Did You Know…

This is meant to be a fun paper. It is not all original. It’s also rather long but if you puruse through it quickly you will find some interestingfacts. Most of it comes from the pages of Finis Jennings Dake’s book called “God’s Plan for Man”. The questions below are meant to invoke your inspiration to read the Bible more. They are eye openers and just plain fun. Check them out and see if they are true. Enjoy.

Did You Know:

1. That there is no end of the world taught in Scripture?

   The Greek word aion means age. There will be an end to this age, but not an end of the world. The common theory held by men that the world is coming to an end is based upon a wrong understanding of this Greek word. “The earth abideth for ever,” we are told in Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 104:5 and other passages. As we shall see in our next lesson, there will be eternal generations of natural people on the Earth for resurrected man.

2. That Heaven and the planets are inhabited?

   This is clear from many scriptures: “Rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them… he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme… them that dwell in heaven” (Rev. 12:12; 13:6). See also Col. 1:16-18; Rom. 1:20; 1 Cor. 15:35-50.

3. That man will have access to the planets in the future?

   The Bible teaches that redeemed man will go back and forth between Heaven and other planets in the New Heavens and the New Earth. This was to be man’s privilege before he fell, but he sinned and came short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Man was originally given dominion over the sun, moon, and stars and would’ve had to have access to them in order to rule them (Ps. 8:3-6). Man, in the eternal future, will become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ and will be able to be with them where they are in all eternity (Rom. 8:17-18; 1 Cor. 15:24-28; Heb. 2:5-11; Rev. 21:1–22:5).

4. That the Earth was at one time one solid piece of land without islands and continents?

   In Gen. 1:9-13 we read that the Earth came forth as one land and the waters were one body of water. In Gen. 10:25 and 1 Chron. 1:19 we read that in the days of Peleg the Earth was “divided,” or split into continents and islands. (This is also supported by the Science of Geology). The Hebrew word for divided is palag, and is translated divide (Ps. 55:9) and divided in the above passages and in Job 38:25; Dan. 2:41. It literally means to separate or split. If the Earth was thus separated in the days of Peleg, then it was one Earth or body of land before that time. This is the reason that various peoples are found being on the many islands and continents separated so widely by much water. In the New Earth, the land will again become one body, and there will no longer be large oceans of waters as we have now (Rev. 21:1)

5. That there will be eternal generations of natural people on the Earth?

   The scriptures are so literally clear on this question that we shall merely give a number of references to read. There will be “perpetual generations” and an everlasting kingdom of Christ over all coming generations forever (Gen. 8:22; 9:12, 16; 17:7, 19; 2 Sam. 7:24-26; Isa. 9:6-7; 59:20-21; Jer. 31:35-36; Ezek. 37:24-28; Dan. 2:44; 7:13-14, 18, 27; Lk. 1:32-33; Zech. 14:1-21; Rev. 1:5; 5:10; 11:15; 22:4-5).

6. That God the Father will some day move His headquarters from heaven to the earth to live among men and that men will see Him in visible form?

   This is clear from Rev. 21 where it pictures the New Jerusalem as coming from heaven to the earth. In verse 3 it states, “The tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Men will see God, for in Rev. 22:4 we read, “they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads… and they shall reign forever and ever.”

7. That there are degrees of punishment in hell and rewards in heaven?

   Jesus taught that it will be more tolerable for some in the day of judgment than for others (Mt. 11:20-24); that some will be found to be twofold more a child of hell than others, and will receive “greater damnation” (Mt. 23:14-15); and that every man will be judged according to his works (Rev. 20:11-15). The saints will be rewarded according to their works (Mt. 10:41-42; 16:27; Rom. 14:10-12; 2 Cor. 5:10-11; Rev. 22:12).

8. That the mark of the beast is not 666?

   This is the “number of the beast” and not his mark, as is plainly stated in Rev. 13:16-18. There will be three things men will have a choice of taking in the days of Antichrist: The mark of Antichrist, his name, or the number of his name. What the Antichrist’s name and mark will be is not stated; but the number of his name is stated as being 666. Therefore, no man can now know his name or his mark and will never be able to know them until the Antichrist comes after the rapture of the Church, as we shall see. However, anyone now can know that 666 is the number of his name, as this is revealed in Rev. 13:18.

