1874.—Where Are the Twelve Apostles?
Are we to understand that the twelve apostles are in heaven now? Matt. 19:28. X. Certainly not from that text. Matt. 19:28 plainly states that in the regeneration they shall sit on twelve thrones, but that regeneration will not come until the Lord Jesus shall come the second time. We have no reason to suppose otherwise than that the disciples are sleeping and will sleep until Christ calls them in the first resurrection. It was at that time that they expected to be rewarded, as all their writings indicate. Matt. 25:31; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; 2 Tim. 4:8.