which Noah built the ark? Is there anything comparable to that today?" A. In Genesis 6:14 we read, “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. Bi ble students have considered that this was the cypress wood. There is nothing known to be comparable to this today, since the exact word cannot be known. Q . Seattle, Washington — “Our professor says Adam and Eve would not have been any more intelligent than animals today had they not partaken of the forbidden fruit. Some of our church people say they would have known only good and not evil." A . It is hard to keep one’s equilibrium in the light of what certain professors say in their own pompous degree of finality. For a professor to make a state ment like this shows that he leaves all source of knowledge and goes into speculations and imaginings. All is done in an effort to down grade the sacred record found in the Word of God. There is no evidence what ever which would lead a person to make such a statement. In order to experience good and evil it was neces sary for man to be tempted. It’s amaz ing how people will take the word of unbelieving scientists. There are many godly scientists, and we thank God for what they have discovered helping to make life more enjoyable from the physical point, of view. But when a scientist leaves his scientific research and begins to go into speculation, he is far from his field and will bring swift judgmeht to himself and to others. True science and the Bible are in complete harmony; it is when man s reasonings are brought in that confusion reigns. Q. College Place, Washington — “Since God forbids the Jews to eat swings flesh ? where in the Bible are we given permission in our day for eating such?” A. In Leviticus 11:7 we read, “And the swine, though he divideth the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.” Here is 16
Panel Discussion« (continued) Q. Elsinore, California — “Please help me on I John 4:2. Also can you explain the difference between Psalm 6:5 and Ec clesiastes 9:5.” A. “Herehy know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God” (I John 4:2). This is one of the great declarations of the Bible. It deals with the aspect of the last days when many spirits will be abroad troubling the people of God. There will be super natural manifestations in the last days, and the believer must use divine cau tion and judgment. It’s amazing to read through church history and see how many different heresies there have been. When some system or religious body will not admit that Jesus of Naza reth is of a truth the Messiah of Israel, the second person of the Trinity, the One who is both all God and all man, these are not of the truth and are false spirits. This is the very telling yard stick of authenticity for truth. The other two Scripture portions are on a completely different subject. “For in the grave (sheol) who shall give thee thanks” (Psalm 6:5). David penned this Psalm. Naturally he did not have all the light that the New Testament gives us on the life beyond the grave. To him it looked as though in death there was some kind of a shadowy existence; men were in a condition of repose. Their bodies were asleep, but their spirits were in a languid position. We understand this in the context of the time in which David lived. In Ecclesiastes 9:5 we have another similar verse, “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.” The writer speaks from the viewpoint of “under the sun.’ It is the way things look to a man who is evaluating things from his rea sonings alone without the wonderful, indispensible light of supernatural rev elation. Q. Red Bluff, California — “What kind of wood was “gopher" wood out of
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