“Both the Jerusalem apostles and the Nephite disciples were to be the channel of light through which Israel would receive Christ’s true doctrinal word and the ordinances of his gospel … .
“For today’s technological world, the light of the Twelve might be thought of as something like a laser. The Light of Christ through the Twelve emits a coherent beam of one color directed on a salvational path. This light is emitted so precisely that it marks a glowing course of safety for Israel. In the hierarchy of available lights of this life, that light from the Twelve stands supreme next to Christ’s” (Anderson, “The Twelve,” 150–51).