Supplement 1 — For Lessons 1 & 2

Supplement One

For Lessons One and Two

There are certain fundamental teachings of Scripture concerning the personal and immediate needs of all men, which we have put in a special section to supplement the main teachings on the plan of God in the lessons themselves. This distinction is made for the purpose of devoting time and space to your immediate personal needs, whatever they may be. We want to make the supplements a personal heart-to-heart talk with you concerning what you should begin to expect from God through the lessons. We want to help you personally to get benefits physically, materially, morally, and spiritually from the very first lesson. We want to show you what you can get from God and how to get these benefits. By all means read each two lessons through and study them before you read the supplement to the lessons.

If you will follow the instructions in both the lessons and the supplements and do as they say to the letter, as you would follow a doctor’s orders, you will receive benefits from the first lesson. In the first two lessons we have given you an introduction to the general course and have proven to you that the Bible is God’s eternal Word, given not to entertain you, but to help you in every phase of human existence.

In Lessons Ten, Twelve, Sixteen, and other lessons and supplements there are many promises that you should take literally, as if a man promised the same things to you. Begin to act upon them and believe them just as they are, without question. They do not need to be interpreted. Attach no condition to them other than those that are stated. Meet the conditions established in them and you will receive the benefits. You must not for a moment question what they say. They mean what they say, or God would not have given them to you. The very moment you begin to wonder if the promises are true for you today, you are being attacked by the devil and demonic powers to get you to doubt God’s Word. This is what caused the fall in the beginning, and this is the very first thing you must get victory over, if you want to be redeemed from the fall and obtain the benefits of the promises.

Learn here and now that you cannot doubt God’s Word and make Him a liar and still get the benefits you need from God. God will not make a special pet out of you or anyone else. He demands faith from you concerning His Word before He obligates Himself to meet your needs and fulfill His promises to you. This is the first lesson you must learn, and you must learn it well. It is absolutely imperative! You can already see from the promises that it is God’s will for you to have everything in life that you want. God loves you and wants you to be happy, healthy, wealthy, and successful in life beyond anything you have ever dreamed. Believe God! Take the right attitude toward Him and believe that He means what He says. Begin to cooperate with Him in asking and receiving these blessings of life. God will not force you to accept these things. It must be a willing, dependent attitude on your part. He will not give you these things alone, regardless of how much He desires to do so. He has made plain in His Word what you must do and also what He promises to do if you will do your part. He cannot break His own laws and He will not fail to meet his own obligations to you.

II. The Reality of the Living God

Faith in God and His promises presupposes the existence of God and that He is a God of love, justice, and truth. This must be taken for granted until we prove what the Bible says about God in later lessons. You can and should believe in God if you want the benefits that He has promised. We are taking it for granted that you believe in God and that you believe the Bible is the Word of God. We must start out on this biblical and fundamental foundation, and as you receive benefits according to the promises, you will have the best proof that God is in existence.

III. The Reality of Satan, Fallen Angels, and Demons

Not only does the Bible teach the reality of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, but it also teaches the reality of enemies to both God and man such as Satan, fallen angels, and demonic spirits of all kinds. This will be abundantly proven in Lesson Six, but we will give a few passages here to prove to your satisfaction that such beings exist. Note the following scriptures proving their existence:

1. SATAN 1 Chronicles 21:1Job 1:6-12Job 2:1-7Ezekiel 28:11-17Zechariah 3:1Matthew 4:1-111 Peter 5:8-9Revelation 12:7-12Revelation 20:1-10Ephesians 2:1-32 Corinthians 4:4John 12:31. 2. FALLEN ANGELS Matthew 24:41Ephesians 1:21Ephesians 3:10Ephesians 6:10-17Revelation 12:7-12.