9. That all true saints will be exempt in the last day wars?

   The reason for this will be that they will be translated to heaven before the last two wars. These last two wars will be fought after the Antichrist comes. These two wars will be fought after the first of the three wars, which brings about the formation of the ten kingdoms (Dan. 7:23-24) and after the rapture of the church (2 Thess. 2:7-8; Rev. 4:1).

10. That the planets reveal truth?

    Besides the natural times and seasons there are certain times and seasons for preordained events in God’s plan for man. The children of Issachar had understanding of “the times, to know what Israel ought to do” (1 Chron. 12:32). The wise men knew by the star when Christ was born (Mt. 2:1-2, 7, 9-10). Jesus understood the signs of His time, and He rebuked the Pharisees for not discerning the signs of the times as well as they could discern the natural seasons (Mt. 16:1-4). In Ps. 19:1 we have the fact that the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork. See also Acts 1:6-7; 1 Thess. 5:1-3. These and other passages clearly indicate that the planets rule times and seasons and reveal certain truths.

11. That eternity is made up of time and that time shall not cease?

    There is a time and a season for everything done under the sun (Eccl. 3). God originally made the sun, moon, and stars to regulate times and seasons on the eternal earth. The work of day four was the permanent restoration of the solar system in connection with the restored earth, to divide the day from the night; and to be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years forever (Gen. 1:14-18). This solar regulation causing endless time on the earth is eternal: “They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations… His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun” (Ps. 72:5, 17); I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever… his throne as the days of heaven… as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon (Ps. 89:4, 27-37). “Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night… If those ordinances depart from me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease being a nation before me for ever” (Jer. 31:35-36; 33:20-22). God promised Noah that there would be day and night, summer and winter, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, forever on the earth (Gen. 8:22). The earth is eternal, so time made up of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years is also eternal (Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 104:5). When the Bible says “time no longer” it should be “delay no longer,” for it speaks of days and years continuing after this (Rev. 10:6-7; 12:6, 14; 13:5; 20:1-7). When the Bible says “there shall be no night there” it speaks of the city, the New Jerusalem, and not of the earth outside of the city (Rev. 21:23-27). Thus we must conclude that time will continue eternally.

12. That men in all eternity who live on the New Earth will be able to see people in hell?

    “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come and worship before me, saith the Lord. And they shall go and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh” (Isa. 66:22-24); “he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb” (Rev. 14:9-11), so it is clear that people in hell will be seen by others outside of hell who will be living on the New Earth.

13. That multitudes of people will not know that Jesus Christ has come to the Earth until after His second advent and the resurrected saints begin to take over the governments of this world in the Millennium?

    Scriptures definitely say that many people will not see His glory or His person the day He comes to Earth (Isa. 66:19). It is only when Christ is reigning and missionaries and rulers will go from Jerusalem to tell of Christ reigning in Zion that many nations will say, “Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord” (Isa. 2:2-4; 52:7; Zech. 8:23). It is only in the immediate vicinity of Jerusalem that every eye will see Him at the second advent, which is pictured “as lightning” shining under only one part under Heaven (Mt. 24:27-31; Rev. 1:7).

14. That the Bible does not teach a general judgment for both the righteous and the wicked?

    The Bible teaches that the righteous will be resurrected and will reign 1,000 years before the wicked are resurrected and judged (Rev. 20:1-15). The righteous will be judged and rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ in Heaven before they come back with Christ to reign (2 Cor. 10:9-11; Rom. 14:10-11). Saints will already know their rewards and positions in the eternal kingdom before they come back to the Earth with Christ to reign, for when they come they will be given such positions (Mt. 16:27). Anyone can see that there is a 1,000 years between the end of this age when Christ comes (as in Mt. 16:27; 24:29- 31; 25:31-46) and the end of the next age, the Millennium (Rev. 20); so there is at least this much time between the two judgments.

