Jesus' calling to the twelve apostles: Part 1

In the New Testament, we start to see Jesus become even more of a master teacher through His calling of the twelve Apostles. From this point on, He is not only providing healings, miracles, parables, and other teachings to individuals, but at the same time, He is able to use those same examples to train and teach His future leaders. 

As witnesses of Him, they are then able to better teach because of the experiences thy they witnesses. They became witnessss not only of His death and Resurrection but of his life and teachings. 

A habit that I started to develop while waking the halls at church with little ones, (taking trips to the bathroom, calming them down, carrying them as litte ones, etc) is to look at the wonderful artwork  that is displayed throughout the building. 

As I look at the art, I try to find or see something new or of greater insight or understanding.

For example, take this one, which I love!
 

After looking at it one day, I realized thy Jesus is clothed in his traditional attire, a robe, while the fisherman (Later the first two Twelve apostles) are clothed or covered very minimally. A scripture came to mind as I was looking at this from the Book of Mormon:

Speaking of the power of the resurrection and the second coming of Christ, Jacob, Nephi's brother, testified in this way

Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness.

2 Nephi 9:14

http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/9?lang=eng

This made me think of the power of the atonement, often spoken of analogously as the robe of righteousness (see previous post on the subject: Kafar).

When Christ calls those as his witnesses, the artist, knowingly or unknowingly, portrays those who are seeking him as needing to be covered. 

Some in the world today may not think they need His covering, or to partake of His name and embrace His covenants, but as we seek Him, we can put on His righteousness and partake of His healing and enabling strength.