At the end of the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, there is a curious story of how the eleven remaining apostles filled the vacancy in the band of the Twelve left by Judas’ suicide.  The record says that the choice came down to two: a man named “Joseph, called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.  And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.” (Acts 1:23, 26) But Matthias was never heard from again!  Evidently some sort of mistake was made.  Perhaps the apostles were not as careful as they ought to have been.  Perhaps the hour was getting late, and they were getting tired.  Perhaps they had been sitting through meetings all day.....and by the end of the day they would have settled for almost anybody.  “Let’s j…