Why No Replacement for James?
by Pastor Ricky Kurth
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“If the apostles picked a replacement for Judas
when he died, why didn’t they pick a replacement for James when he was killed?”
We know that the Lord told the Twelve that “in
the regeneration” they would “sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel” in the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 19:28). So when Judas betrayed
the Lord and took his life, it was necessary that he be replaced, as Peter
explained in Acts 1:15-26.
But had the apostles replaced James when he was
killed (Acts 12:1,2), there would be thirteen apostles in the
resurrection and only twelve thrones on which for them to sit. Remember, James
will rise in “the first resurrection” (Rev. 20:5) to assume his throne with the
rest of the Twelve, but Judas will not.
This is similar to how Job lost “seven sons and
three daughters” (Job 1:2 cf. 1:18,19) and lots of livestock (1:3 cf. 1:14-17).
Later, when “the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before” (42:10), He
doubled Job’s original number of animals (42:12) but only gave him an
additional “seven sons and three daughters” (42:13). You see, he hadn’t lost his
family eternally. They will rise with him in the resurrection, where he
will have twice as much family as he had while here on earth. And the Twelve
hadn’t lost James eternally either, so there was no need to replace him. With
the kingdom program in abeyence, a twelfth apostle would not be needed before
the resurrection.
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