Encouragement
Riddle: Who Am I?
This riddle was written by a lady in California, in 1890, in response to an offer from a gentleman in Philadelphia, that he would pay anyone $1,000 who could write a puzzle he could not solve. He failed to solve it and paid the money.
A Poem Of Biblical Proportions
Adam, God made out of dust,
But thought it best to make me first.
So I was made sometime before man,
To answer God's most holy plan.
A living being I became,
And Adam gave to me my name.
I, from his presence, then withdrew,
And more of Adam I 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.
The soul in me, God had fed,
Until, finally, the soul had fled.
I am the same
As when first made.
Without hands, feet, or face,
I travel on from place to place.
I labor hard by day and 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 Scriptures I cannot believe.
Although my name therein is found,
They are, to me, an empty sound.
No fear of death doth trouble me,
Real happiness I'll never see.
To heaven I shall never go,
Nor to hell far below.
Now when, these lines, you slowly read,
Go search your Bible with all speed.
For that my name is written there,
I do, honestly, to you, declare…
"The answer is one word!"
The answer is one word. There are five letters in the word, appearing only four times in the Bible.
Riddle: Who Am I?
- (Genesis 1:21) "And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."
- (Ezekiel 32:2) "Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers."
- (Job 7:12) "Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?"
- (Matthew 12:40) "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
A Poem Of Biblical Proportions
Adam, God made out of dust, but thought it was best to make me first. So I was made before man to answer God's most holy plan. A living being I became and Adam gave me my name. From his presence I then withdrew and more of Adam I never knew. I did my maker's law obey, not ever went from it astray. Thousands of miles I go in fear, but seldom on the earth appear.
For purpose wise which God did see, he put a living soul in me.
- Whales are in the ocean
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.
- Jonah
And without hands or feet or soul, I travel on from pole to pole.
- Jonah was freed from the whale
I labor hours by day, by night to follow man to give him light. Thousands of people, young and old, will by my death great light behold.
- Whales are long-distance travelers
No right or wrong can I conceive, the scriptures I cannot believe. Although my name therein is found, they are to me an empty sound. No fear of death doth trouble me, real happiness I'll never see. To Heaven I shall never go, or to Hell below.
- Whale oil burns very nicely in many lamps. But the whale must be killed to get the oil.
Now when these lines you slowly read, so search your Bible with all speed for that my name is there, I do honestly to you declare.
- Remember this lady wrote this in 1890. I don't know what version of the Bible she used.
Whale
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- This entry is part 26 of 25 in the series Encouragement.
Riddle: Who Am I?
Categories:
Series TOC
- Series: Encouragement
- Part 1: Cast Thy Burden Upon The LORD
- Part 2: The Little Things
- Part 3: Man's Religion And God's Religion
- Part 4: All Scripture Is Inspired By God
- Part 5: Encourage One Another And Build Each Other Up
- Part 6: Believe In The LORD
- Part 7: Whatever You Do...
- Part 8: Job Submits Himself To God
- Part 9: The Eternal Kingdom Of God
- Part 10: The False Kingdom Of Satan
- Part 11: Count Your Blessings
- Part 12: Remember God's Warning To The Wicked
- Part 13: The Power Of Prayer
- Part 15: I Am Here By Jay Stocker
- Part 16: The Lord Is Slow To Anger
- Part 17: Do Not Fear Disasters
- Part 18: Getting To Know The Holy Spirit By David Wilkerson
- Part 19: Courage And Comfort, A Time To Weep
- Part 20: Love Comes From God
- Part 21: Repentance
- Part 22: Works Of The Holy Spirit In The Bible
- Part 23: That Which Brings Me Joy
- Part 24: Promises God Has For His Children
- Part 25: The Word Of God
- Part 26: Riddle: Who Am I?
- This entry is part 26 of 25 in the series Encouragement.
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