ism (Romans 1:16). Keep in mind that the Gospel was provided to the Gentiles through the Jews. Our Lord Himself in the flesh was of Hebrew extraction. Our very Bible, with all of its promises and proph ecies, was given to the Jews first of all. It is our glorious privilege to give the Gospel back to the people who, as a nation, have been spir itually blinded. Q. Lapeer, Mich. “ Why did God establish the Levite marriage law , saying that if a man die childless, his wife was to marry her brother- in-law? Does this not violate the 'one flesh' principle?" A. Marrying anybody else after a spouse has died does not violate the 'one flesh' principle. This situ ation is as old as the human family. Genesis 4:25, "And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth." That is an interesting word in Hebrew for it means "displacement" or "put ting one in the place of another." Before the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the whole picture of immor tality was not very clear. He be came the "first fruits." The ancients believed that the way to attain im mortality was to live on in their descendants. This is the way the name was perpetuated. The family naturally did not want to have the name blotted out. We find the same repeated in Deuteronomy 25:5. It was on the basis of this law that the wicked Sadducees tried to trap our Lord when they used such an illustration. This only revealed their ignorance of life af ter death. Page 15
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