According to most people, how far should the twelve apostles have gotten in seven years?
According to what most people think, the twelve apostles should have covered the Roman Empire in seven years. Even with the transportation of that day, they could have covered a good part of the then-known world. But they remained in Jerusalem, because they could not go beyond Israel's borders until Israel had her King.
Les explains that most people, appealing to the Matthew 28 passage, expected these twelve men to have spread across the Roman Empire within seven years. He notes that even by the transportation of that day they could have covered a good part of the then-known world. Yet they were still in Jerusalem. They were not derelict in their duty; they knew they could not go beyond the borders of Israel until Israel had her King. Their whole driving momentum was the hope that Israel would repent of having crucified their Messiah, so that Christ could turn and set up His Kingdom. Les then points to Zechariah 8:20, where God says it shall yet come to pass, because Israel had not yet had the Kingdom.
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Why were the twelve apostles still in Jerusalem seven years after Pentecost?
Seven years after Pentecost the twelve apostles were still in Jerusalem, and they were not derelict in their duty because they knew they could not go beyond the borders of Israel until Israel had her King.