15. That saints will be judged for sins committed in this life?

    “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Cor. 5:10-11; Rom. 14:10-11; Mt. 12:36; 16:27).

16. That Methuselah was not the oldest man that ever lived?

    He was the oldest man that ever lived on the Earth, but His father Enoch is still alive, residing in Heaven and will come back to the Earth and die his appointed death at the hands of the Antichrist at the end of this age. He is over 5,551+ years old, whereas Methuselah was only 969 years old when he died.

17. That Noah was a woman?

    The Noah that built the boat was a man, but the Noah mentioned in Num. 27:1 was the daughter of Zelophehad.

18. That Solomon was the first recorded billionaire?

    The temple he built to God cost over $87 billion or twice that much according to 1949 prices, which are more than double those of pre-war times. Before David died he collected $4,848,500,000 in gold and silver to build the temple, along with brass, iron and other materials “without weight” (1 Chron. 22:14-16). Solomon inherited all of this in addition to the billions he accumulated after the death of David. At one time Solomon received from Ophir $17,451,000.00 and the Queen of Sheba and Hiram, King of Tyre, gave him $3,490,200.00 each (1 Ki. 9:14, 28; 10:10). David’s personal gift to the temple above that already mentioned was $100,835,000.00 (1 Chron. 28:2-4). In another year $19,370,610.00 in gold was brought to Solomon besides gold from year to year and gifts from all nations round about (2 Chron. 9:13-28)

19. That only eight books of the Bible out of sixty-six have no prophecies in them?

    They are the Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Ezra, and Ruth of the Old Testament and 2 and 3 John and Philemon in the New Testament.

20. That Moses fasted forty days on three different occasions?

21. The first time was when he went into the mount for forty days to get the tables of stone and receive the law (Deut. 9:9). The second time was when he went back for the second tables of stone (Deut. 9:17-18). The third time was when Israel rebelled at Kadesh-barnea (Deut. 9:23-25).

22. That there are four men in the Bible that fasted forty days?

    Moses and Joshua fasted forty days (Exod. 24:12-18; 32:15-19); Elijah went on the strength of the food of the angel for forty days and nights (1 Ki. 19:4-8) and Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights (Mt. 4:1-11).

23. That men traveled through the air many centuries before the Wright brothers did?

    Ezekiel and Philip were both taken through the air by the Holy Spirit (Ezek. 8:3; 11:3; Acts 8:39). John and Paul were taken to Heaven and came back (2 Cor. 12:1-7; Rev. 4:1). Enoch and Elijah were taken to Heaven bodily and will come back and die at the hands of the Antichrist (Gen. 5:24; 2 Ki. 2; Heb. 11:5; Rev. 11:1-11; Zech. 4:11-14). Elijah came back in the days of Christ so he had at least two trips to Heaven, for he is there now (Mt. 17:3-4). Christ and all the Old Testament saints also were taken to Heaven as well as every person who has died in Christ (Acts 1:11; Eph. 4:7-11; 2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:21-23).

24. That Saul was not the first king of Israel and that they had a king over 500 years before Samuel made Saul king?

    Moses was the first king in Israel, according to Deut. 33:4-5.

25. That the hinder-er of lawlessness in 2 Thess. 2:7-8 refers to the Church?

    There are only three things in the world today that hinder lawlessness. They are the Church, the Holy Spirit and human governments. The hinderer that will be taken out of the world must refer to one of these three things. It could not refer to the Holy Spirit and governments for neither will be taken out of the world. It is clear that governments will not be taken for Antichrist will reign over the ten kingdoms during the Tribulation (Dan. 7:23-24; Rev. 17:8-17). The Holy Spirit will be here during the Tribulation, so He could not be the hinderer taken (Acts 2:16- 21; Jn. 14:16; Rev. 7:14; 12:17; 19:10; Zech. 12:10). The Church will be taken out of the world (1 Thess. 4:16; Eph. 5:26-27; 1 Cor. 15:51-58), so this must be the hinderer referred to. If you cannot understand how the Church could be referred to as “he,” see Eph. 2:15; 4:13 where the Church is called a “man.”

