiating the return of Christ, they are necessarily more important than the original apostles.
Addison Everett’s claim breaks down quickly. The verse itself tells us how many Apostles Jesus had. The COGR tells us 24, Revelation tells us 12. As discussed previously, there is no biblical evidence for the return of the mythical first Dominion, nor is there biblical evidence for twelve Gentile apostles. As a result, no commentator believes the names on the foundations will be anything other than those of the original apostles. No first-century reader would have understood anything else either. Addison Everett’s claims are a definite no-go. They are entirely speculative, an example of a pre-existing mythical narrative inserted into the Biblical narrative.
[1] The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Re 21:14.
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