3. DEMONS Matthew 4:23-24Matthew 10:1-7Matthew 12:22-321 Timothy 4:11 John 4:1-6.

IV. The Source of Sin, Sickness, and Disease

The Bible teaches that Satan and demons are the source of sin, sickness and disease. That is, they propagate sin and disease and control the law of sin and death in the human race Matthew 4:23-24Matthew 10:1-7Luke 10:1-20Luke 13:16John 10:10Acts 10:38Romans 7:7-25Romans 8:1-41 John 3:8Hebrews 2:14-15. The Bible also teaches that God sent Jesus into the world to save men from all sin Matthew 1:21Ephesians 1:71 John 1:7-9Revelation 1:5; to heal men of all diseases and deliver them from demons Matthew 8:16-17Acts 10:381 Peter 2:241 John 3:8; and to answer all prayers for anything one desires that is covered by the promises of God Matthew 7:7-11Matthew 18:19-20Matthew 17:20Matthew 21:21-22Mark 11:22-24John 14:12-15John 15:7John 16:23-26.

1. 1 SATAN AND DEMONS WHO CAUSE THE DISEASE CAN ALSO REMOVE THEM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES

   They will hold men in defeat and sickness as long as possible. God alone can deliver from their power, unless they relinquish their hold on men of their own accord. Jesus taught us in Mt. 12:43-45 that demons can leave a person and then come back again if they desire. The fact that they go out when rebuked by those who have power over them proves that they can loose any person they bind Matthew 12:22-32Luke 10:18-20Acts 19:11-17. It stands to reason that if they can put diseases upon men, they can also take them off when it is to their advantage.

When will it be to their advantage? When they can deceive men with false doctrines and get them to accept false religions that deny the essentials of the gospel of salvation that will save their eternal souls. Jesus and others predicted that in the latter days these demon powers will be increasingly active and will “shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” Matthew 24:242 Thessalonians 2:8-121 Timothy 4:1-81 John 4:1-6Revelation 9:20Revelation 13:1-18Revelation 16:13-16Revelation 19:20.

A number of false religions today are getting people healed and are bringing men certain other benefits, but their deceived followers never get to know the true source of these manifestations. Just because men get some benefits, they are convinced that the source must be of God; but this is not always true, as can be seen in the above scriptures. Jesus said that in the judgment “many will say to me . . . Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity ” Matthew 7:21-23.

These religions, without exception, deny the blood of Christ, the new birth, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and all the essentials of the gospel that will save the souls of men in eternity. The devil backs up such preaching by taking off some sicknesses, and in other ways he helps men who follow these religions, and they are convinced that they have at last found the true religion. However, they do away with Christianity and the Bible and will be damned in the end for rejecting Jesus Christ and the cross Acts 4:12.

1. 1 GOD IS THE TRUE SOURCE OF HELP, NOT THE DEVIL AND DEMONS. We come to you with the true message of the Bible, and we guarantee upon the authority of God’s Word that you will obtain healing, health, prosperity, answers to prayer, and anything else that God promises in His Word if you will faithfully follow His instructions. And you will not have to deny God, Christ, or one thing in the Holy Scriptures to get these benefits. You can get to know God in reality and enjoy the fullness of God in your life as you walk in truth and conform to the will of God. Then, too, your eternal soul will be saved in the end, and you will have eternal life instead of eternal damnation, which the followers of these false religions will have to endure.

We want it distinctly understood that there are two sources of help and you can get some help from demons if you deny the truth. But if you will let the true God be your source of help, you will get all you want in this life, as well as in the life to come.

VI. How to Pray

It may be that the Bible and prayer are unfamiliar and that religion is more or less a puzzle to you. We will start our help to you by giving you advice for a beginner in Christianity. If you are more advanced, these first principles will also do you good. The first thing to do is to realize that you are a sinner and that Jesus Christ died to save you from your sins Colossians 1:201 Peter 2:24. If you are this far in understanding, you are not far from the kingdom of God.

The second thing to do is to begin to pray directly to God whom you have offended by your sins. Confess your sins and talk to Him as you would to any other person whom you have offended Luke 18:9-141 John 1:9. God loves you! He is not going to hurt you unless you reject Him to the end, and He has to cast you into hell because of your choice in wanting to go there instead of to heaven Psalms 9:17Matthew 24:41, 46. Realize that He does love you and that He gave Jesus to save you John 3:16. He wants to help you with all your problems in life, so take Him as your partner in life from now on.

Read Rom. 10:9-10; 1 Jn. 1:7-9 and do exactly as you are instructed to do in these passages. You want to be saved, do you not? Wouldn't you like to know that you are forgiven of all sin and that Jesus is your personal Savior? Then do as you are told. Forget all religions and theories of men and concentrate upon the one objective—getting right with God. No church can save you. Jesus is the Savior and He alone can forgive your sins. If you have never prayed and you don’t know how, just repeat the following prayer in deep humility and sorrow for your sin.

PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS:

“O God, be merciful to me a sinner! Forgive me for all my sins and blot out my transgressions. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness and make me clean by the precious blood of Jesus Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit. I will forsake sin and consecrate my life to your service and to the good of others and I will walk in the light of your Word as I learn it. I believe that you forgive me according to your Word. In Jesus’ name I ask it. Amen.”

The third thing to do is believe that it is done and that you are a child of God. You cannot possibly pray a simple prayer like this from the heart without God hearing you and immediately answering. For it is according to His oath that He will hear you and forgive you Isaiah 55:71 John 1:9.

The fourth thing to do is to start reading the Bible and having prayer when you get up in the morning, just before going to bed at night, and as many times throughout the day as possible. Don’t make a show out of it, but in some quiet place—at work or anywhere else—you can talk to God as you would talk to a friend. Forsake sin and walk in the light of truth as you get to know it 1 John 1:7.

You don’t have to be in a certain place or have a certain posture in prayer. Simply learn to talk and commune with God at home and at work or while doing anything. It does not always have to be in an audible voice. Do not think that you will be heard for your much speaking. Don’t pray to be seen of men. These are the first lessons of the Christian experience Matthew 6:5-15. There are times, however, when you should unite in prayer with others, as taught in Mt. 18:18-20; Acts 1:14; 2:42-47; 4:24.

It will be wise of you if you are a beginner in prayer to concentrate upon what you have faith for, and as God answers prayer, ask for other benefits. Whatever you do, never ask for one thing that you are not going to believe God for and petition Him for until you receive a complete answer . You will face obstacles in prayer. Both men and demons will try to discourage you and cause you to doubt God, but don’t you do it! Believe in spite of all opposition. Fight to get the answer upon the authority of the promises, the name of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit which dwells in your life if you are a child of God Romans 8:9-16, 26. You and God together can work wonders. It is a personal matter, after all, and you can get from God anything you want , regardless of what anyone else says. One person and God are a majority, and “all things are possible to him that believeth” Mark 9:23–11. The only thing that will defeat you is your lack of faith—so be sure to always believe God without doubting Him Hebrews 11:6James 1:5-9.

VII. What to Pray for—the Abundance of Life

You are invited by God to ask and receive anything that you want —not only what you need, but what you want that is covered by the promises of God. I am aware this is startling to you, and it is contrary to modern thinking among Christians, but it is true. You can see this by the promises you have read. Read them again and see for yourself. Forget all limitations. Forget the old prayer “if it be Thy will,” for it is already God’s will for you to “ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” John 15:7John 16:23-26Mark 11:22-24. Why throw any reflection upon God by asking Him if it is His will when He has already made His will clear? In other words, what God has promised in His Word is already His will—so ask and receive . It is only the things that are not specifically covered by the promises of God that you need to seek the will of God for.

Do you realize what this means? All your personal needs—financial, business, social, religious, physical, moral, spiritual, or any personal problem of any kind—you are promised by God that if you ask you shall receive Matthew 7:7-11Matthew 17:20Matthew 21:21-22. What more do you want? Could God make it any clearer? Do you insist that God must personally rebuke you for your unbelief before you actually wake up to realize the abundance promised you? It matters not what your needs are. Don’t limit God or His promises . Be daring and aggressive in asking and receiving. If you limit the promises, you limit your faith; and if you limit your faith, you limit the supply by limiting God to give according to your faith. You will get exactly what you have faith for. The principle of receiving is “According to your faith be it unto you” Matthew 8:13Matthew 9:29Mark 11:22-24James 1:5-9Hebrews 11:6. The promises are unlimited . God is unlimited . The believer is unlimited if he will exercise unlimited faith Mark 9:23Mark 11:22-24Matthew 7:7-11Matthew 18:15-19Matthew 21:21-22John 14:12-15John 15:7, 16John 16:23-26.