26. That the mark upon Cain was not a physical mark or change of color?

    The Hebrew word for “mark” in Gen. 4:15 means “a pledge.” The pledge was stated in the same verse, “Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken sevenfold.” There is no statement that he was marked physically by a change of color or some other mark.

27. That one man was healed of leprosy three different times?

    Moses was made a sign to Israel and to Pharaoh three times when his hand was made leprous and was healed (Exod. 4:6-7, 21, 30).

28. That one man in the Bible fasted longer than did Christ?

    Moses fasted at least three times forty days each (Deut. 9:9, 11, 17-18, 23-25). In fact, it seems from Deut. 9:11-18 that Moses fasted eighty days without eating between the two forty-day fasts.

29. That one man captured a whole army of multiplied thousands single-handed?

    Elisha did this when he captured the whole army of Syria and led them captive to Samaria (2 Ki. 6:18-23).

30. That Cain was not the first one to build a city on Earth?

    He was the first to build a city on Earth since Adam (Gen. 4:17), but there were cities built on Earth by the pre-Adamites.

31. That resurrected men and angels can go back and forth from Earth to Heaven in one day?

    Jesus after the resurrection went to Heaven and back in one day. This statement is proven by the fact that He forbade Mary to touch Him for He had not yet ascended to God but was going to God, and on the same day He returned to the Earth and appeared to the disciples (Jn. 20:17-23). If resurrected men can go to Heaven and back in a day, angels can do likewise. Other men have also gone to Heaven but how long it took them is not stated.

32. That people who go to Heaven will eat food forever?

    In Lk. 22:14-18, 29-30; Rev. 2:7, 17; 19:1-10; 22:1-2 it is clear that saints will eat forever.

33. That Egypt will never become great again?

    The Bible is very clear that Egypt will never be a great power again as it used to be in the early days of Israel. The prophet Ezekiel said that Egypt would be “a base kingdom. It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations” (Ezek. 29:14-15). Egypt will be defeated by the future Antichrist from Syria (Dan 11:40-45).

34. That the Arabs will give Israel protection from the Antichrist during the last 3½ years of this age?

    Dan. 11:41 states that Arabia or ancient Edom and Moab will escape Antichrist. In Isa. 16:1-5; Ezek. 20:33-35; Mt. 24:15-21; Rev. 12:5-17 we read of Israel fleeing for protection into the wilderness of Edom and Moab, and since they escape the Antichrist and flee into this country for protection, then it is clear that the Arabs protect them during this time.

35. That men will not spend eternity in Heaven?

    According to Rev. 21-22 the New Jerusalem, the home of the saints, will be moved from Heaven to the Earth after the Millennium. This proves men will spend eternity on Earth instead of Heaven.

36. That there will be sin and death on Earth during the Millennium?

    This is plainly stated in Isa. 65:20-25; 1 Cor. 15:24-28.

37. That the devil never enters bodily into anyone?

    The word “in” means “in union with” and not “bodily entrance into”. This is the only sense in which he enters into anyone because he has a body of his own and he cannot get bodily into any other body (1 Chron. 21:1; Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7; Rev. 12:7-12; Zech. 3:1-3; Mt. 4:1-11; Ezek. 28:11-17; Rev. 20:1-10)

38. That Melchisedec was an ordinary man?

    He is called a “man” in Heb. 7:4. He had a “descent” or genealogy but it was not counted (Heb. 7:6). He was an ordinary man who lived in the days of Abraham, as plainly taught in Gen. 14:17-24; Heb. 7:1-11. He was without recorded father or mother, beginning of days and end of life, so that he could be a type of Christ, who really had no beginning or end of days and who was to be a priest after his order forever (Heb. 6:20).

