If two wills exist, which one do the courts look at?
When two wills exist, the courts look at the last one—the most recent will. In the illustration, a will dated 1990, properly signed and dated, supersedes an earlier 1980 will. The latest valid will controls, just as later revelations given to Paul made him the primary apostle.
Les uses the example of two wills to illustrate later authority. If someone made a will in 1980, dotted every I and crossed every T, then made changes around 1990 and wrote a new will, when the person dies and both wills are found, both signed and dated, the courts look at the last one. That is much the same way with Paul's apostleship: he had not walked with Christ as the others did, but he received further revelations—not from the pre-crucified Christ, but from the Christ after the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension—and at a later time he over and over becomes the primary apostle. Les also notes that cults sometimes use this idea to claim their later leader has more authority, and says it is valid only up to a point.