With gladness and rejoicing, God and the angels beheld this scene. The Father knew that from these men the light of heaven would shine forth; that the words spoken by 19 them as they witnessed for His Son, would echo from generation to generation till the close of time. The disciples were to go forth as Christ's witnesses, to declare to the world what they had seen and heard of Him. Their office was the most important to which human beings had ever been called, second only to that of Christ Himself. They were to be workers together with God for the saving of men. As in the Old Testament the twelve patriarchs stood as representatives of Israel, so the twelve apostles stand as representatives of the gospel church.

Med glæde og fryd betragtede Gud og hans engle denne begivenhed. Faderen vidste, at lyset fra Himmelen ville skinne frem fra disse mennesker, at de ord, de ville tale, når de vidnede om hans Søn, skulle genlyde fra slægt til slægt indtil tidernes ende. Disciplene skulle gå ud som Kristi vidner for at forkynde verden, hvad de havde set og hørt om ham. Deres opgave var den vigtigste, noget menneskeligt væsen nogensinde var blevet kaldet til, og blev kun overgået af Kristus selv. De skulle arbejde sammen med Gud for menneskers frelse. Ligesom de tolv patriarker i Det gamle Testamente stod som repræsentanter for Israel, sådan står de tolv apostle som repræsentanter for evangeliets menighed.