And I thought it was Lucifer.
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From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: The Answer Is


> A whail.  Now, go back and read the puzzle again.  I'll make it easy for
> you.  I will paste it below.
>
> The Thousand Dollar Bible Puzzle
>
>
> This puzzle was written by a lady in California in response to an offer
from
> a
> gentleman in Philadelphia that he would pay $1000 to anyone who could
write
> a
> puzzle he could not solve. He failed to solve this puzzle, and paid the
> $1000.
> The answer to the puzzle is only one word, and appears only four times in
> the
> Bible.
>
>
> If you can't figure it out, let me know.  If you do know, keep quiet.
>
>
>
>
>            WHO AM I?
>
> Adam, God made out of dust,
>  But thought it best to make me first.
>
> So I was made before man
>  To answer God's most Holy plan.
>
> A living thing I became,
>  And Adam gave to me my name.
>
> I from his presence withdrew,
>  And more of Adam never knew.
>
> I did my maker's law obey,
>  Nor never went from it astray.
>
> Thousands of miles I go in fear
>  But seldom on earth do I appear.
>
> For purpose wise--which God did see,
>  He put a 'living soul' in me.
>
> A soul from me God did claim,
>  And took from me the soul again.
>
> So when from me the soul had fled,
>  I was the same as when first made.
>
> And without hands, or feet, or soul--
>  I travel now from pole to pole.
>
> I labor hard by day, by night
>  To fallen man I give 'great light.'
>
> Thousands of people, young and old,
>  Will, by my death, great light behold.
>
> No right or wrong can I conceive,
>  The Scripture I cannot believe.
>
> Although my name therein is found,
>  It is to me an empty sound.
>
> No fear of death doth trouble me,
>  Real happiness I'll never see.
>
> To Heaven I shall never go,
>  Neither, still, to hell below.
>
> Now, when these lines you slowly read,
>  Go search your Bible with all speed.
>
> For that my name is written there,
>  I honestly to you declare!
>
>
> Answer: - - - - -
>
>