VIII. Practice the Presence of God

Begin to practice a realization of the presence of God in your life. If you have yielded your life to Him, He is with you. He sees you and He is interested in every detail of your life. He is your partner now, so do not ignore Him in any activity of life. Do nothing that you would not do if He were bodily present. Say nothing that you would not like Him to hear. Go no place where you would have the least doubt that He would go. If you will follow these simple principles, your life will be happy and victorious, and God will make you prosperous in all things of life, as you ask in faith, nothing wavering James 1:5-9Hebrews 11:6.

IX. How to Overcome Sin and Bad Habits

After you have confessed your sins to God (which you have done by now if you are faithfully following us into the abundance we are leading you into), you have no worry about any past sins. They have all been forgiven and cleansed by the blood of Christ. They have been blotted out, and God remembers them against you no more Acts 3:19Ephesians 1:71 John 1:7-9Revelation 1:5. Since God does not remember them, you should not bother your mind with them. All you have to do is forsake sin and live for God from here on Proverbs 28:13. If some old habit or sin tempts you, resist it with a definite and vigorous refusal. Do not argue with the devil or play around as near to your old sins and habits as possible, just short of actually partaking of them. Get as far away from them as possible. Get your mind on God and His goodness to you. If the temptation lingers and it seems strong, start reading the Bible and go to God in prayer. Draw closer to Him. Love God as you would make love to someone else. Begin to thank God for saving you from those evils, and the power of temptation will be broken James 4:6-101 Corinthians 10:12-14.

Do not yield to temptation, for it will be harder to break the next time. Get a clean-cut victory over the old life once and for all, walk in the Spirit and in the light of the truths you are receiving, and it will become easy to live your personal life victorious over sin and temptation Galatians 5:16-261 John 1:7Romans 8:1-3. If you have yielded to temptation, go immediately to God for forgiveness, and He will forgive and give power to overcome 2 Corinthians 5:17-181 John 1:9. Christ will change your life and make you happy, free, and victorious. That is His part. Your part is to confess and forsake sin. God does not bear grudges. He forgives and helps every time we need Him. He is not ready to consign you to eternal hell the moment you do something wrong. He is a kind, loving Heavenly Father, forgiving us even when we cannot seem to forgive ourselves. All complications about God’s dealings with us are on our part. Just be faithful to confess anything necessary, resist temptation, and God will give you power to overcome. God wants you to be able to meet the world and overcome temptation, and make your life a living example to others that God’s power can keep one who submits to Him. God will not do away with your temper or desires, or take you out of the world from those things that tempt you, but He will keep you from yielding to them and make you victorious over all things which are contrary to His Word. Remember, thoughts or feelings do not constitute sin. No sin has been committed until sin has been “finished” James 1:13-16. Temptations are legitimate warnings that you are being attacked by the devil, but do not consider temptations themselves as sin.

If you are sick in body, then include your request for healing in your prayer for forgiveness. God wants to heal your body, and He will if you ask Him in faith when you ask for forgiveness. Both healing and forgiveness go together in the gospel, as you can see by reading Ps. 103:1-3; Mt. 8:16-17; 9:1-8; 13:15; Jas. 5:14-16; 1 Pet. 2:24. You can get healed as easily as you can be forgiven of sins. Both come on the same basis of faith in the work of Christ for you on Calvary. Ask and then believe that you are healed and forgiven, and God will do both. He does not desire for His children to be sick any more than you would want your own child to be ill. This is clear from Mt. 7:7-11; Mk. 11:22-24; Jn. 14:12-15; 15:7, 16; 16:23-26. Your life will be rich in blessings which you perhaps have been taught are not for you today. You are getting new light, so walk in it and all things will be yours 1 John 1:71 Corinthians 3:21-23.

Men are sick, unhappy, and defeated in life simply because they have been taught wrongly and because they do not surrender their lives to God and understand how to pray and get an answer. These conditions in the human family are not God’s will. If all men would conform to God’s will we could banish want, poverty, sickness, sin, and the entire curse, and God would make the New Heavens and New Earth at once. Because all men are not going to do this, God has to put down rebellion forcibly on the earth before He can make all things new. The purpose of the Millennium is to do this very thing. As an individual, however, everyone can get the benefits of the promises here and now , and this is what you are going to do when you learn how utterly simple the will of God is and know that His provision is for you to have these blessings.

