of you can join us on our Biola tour to see these things firsthand. New buildings at the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus are most impres sive. This is under the supervision of the United Nations. It is located at a very strategic place. In the first century A.D., Titus saw its stra tegic military value. From this spot one can see all over both sides of Jerusalem. The facilities at the uni versity are the last word in academic architecture for lighting, ventilation, seating and every other purpose. While many languages are spoken by the students, instruction is only given in Hebrew. The Jewish Nation al Library has more than a million volumes. Agriculturally, former sand dunes have been transformed into lush orange groves. Where once there was only dry land, today all sorts of development and transformation are taking place. Then, consider the vast wealth and potential of the Dead Sea. Israeli scientists have found that if one mixes coloring with the water of the Dead Sea (six times as salty as the ocean), it raises the temperature some five or six degrees. This means the evaporation of the most valuable minerals is height ened, bringing in a tremendous in come from production. It seems as though towns have grown up from one year to the next. We saw the Kennedy Memorial in honor of our late President. It shows the different areas of the trunk of the tree, limbs that go into a tree holding it just like certain sections in a barrel, and then at the top it is cut off long before it ever gets to the main part of the tree. This symbolizes that here a young man was cut off in the prime of his life. The interesting thing is that cement areas go not horizontally but verti cally. The supports are fifty in num ber, and between every one of them in the areas where there is glass, there is a seal of every one of our fifty states of the Union. This is Is
rael’s expression of great gratitude to the United States for all it has done in establishing the Israeli state. Then there is dairy farming. Some people may think that Jews are not very good at farming. You would be surprised at what the Jews are able to do. They are even shipping out some of their dairy products to Great Britain and other countries. One Is raeli was showing his American friend around. There was quite a beautiful herd of cows. The Jewish man explained, “That’s our new breed over here. We crossed a Guern sey and a Holstein, and got a ‘Gold stein’!” These people have a good sense of humor. They are seeking to build up the land from one end to the other, striving in education to give the people the same language and objective. The entire area is thrilling to view, and the living prophecies just seem to jump at you. Yes, make no mistake about it; God is returning His people to their an cient land. We can see these things and thank Him for His faithfulness and goodness.
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Biola students meet daily for classes on the campus, starting at 7:30 a.m., continuing in tensively in the morning with afternoon and evening classes also heavily attended. The student body has increased by one hundred every year ever since Biola moved its educa tional facilities to the La Mirada Campus in 1959.
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