39. That there will be male and female in Heaven?

    This is clear from the fact that every person will receive his own body in the resurrection (1 Cor. 15:35-58). The Scripture in Gal. 3:28 simply means that male and female have the same privileges in the gospel and in Christ. No Scripture teaches that any person will be de-sexed by the resurrection.

40. That there may be baby bodies in Heaven?

    The fact that every person will receive his own body in the resurrection proves this (1 Cor. 15:35- 58). Paul illustrates the resurrection by small and large grains reproducing their own size and kind, so also is the resurrection of the dead. Nothing in nature continues to grow after death. This is one reason we shall know as we are known (1 Cor. 13:12). On the other hand, all may be resurrected fully mature like any normal seed when it is reproduced and fully grown.

41. That the devil still has access to Heaven?

    He will have access to Heaven until the middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week or the last seven years of this age, as proven in Rev. 12:7-12. Then he will be cast out to the Earth and his place will be found no more in Heaven as the accuser of the brethren.

42. That ordinary angels do not have wings?

    They have appeared to man many times without wings else they would have been recognized as angels (Heb. 13:2; Gen. 18; 19; Judg. 13:6-20; Mt. 28:2-5; Acts 1:11). Only Seraphim, Cherubim, and special classes of angels have wings.

43. That the theory of evolution cannot be reconciled with the biblical story of creation?

    The “missing link” between man and beast has never been found and it never will be, because there is no link missing between them. God created man a fully-grown intelligent person in one act, and in one day made both man and land animals as separate creatures. He gave them the law of reproduction—everything after his own kind, and that is the way it has been ever since (Gen. 1:26-31; 2:7-10; 7:14). Man has always been dealt with in all Scripture as the lord of all animals and the one responsible for any curse that is upon other creatures. There is no possible way of believing the Bible and the nonsense of evolution at the same time. Evolution is not a proven fact in any realm. Evolution is really “devilution” and a deception to discount God and His wonderful works. If any man can conceive of the vast universe as evolving from nothing to the most intelligent man, he must have a warped brain and should be put away from society. The world’s greatest scholars never have believed in evolution and they declare it is not even a science—it is only a theory—so let us forget it once and forever and remain faithful to the inspired revelation of God, the Bible.

44. That God the Father is coming visibly to the Earth at the second coming of Christ?

    This is plainly stated in Dan. 7:9-14; Zech. 14:5; Titus 2:13.

45. That there will be planting and harvesting on Earth forever?

    This is clearly stated in Gen. 8:22 as continuing as long as the Earth abides, and that is forever (Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 104:5).

46. That there will be day and night in the New Earth forever?

    The Bible plainly says that day and night will continue as long as the Earth remains (Gen. 8:22) and that is forever (Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 104:5). When the Bible says that there shall be no night there it refers to the Holy City, which has no need of the sun or moon to shine in it (Rev. 21:23-26). The sun, moon, and stars will shine forever on the New Earth outside the city (Ps. 72:5, 17-19; 89:4, 29-37; Gen. 1:14-18; 8:22).

47. That the serpent in the Garden of Eden was not the personal devil?

    He was one of the beasts of the field which the Lord God had made and was merely a tool of the devil to cause the fall of man (Gen. 3:1). The serpent was cursed to go upon its belly all the days of its life but Satan does not do this. The ordinary snake does go on its belly now and will continue to do so even in the Millennium (Gen. 3:14; Isa. 65:25). There is no statement in Scripture that says the serpent was the personal devil.

48. That the present Earth is eternal?

    This is plainly stated in Eccl. 1:4; Ps. 104:5. When Peter said that the Earth shall be burned up he referred to the renovation of it by fire at the end of the Millennium.

49. That every man does not have a set time to die?

    Many statements in Scripture disprove this theory. Paul said of the Corinthians that many had died because they had not rightly discerned the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:27-31). Children are promised long lives if they will keep the Fifth Commandment (Exod. 20:12; Eph. 6:2). Men are promised long lives if they will obey God (Ps. 91). God made it a law that men who break the law should die for it, not because that was God’s set time or way for them to die, but because of disobedience (Gen. 9:6; Exod. 21:12-36; Rom. 13:1-8). Men who commit suicide take their own lives before the time they would die naturally. Many have died in plagues when they could have lived if they had obeyed God (1 Cor. 10:1-18). Men die in many other ways that are not according to God’s plan and before the time they should, as can be seen every day.

