Apostle also means "messenger" as well as "sent one". We know from scripture that EVERY apostle was chosen by JESUS PERSONALLY. A PERSONAL encounter. Since that is the criteria for an apostle of Christ, we know that there were no others chosen except the 12 we honor today. Judas was chosen, but for the purpose of betraying, he was a vessel of destruction. Acts 1:16
The twelve were chosen for the revealing of the bride of Christ in Revelation 21. There are 27 listed to include the apostle Jesus.
The word mean sent one with no other meaning ,he sends us out two by two with the gospel just as back then/
Twelve out of thirteen just as tribes . Tribes are used to represent the Old testament born again saints as gates to the city prepared as his bride. Apostles twelve out of thirteen used to represent the walls .the living temple of God not made with human hands. made up of both gates and walls as one bride. .
The tribe of Daniel used to represent the spirit of Judgment and uses Judas to show the working out of the spirit of judgement. Those who fall backward and break the neck .A metaphor used through the bible, again to represent the Spirit of Judgement of the non redeemed .
Genesis 49:16-17 King James Version (KJV) Dan shall
judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward.
In that way the believer will not fall into judgment. . The poison of false apostles called a brood of vipers , is simply another gospel, another Christ. it will not harm them who have been redeemed by the lamb
Just Judas the false apostle is shown under that Judgment .In the end he did break his neck when he hung himself. That shows us he was not redeemed by the lamb
John 18:5-7 King James Version (KJV) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them,
I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them,
I am he, they went
backward, and fell to the ground.
Powerful word "I am He" . His tongue the power of life and death
It was the one reason he chose Twelve. Not to be venerated above any other redeemed believers.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as
a bride adorned for
her husband.
Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee
the bride, the
Lamb's wife.
According to the golden measure of faith the unseen work of God working in the believer. One bride, the church.
Revelation 21: 12-14 And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And t
he wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.