We cannot give you all you need to know in this one lesson, nor in several lessons. However, you can even now begin to get benefits if you will do as you have been instructed above. The conditions of defeat were not brought upon man in a day, and they cannot be overcome until you get to know the truth that will set you free. Jesus said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:31-36.

XI. What Faith is and How to Use It

If one wants to please God he must have faith: “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” Hebrews 11:6. This is one sure way to please God. If God can be made happy and well-pleased in such a simple way, why shouldn’t everyone who loves Him put forth the utmost effort to have faith in Him? None of us would be pleased if our friends constantly made us a liar every time we opened our mouths. Not one of us would feel like doing anything for those who did this. The same is true with God. He is a person, and we should learn to treat Him as a person and not insult Him by questioning and doubting every promise that He makes. How can we expect to get answers to prayer as long as we continue in such an attitude? How can we have the nerve to come to God continually and ask Him for something, and then tell Him by our acts and innermost feelings that we do not believe Him and cannot trust Him to the extent that He demands? Is it any wonder that we get so few prayers answered by such a procedure? God is under no obligation to answer if we do not have implicit faith in Him for what we ask.

Faith is simple. It is believing God without wavering, doubting, or questioning what He says. It is taking God at His Word and believing that what He has promised He is able to perform. It is believing not only that He is able, but that He will do it . It is the quality of counting those things that “be not as though they were” Romans 4:17. Faith is also the absolute conviction that what God has promised and what we have asked according to His Word is already done. It is “the substance of things hoped for” and the first payment on things that we desire from God Hebrews 11:1-3.

The way to get faith is by hearing the Word of God Romans 10:17. The way to use faith is to take God at His Word and judge Him faithful in granting what is asked in the name of Jesus. Ask and then believe that it is done. Thank God for it as if it were already done . Expect the complete answer whether you see it at once or not. Forget symptoms, feelings, impossibilities, or anything to the contrary and it shall be done regardless of how impossible it may appear outwardly. Faith laughs at impossibilities and cries, “It is done.” It leaves all results and all answers with God as being God’s part, and assumes that it is done. Our part then is to cooperate with faith and not hinder its working by doubting and questioning the “how” and the “when” of the answer.

If a Christian will truly exercise faith, there will be no question as to the answer. A person can get healing, health, success in business (or in any undertaking), prosperity, happiness, or anything else that would cause him to be victorious in any phase of life Matthew 17:20Matthew 21:22Mark 11:22-24John 15:7, 16Romans 8:32Hebrews 11:6James 1:5-8.

Ten Questions For Supplement One. Do You Know:

• That the Earth is more than 6,000 years old and that there were inhabitants on this Earth before Adam? This is true. There have already been 6,172 years from Adam to 1948, as we shall see in our future lessons. Not only this, but the Bible teaches that there was a social system on the Earth that was destroyed by a great flood long before Adam. This flood is pictured in Gen. 1:2 as covering the Earth, before the six days in which Adam was created. It is also mentioned in Ps. 104:5-9. Peter speaks of it as “the world [Greek, kosmos , social order] that then was , being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now [since the six days of restoration], by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire” to be purified, resulting in “a new heavens and a new earth” 2 Peter 3:4-13. The cause of the first flood before Adam was the fall of Lucifer and the rebellion against God of one-third of His own angels, along with the people who lived on the Earth over whom Satan ruled. That Satan ruled the Earth and led an invasion into Heaven to cast God out, is clear from Isa. 14:12-14; Ezek. 28:11-17; Lk. 10:18; 1 Tim. 3:6. The devil was defeated and the Earth was then cursed and placed under water, as in Gen. 1:2; Ps. 104:5-9; 2 Pet. 3:5-7. All life was totally destroyed, including birds, men, vegetation, and all cities were destroyed in which the pre-Adamites lived Jeremiah 4:23-26. In the restoration of the Earth in six days, as in Gen. 1:3–2:25, God told Adam to “replenish” the Earth. Adam and Eve were the first inhabitants of this present creation. This will be proven fully in Lesson Seven.

