The Twelve

Mark 3:13-19 lists the calling of "The Twelve"... as the disciples are called in the gospels. It is difficult to overestimate what God is going to do through these 12 ordinary men. Because of time we know how their lives & influence turn out... but they didn't on the day they stood on that mtn with Jesus.

It reminds me of a line in "National Treasure" when Nicholas Cage reflects on how radical the writers of the Dec. of Independence were in their actions & lives.
"A toast, to high treason. That's what these men were committing when they signed the Declaration. Had we lost the war, they would've been hanged, beheaded, drawn and quartered, and oh my personal favorite, had their entrails cut out and burned! So, here's to the men who did what was considered wrong, in order to do what they knew was right."

(i hesitate to illustrate biblical truth with American stuff for fear that someone thinks that USA is parallel with God's Kingdom.... don't do that)