Get it? When Christ returns and sets up His kingdom, the twelve disciples will be sitting on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. When Judas went to his own, that left 11. Christ could not set up His kingdom with 11 disciples judging the twelve tribes. There is a disciple for each tribe of Israel. THAT is why Matthias was made the 12th disciple.
It has NOTHING to do with Apostolic succession. It has EVERYTHING to do with the PROMISE Christ made to His disciples.
No, I'm not setting myself up as my own Pope. I'm setting myself up as someone who can read the Bible and believe it says what it means and means what it says.
Do you have some sort of hidden knowledge about how to properly interpret the Bible that people like St. Clement of Rome or St. Ignatius of Antioch, or St. Polycarp who actually knew the apostles weren’t given?