Paul states that he was qualified to be an apostle because he had seen the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
Paul was the last eyewitness of the resurrected Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:8
And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Those who claim to have seen the Lord after the apostle Paul are either deceived, or lying.
It is true that the apostle John saw the Lord on the isle of Patmos. He had already witnessed the Lord after His resurrection. Paul was the last individual to see the resurrected Christ for the first time. No one else has been with Christ besides Paul and John.
Jesus hand picked Paul and personally taught him. That is why Paul could clearly state what Jesus had said at the last supper.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Galatians 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood
There are no apostles today because no one today is doing the miracles and signs of an apostle. [weres the proof if they are doing these things...]
There are no apostles today because no one today has seen the resurrected Christ.
There are no apostles today because Jesus did not choose them.
There are no apostles today because all the apostles were Jews.
There are false apostles today!
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
2 Corinthians 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
God may place it upon our hearts to do certain things but it is simply not the same as it was during the Acts of the Apostles.
Also the purpose of all the sign gifts were to confirm the word. Mark 16:20
If we can't define what is a true and what is a false apostle by bible definition what are the false apostles spoken of in the bible..how can we tell.