Biola Broadcaster - 1966-09

tyr, but he was not one o f the apos­ tles. I have studied the Bible and yet have not found the answer.” A. Scripture does not tell us. There are various traditions which in them­ selves do not agree on these matters. It does seem evident that all of the apostles suffered martyrdom, but the order of their deaths is not given to us. Q. Colorado Springs, Colo. “Was the Apostle Paul’s face disfigured so that he was repulsive to look at? I ’m do­ ing a study on his life and I ’ve heard this somewhere. Is there any refer­ ence to this in the Bible?” A. Nothing is told us directly. We see that he wrote with large letters. It has been advanced that he had an eye disease which could have giv­ en him an distorted visage. In II Cor. 12:7 we learn of this “thorn in the flesh”, but no one knows what that was. This is something about which we will have to ask him when we get to glory. Q. Did the Jew ish sacrifice o f the lamb cease at the crucifixion in A.D. 30, or at the destruction o f the tem­ ple by Titus in A.D. 70? Some teach that a fter Jesus, the Lamb o f God, was slain, the sacrifice o f the Pass- over lamb ceased at once. A. I think it is clear from the Epis­ tle to the Hebrews that the sacrifices in the Temple continued until the destruction of Jerusalem, which was only about six years after that Epis­ tle was written. See, for example, Hebrews 8:4, 5; 10:1-3, 11. The Jewish sacrifice of the lamb in the celebration of the Passover had to cease when the Temple was destroyed, for that was the only place it could be offered under the Law. The Passover which is now cele­ brated every year by the Jews is without any lamb, and this in itself is a graphic fulfillment of the proph

Mr. Al Sanders, vice-president of public relations for Biola and director of "The Biota Hour,” makes a last minute check of one of the broad­ casts before it is sent out to stations. Mr. Sanders has been working on the programs since 1952. During this time approximately 3,000 broadcasts have been produced with as many as 15,000 releases on individual stations. The BROADCASTER is a compilation of materials which are heard over the air.

ecy in Hosea 3:4, 5. Here it is de­ clared that for many days the chil­ dren of Israel would be “without a sacrifice.”

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