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agrees with their resting upon the twelve prophetic
apostles of the Lamb as foundation stones . "You
. . . are members of the household of God, and
you have been built up upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets, while Christ Jesus himself
is the foundation cornerstone . In union with him
the whole building, being harmoniously joined together,
is growing into a holy temple for Jehovah .
In union with him you, too, are being built up
together into a place for God to inhabit by spirit ."
Ephesians 2 :19-22, NW "And he showed me
the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven
from God . . . The wall of the city also had
twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."-Revelation
21 :10-14, NW.
7 Jesus Christ the Head chose his twelve apostles,
appointed them to positions and delegated to
them special powers in the organization . They, together
with the older brothers in the congregation
at Jerusalem, formed a visible presiding or
governing body for the entire congregation
throughout the earth during the first century of
its existence. Acts 15 :6-23 Jesus Christ only is
the congregation's Head under God and he left
no apostle or any other man on earth as his vicegerent
or vicar to act as a totalitarian ruler to
the congregation .
8 While Jesus the only Head is invisible, he is
not powerless or inoperative toward his congrega-
7. Who were the governing body in the first century?
e. Who is liaison officer? What are the basic organization
instructions of the congregation world-wide?