• That giants fifteen to thirty feet tall lived on the Earth during two different periods of time? In Gen. 6:4 we read, “There were giants in the earth in those days [before the flood]; and also after that [after the flood], when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them.” Thus giants were born and grew up in those days. That these giants were more than fifteen feet tall is clear from Dt. 3:11 where the bedstead of Og was eighteen feet, nine inches long and eight feet, four inches wide. However, we shall see in Lesson Eleven that there were giants living on the Earth who were even taller than Og. Giants are mentioned in Scripture many times Numbers 13:33Numbers 3:11, 13Joshua 12:4Joshua 13:12Joshua 5:8Joshua 17:15Joshua 18:16.

• That God is a real person and has a spirit-body, a personal soul, and a personal spirit? Job 13:8Hebrews 1:3Daniel 7:9-14Daniel 10:5-7Ezekiel 1:26-28John 5:37Revelation 4:2-4Revelation 5:1-7Acts 7:54-59. God has a soul Hebrews 10:38Isaiah 42:1; spirit Psalms 143:10Isaiah 30:1; hands and fingers Exodus 31:18Psalms 8:3-6Revelation 5:1-7; hair, face, and other bodily parts Daniel 7:9-14Daniel 10:5-19Exodus 24:10Exodus 33:20-23Ezekiel 1:26-28. God eats Exodus 24:10-11; lives in a city and sits on a throne John 14:1-3Revelation 4:1-5Revelation 21:1-27Revelation 22:3-5; walks Genesis 18:1-22, 33; rides upon cherubs , on chariots and other things Psalms 18:10Psalms 69:17Psalms 104:2Ezekiel 1:1-28, and He can do anything that man can do. This will be proven fully in Lesson Four.

• That Noah was not 120 years building the ark? In Gen. 6:8-10 we read that by the time Noah was told to build the ark he already had three sons. According to Gen. 6:18, these three sons were already grown and married by the time God told Noah to build the boat. In Gen. 11:10 we read that two years after the flood Shem was only 100 years old. Noah and his family were in the ark one year and 17 days, so that made Shem 96 years of age when he entered the ark. Thus, if he was a grown man and married before Noah was told to build the ark, and since Shem was only 96 years of age when it was finished, it obviously did not take 120 years to build the ark. The 120 years of Gen. 6:3 refers to Adam, not Noah, as we shall see in Lesson Eleven.

• That it rained from time to time before the flood? The scripture used to prove that it did not rain before the flood is Gen. 2:5-6. Anyone reading these verses of Scripture should see that this refers to the time before plants were in the ground and before man was created to till the soil. God created the clouds “to cause it to rain on the earth” Job 38:9, 26. Clouds were known all through Lucifer’s kingdom on Earth before Adam Isaiah 14:12-14 and ever since the work of the second day Genesis 1:6-8. Since there is no statement that a mist coming up from the Earth to water the ground was God’s method of causing vegetation to grow, and since clouds were made to give rain on the Earth, and as they were in existence after the second day’s work, we can logically conclude that it rained ever since the clouds were formed in order to carry out the creative purpose of God.

• That there is no end of the world taught in Scripture? In all the references in Lesson One, Point 1, concerning “the end of the world,” the Greek word is aion and 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 to rule.

• 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” Revelation 12:12Revelation 13:6. See also Col. 1:16-18; Rom. 1:20; 1 Cor. 15:35-50.

• 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 Romans 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 Psalms 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 Romans 8:17-181 Corinthians 15:24-28Hebrews 2:5-11Revelation 21:1–22.

• That men with natural bodies have gone to Heaven and have been living there for thousands of years? Enoch has been in Heaven over 5,185 years and Elijah has been there over 2,600 years and yet neither of them have died Genesis 5:24Hebrews 11:5Malachi 4:4-5Zechariah 4:11-14Revelation 11:3-7. The old theory that flesh and blood cannot enter Heaven is not biblical, for while it says, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” it does not say man cannot enter it. We enter the kingdom of God at the New Birth John 3:3-5Romans 14:17. Paul said he went to Heaven 2 Corinthians 12:1-3. Paul came back and told us about Heaven Romans 1:19Hebrews 11:8-16Hebrews 13:14. John also was taken to Heaven, and he came back and told us about it Revelation 4:1–5Revelation 7:9-17Revelation 21:9-27Revelation 22:1-5.

• 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. The Hebrew word for divided is palag , and is translated divide Psalms 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 Revelation 21:1.