50. That the New Testament does not command men to keep any particular sabbath?

    On the contrary it teaches that men can choose which day if any that he wants to keep unto the Lord (Rom. 14:5-6; Gal. 4:9-10; Col. 2:14-17).

51. That there are animals in Heaven just like we have on Earth?

    This is clear from the fact that Paul said the invisible things are clearly seen by the visible (Rom. 1:20) and from many references stating that there are horses in Heaven (2 Ki. 2:11-12; 6:13-17; Zech. 1:8-11; 6:1-8; Rev. 19:11-21). If there are some animals definitely mentioned as being in Heaven and if other invisible things are clearly seen by the visible things on Earth, then there must be other kinds of animals in Heaven.

52. That all future saints will not be changed from mortality to immortality by being resurrected?

    All future saints will never be resurrected due to the fact that it is God’s plan to permit earthly saints in the Millennium and the New Earth to continue eternally as natural earthly people as Adam and the whole race would have lived if man had not fallen. After the resurrection from the dead is past, people will continue to be born forever. These people will never have part in the resurrection because they will never die. They will eat of the Tree of Life and live forever as Adam could have done in the beginning (Rev. 22:1-5).

53. That no man can be saved and not know it?

    Paul said that if any man be in Christ he is a new creature, old things are passed away and all things are new (2 Cor. 5: 17), and that everyone who belongs to Christ has crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts (Gal. 5:24). Can this be true of a person and he not know it? Such could not possibly happen so that a person would be ignorant of this kind of transformation. If this were true, then those who do not know that they have become new creatures are not in Christ regardless of their profession.

54. That the devil, the beast, and the false prophet are three separate and distinct persons?

    That the beast is the devil incarnate and that there are only two persons referred to by these terms is not scriptural. This is clear from the fact that the dragon, a symbol of Satan, is always seen as a separate person from the beast and the false prophet (Rev. 12:7-17; 13:1-18; 16:13-16; 19:19-21; 20:10). If all three are separate persons seen in these passages, then Satan is never incarnate in the beast and there must be three distinct persons.

55. That angels will be judged by human beings?

    This is plainly stated by Paul in 1 Cor. 6:3. This refers no doubt to the time of the judgment of angels (2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6-7) and to the position of glorified saints in the eternal kingdom as heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ of the vast creations (Rom. 8:17-18; Rev. 5:9-10; 21:7). This does not mean that saints will take the positions held from ages past by faithful angels, but that men will rule over the fallen angels. They may even be in higher positions than the good angels. That remains to be seen.

56. That there are other kingdoms on other planets?

    It is plainly stated in Col. 1:15-18 that God through Christ created thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, both visible and invisible, that are in Heaven and in Earth. These dominions and principalities are not all located on Earth for it is stated that some are in Heaven. The word “Heaven” should be understood as the whole of the heavens. There must be life on all the habitable worlds and if this be true then they are organized into dominions and kingdoms as we understand it on this planet.

57. That animal sacrifices will again be offered to God in the near future?

    The Jews will build a temple at Jerusalem and will again offer sacrifices to God until the middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week at which time the Antichrist will break his seven-years covenant with them and will do away with these sacrifices and set up himself in the temple as God (Dan. 9:27; Mt. 25:15; Rev. 11:1-2; 13). The Jews were to be without sacrifices for many years until they returned to their native land again (Hos. 3:4-5). This prophecy will soon be fulfilled to the letter.

58. That the Dead Sea will soon become clear water and a great place for fishing?

    This will be in the Millennium following the second coming of Christ. At His coming the Mount of Olives will pass away and a very great valley will be made. The Dead Sea will be raised and an outlet will be made permitting the water to be kept fresh. That it will be a great fishing place is clear from Ezek. 47:1-12.

