"And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, YE ALSO SHALL SIT UPON TWELVE THRONES, JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL." Mat. 19:28.
So, Peter and the 11 were to go to all nations, preaching the kingdom gospel to all people, but when Christ returns to set up His kingdom, they will be judging the 12 tribes of Israel. Does that make any sense? The only way it makes sense is IF Israel HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST as their Messiah, THEN the 12 would have gone to all nations, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, Christ would have returned, set up His Kingdom, and Israel would have become a nation of priests and a blessing to all nations. But we know that Israel REJECTED Christ. And they were blinded, set aside, became Lo Ammi, and the Kingdom is now in abeyance, until the fulness of the Gentiles be brought in. Which is where Paul enters. And the Church the Body of Christ. And the gospel of the grace of God.
If Christ promised them in Mat. 19:28 that they would be judging the 12 tribes of Israel during the Millineal reign, and IF Christ told them to "go NOT into the way of the Gentiles" (10:5), and IF Christ emphasizes in 15:24 that He was sent to Israel- "But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel", then what would common sense tell you they believed? NOT to go to the Gentiles with any kingdom gospel until those they are going to judge one day (Israel) is FIRST brought to belief.
Mark, you're giving me tradition as proof they went outside Israel. That is not what the Bible says. They did EXACTLY as commanded BY CHRIST.
It does not say "judging JUST the twelve tribes". It also does not say that everyone else (the nations of the world) will not be judged or by whom they will be judged.
Matthew 28: 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Mark 16: 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.” 19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God. 20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
Acts 1: 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
So Matthew says it; Mark says it; Luke says it in Acts (and John omits it). All the earth. All nations. All men. Not just the Jews.