Subject: Each apostles death? |
Bible Note: Hi, Taleb. Although the fate of the all the Apostles but one is gathered from extra-biblical sources, there is good reason to believe that the accounts may well be fairly authentic. To recount the past and to reflect upon the pandemic occurrences of Christian martyrdom that are spread over the canvas of two thousand years of church history gives one pause and a certain measure of perspective. Pause to stop and thank God for keeping His hedge around America. And perspective to realize that the persecution and slaughter of Christians round the world today, horrid and heart breaking though it is, is by no means new to the Christian experience. Thanks for the list. The events of then and the events of now serve to remind us of Jesus' frank and unadorned admission that the followers of the Way were not to be immune to persecution and physical death. --Hank |