59. That the large oceans will cease to exist within 1,000 to 1,100 years?

    At the end of the thousand years’ reign of Christ the Earth will be purified by fire. The oceans will cease to exist, for John saw no more sea in the New Earth (Rev. 21:1-2). The Millennium is not far off. In fact prophecies are being fulfilled now that prove we are at the very end of this Age of Grace. When Christ comes there will be only 1,000 years before the Earth will be made new and without most of it being under water.

60. That the time will come when no man can commit suicide?

    This will be during the five months of the fifth trumpet judgment in the first 3½ years of the future tribulation (Rev. 9:1-12). During this time we read that men will desire to die and death shall flee from them. Regardless of how men will seek to kill themselves and others during this time no man can possibly die. This is a special time set apart by God that men will be tormented with the demon creatures out of the bottomless pit, as stated in this passage.

61. That God does not predestinate any particular person to be saved or lost?

    This is plainly taught in many passages which teach that every man is a free moral agent and is saved or lost by his own free choice in the matter of accepting or rejecting salvation through Jesus Christ (Jn. 3:14-16; 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; Rev. 22:17).

62. That the devil is a son of God?

    He is a son of God by creation like all the angels and Adam (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7; Lk. 3:38). He could not cease being a son of God, for in that case he would have to be untreated and that is impossible. That he was a created being is clear from Ezek. 28:11-17; Col. 1:16-18. Sonship means nothing when sin is committed. God will damn His own sons when they rebel and get past reconciliation. This is clear from the fact that Hell is prepared for the devil and his angels, who are all created sons of God (Mt. 25:41, 46).

63. That the Lord calls women to preach?

    At this time there is a major controversy as to whether or not God calls women to preach, but the Scriptures clear up this question, like they do all others, if we will but believe the Bible as to what it says. In the Gospels there were several woman messengers who proclaimed the good news (Mt. 28:1-10; Lk. 24:9-11; Jn. 4:28-30; 20:16-18). In Acts 2:16-21 we have a prediction that God would pour out of His Spirit in the last days “upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; and upon my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit and they shall prophesy.” In Acts 21:8-9 we read that Philip had four daughters that prophesied or preached in the early Church. In Rom. 16 we have mention of Phebe, Priscilla, Mary, Junia, Tryphena, Tryphosa, Persis, all female names, mentioned as laborers in the gospel. In Phil. 4:2-3. Euodias and Syntyche, two women, are mentioned as leaders in the local church at Philippi. They are referred to as “those women which labored with me in the gospel.” Paul speaks of the Corinthian women prophesying and praying in church (1 Cor. 11:4; 14:1-5, 23-26). When Paul said for women to “keep silence in the church” he was not speaking of women prophesying or praying, but he referred to asking their husbands certain things at church. He said, “if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home” and not in the church (1 Cor. 14:34-35). But that they could speak and prophesy and pray in church is clear from 1 Cor. 11:4; 14:3-4, 23-26; Acts 2:16- 21. Women have been used of God in all ages (Exod. 15:20; Judg. 4:4; 2 Ki. 22:14; 2 Chron. 34:22; Neh. 6:14; Isa. 8:3; Lk. 1:39-56; 2:36). To say the least, God is sovereign and can use a woman when He pleases and He does not have to ask any man whom He should use. Besides, if more men would obey God today it might not be necessary to use so many women to preach.

64. That literal angels will come down from the heavenlies to live among men in the future tribulation?

    This will be when Satan and his angels are cast out of the heavenlies to the Earth to be among men for 3½ years (Rev. 12:7-12). The devil and his angels will cause the great woe of Rev. 12:12. The devil will no doubt come down at this time to Earth to appear visibly to men, else they would not know that he is among them in a different sense than he is now. Angels have appeared to men in visible form. This is no doubt what will happen at this time. God’s angels will also be seen and heard by men in a visible way at this time, as proven in Rev. 14:6-11.

