The apostolic gift for the Church (New Covenant body of believers) is a continuation of God’s redemptive call to restore humanity to fellowship with Him as they did before the fall (Gen. 3). Since God’s desire is for all of mankind to be saved, He sends human messengers as His representatives to deliver messages of repentance and salvation. In this way, Moses (Ex. 3:10, 12, 14-16), Jonah (Jonah 1:2; 3:2), Jeremiah (Jer. 1:7, 17), and the rest of the Old Testament prophets who traveled to deliver God’s messages were all apostles.
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