At 09:35 10/8/1999 -0600, Soaring Golden Eagle wrote:
>At 08:55 10/8/1999 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>Could I please get the answer to this riddle. I have posted it at work and
>>have not been able to figure out the answer.
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>WHALE
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>Sea creatures were created before Adam.
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>One such armless, legless, spiritless creature swallowed Jonah, a living
>soul, then spit him out, thus demonstrating that God is very gracious and
>merciful -- but the ride is more pleasant when you obey God the FIRST
time. :-)
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>Whale oil lamps are a thing of the past, mostly, but they did bring light
>to people for a while.
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>"Whale" (including "whales" and "whale's") occurs 3 times in the KJV (Gen.
Oops! I meant 4 times...
>1:21, Job 7:12, Ezek. 32:2, Matt. 12:40).
>"Fish" occurs 35 times in the KJV, including two references in Jonah (1:17,
>2:10) that likely referred to a whale. (Hebrew lacks the distinction
>between aquatic mammals and fish with gills that English has, so it can be
>read either way, and various translations choose differently.)
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>>>> Here is a perplexing riddle. See if you can figure it out....
>>>>
>>>> God made Adam out of the dust,
>>>> But thought it best to make me first;
>>>> So I was made before the man,
>>>> According to God's Holy plan.
>>>> My whole body God made complete
>>>> Without arms or hands or feet.
>>>> My ways and acts did God control,
>>>> But in my body He placed no soul.
>>>> A living being I became,
>>>> And Adam gave to me a name.
>>>> Then from his presence I withdrew,
>>>> For this man Adam I never knew.
>>>> All my Maker's laws I do obey,
>>>> And from these laws I never stray.
>>>> Thousands of me go in fear,
>>>> But seldom on the earth appear.
>>>> Later, for a purpose God did see,
>>>> He place a living soul in me.
>>>> But that soul of mine God had to claim,
>>>> And from me took it back again.
>>>> And when this soul from me had fled,
>>>> I was the same as when first made;
>>>> Without arms, legs, feet, or soul,
>>>> I travel on from pole to pole.
>>>> My labors are from day to night,
>>>> And to men I once furnished light.
>>>> Thousands of people both young and old,
>>>> Did by my death bright lights behold.
>>>> No right or wrong can I conceive;
>>>> The Bible and it's teachings I can't believe.
>>>> The fear of death doesn't trouble me;
>>>> Pure happiness I will never see.
>>>> And up in Heaven I can never go,
>>>> Nor in the grave or Hell below.
>>>> So get your Bible and read with care;
>>>> You'll find my name recorded there.
>>>>
>>>> This puzzle was written by a lady in California in 1890 in response
>>>> To a gentlemen in Philadelphia, who said that he would pay $1,000.00 to
>>>> anyone who could write a puzzle that he could not solve. He failed
>>>> to do so, and paid the lady 1,000.00 (a great sum at that time). The
>>>> answer is one word, five letters long, and appears only four times in
>>>the
>>>> King James Version of the Bible.
>>>>
>>>> An eight-year-old boy figured out the puzzle. Can you?
>>>>
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>Michael Paul Johnson
>aka Soaring Golden Eagle
>PO Box 1151, Longmont CO 80502-1151, USA
>Rocky Mountain outpost 207, New Creation Church
>Jesus Christ is Lord!
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