65. That one-third of men on Earth will be destroyed in one hour?

    This will be done under the sixth trumpet judgment when 200 million demon horsemen will be liberated out of the Abyss to slay one-third of men at a certain hour (Rev. 9:12-21).

66. That the Ten Commandments have been done away with?

    This is such an important question that we feel it should be brought to the attention of the reader again. So many false doctrines are based on the teachings of the Law of Moses and today we have so many cults that mix law and grace, until it cannot be emphasized too much that the whole Law of Moses, including the Ten Commandments, was done away with and abolished in Christ on the cross. This is plainly stated in 2 Cor. 3:6-15; Gal. 3:19-25; 4:21-31; 5:1-5, 18; Eph. 2:15; Col. 2:14-17; Acts 15:5-29; Heb. 7:11, 12, 22, 28; 8:6-18; 9:1, 9, 10, 15-22; 10:1-18.

67. That men on the Earth are soon to see literal angels preaching the gospel?

    This will be during the Tribulation days when angels will fly in the air and preach to men on the Earth their respective messages, as revealed in Rev. 14:6-11.

68. That God has revealed a method of dealing with the heathen who have never heard the gospel?

    Paul stated in Rom. 2:12-16 that God will do right by every man according to the light he has received. He said, “For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”

69. That the Antichrist is no doubt living on the Earth at this time?

    If we are living now as close to the end of the age as the signs of the times indicate, then Antichrist must be a man living on the Earth now. By the time he is revealed to fulfill prophecy he must be a grown man, so he must have already been born and be going through a period of preparation for his future work.

70. That Jesus had brothers and sisters?

    In Mt. 13:55 and Mk. 6:1-3 it is clear that He had both brothers and sisters. His own home town people that knew Him said, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not all his sisters here with us?” He had at least four brothers (that is, half brothers). He also had more than two sisters, for if there were only two, the word “all” would have been “both.” Jesus is called Mary’s firstborn (Mt. 1:25; Lk. 2:7). This would imply that she had other children. In Ps. 69:8-9 it is stated of the Messiah that He would be a stranger and an alien to his brethren, His “mother’s children.” That this passage refers to Christ is clear in Jn. 2:17. His brethren and mother came to him seeking to get him away from the crowds (Mt. 12:46-50). In Jn. 7:3-10 we read that they showed lack of sympathy for His work. They later believed in Him and were greatly used of God (Acts 1:14; Jas. 1:1; Acts 12:17; 15:13-21; 21:18; Gal. 1:19; 2:9, 12; 1 Cor. 9:5). The natural meaning of “his brethren” never would have been questioned if it had not been for the doctrine of exalting Mary as the mother of God and to identify her with the great goddess of paganism.

71. That there is more than one paradise mentioned in Scripture?

    One paradise is mentioned as the place where Christ and the penitent thief went, which was in the lower parts of the Earth (Lk. 23:43; Mt. 12:40; Eph. 4:7-11; Ps. 16:10). Another paradise is mentioned as being in the third Heaven (2 Cor. 12:1-3). Then the Garden of Eden is generally understood to be a paradise (Gen. 2:8-25; 3:1-19).

72. That we shall know each other in both Heaven and Hell?

    That we shall know each other in Heaven is generally understood and is proven in 1 Cor. 13:12; 15:34-58, but that men shall know each other in Hell is not so universally known. That men will look into eternal Hell is clear from Isa. 66:22-24; Rev. 14:9-11 and it is also clear that they will know each other in Hell.

73. That animals have souls and spirits?

    The soul is that which feels and the spirit is that which knows. Animals have both feelings and knowledge, but on a lower scale than that of men. They were not created in the likeness of God as were men. They are a lower type of life and they have souls and spirits in the sense of feelings, emotions, appetites, desires, passions, and a low form of knowledge.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed reading the above as I did. I am equally sure you have questions. Research them as you should. Remember, just because some well known Preacher, or I, wrote it, doesn’t mean its true.

Enough Said

“Thy Words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O LORD God of hosts.” (Jeremiah 15:16)