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101 Bible Secrets Introduction

101 Bible Secrets That Christians Do Not Know

By Ernest L. Martin, Ph.D. From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, Oh God of Truth, deliver us. ~ Ancient Prayer All quotes in this Research Study are from the King James Version except where indicated. 101 Bible Secrets That Christians Do Not Know Associates for Scriptural Knowledge P.O. Box 25000, Portland, OR 97298-0990 USA Ernest L. Martin, 1993, 1998, 2005 All rights reserved ISBN 0-945657-94-3 Second Printing 1998 Third Printing 2005 All rights reserved. Except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems without written permission from copyright owner.

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This book contains Bible Secrets that will surprise people. The real teaching of the Bible has been hidden by the interpretations of preachers, priests, and theologians hired by the religious denominations to teach THEIR doctrines of THEIR church hierarchies. This book strips away the nonsense that prevails today in biblical interpretations and presents a fresh new look at that good old book. The results will be a greater respect and love for the worlds best seller. People will say: Why havent we been told these things before? Here are some of the topics covered: 1. The Israelites actually crossed the Red Sea ON TOP OF THE WATER, not in a canyon-like roadway on the bottom of the sea. 2. The Flood of Noah was worldwide, but the flood waters did not cover the mountains like our oceans.

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3. Churches actually depict a pagan god as being Jesus today, not the real Jesus of the Bible. 4. The order and number of the biblical books have been turned upside down from the original order as shown in the manuscripts. 5. Three prophets of God went stark naked in public to present their teachings to the world. Dr. Ernest L. Martin has taught history for 12 years at a college in England, been the Chairman of the Department of Theology at another in California, has supervised over 450 college students at a major archaeological excavation in Jerusalem for two months each year for a period of five years (and his archaeological educational program was featured in the Education section of Time magazine for September 3, 1973). He has written four major research books which are advertised internationally in archaeological and biblical periodicals and over 600 Planetariums around the world annually show his astronomical and historical material at their December showings. He has written several hundred articles on biblical and historical matters and is listed in the current (199293) edition of Whos Who in Religion.

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by Ernest L. Martin A few years ago I went to the bookstore of a major Southern California theological seminary and asked the clerk for any book they had on the worlds oldest profession. Rather sheepishly, he answered that they did not carry such books in their bookstore because their specialty was theology. I immediately informed him that this was the very subject in which I was interested, because the worlds oldest profession is theology. This is easily proved. I informed the clerk that the first discourse ever recorded in history between two professional individuals (or at least they considered themselves professionals or they would not have been discussing the subjects they did) was the conversation between the serpent and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Indeed, it was the serpent who started the conversation by asking Eve a question about God. The serpent asked: Yea, has God said? Thus, we are informed that the first professional question in all history was given by the serpent and it concerned God. The serpent then proceeded to answer his own question that he himself had proposed. The dialogue that evolved was a theological one. And since that time the prime questions discussed throughout all history have been ones involving theology. People are very curious to know about God. With my explanation of the worlds oldest profession, the clerk at the bookstore smilingly told me they had over 10,000 books on the oldest profession and he would gladly sell me any of them. The clerk liked my appraisal of the theological profession and he began to tell the other clerks in the bookstore that he had finally found out what the worlds oldest profession really was. He and the others were so friendly to me that I bought four books about that profession. In this book we are going to study some interesting matters concerning the worlds oldest profession. In 101 Bible Secrets that Christians Do Not Know, we are going to observe some little known (but often profoundly important) biblical teachings about God and his written word that are often overlooked, misunderstood, misapplied, misused or deliberately abused by people who have occupied themselves with trying to understand the Bible. The truth is, however, if people would genuinely ask questions about God and His ways (not in

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the manner the serpent proposed) then patiently wait to read or hear the answers as revealed in the Bible (and then believe what they read), most questions about God would have been thoroughly answered and understood centuries ago. The problem with most of us, and I am including myself in this category, is the fact that we approach the reading of the Bible with such preconceived ideas of what the Bible is supposed to teach that it is no wonder that most of us (in one way or another) have looked right over the biblical answers to our questions. What God shows in simple terms that a child could understand, we have complicated with our preconceived theological beliefs to the place of not being able to recognize even the simplest of biblical truths. But in this book I ask a very small favor of all my readers and myself. I am asking that all of us slow down a little and read what the Bible says on 101 subjects (some very important and others that may appear trivial at first). By slowing down just a little and if we can get rid of our preconceived ideas (this is difficult to do with any of us), we will be amazed at what the Bible does in fact say to mankind. Indeed, by studying the Bible for what it actually says, the Bible for the first time may begin to make sense to all who read these 101 biblical secrets. Believe me, I have been as guilty of approaching biblical study with preconceived ideas as anyone. We are told to grow in grace and in knowledge, and that is what I have tried to do. I am amazed at some of the absurd beliefs I used to hold about the Bible (supported by what many mainline denominational leaders have taught) that are nowhere near what the Bible actually teaches. I have had to give up such nonsense in the 35 years I have been in the theological profession. In that time I have taught history for 12 years at a college in England, been Chairman of the Department of Theology at another in the United States, and I have supervised over 450 college students at a major archaeological excavation in Jerusalem for two months each summer for a period of five years. I have also written several major books which were advertised internationally in archaeological and biblical periodicals, and over 600 Planetariums around the world feature my historical and astronomical material at their December showings. For matters of reference, I am also listed in the current (199293) edition of Whos Who in Religion. Now that I have mentioned some of the things I have done for reference purposes, let me now assure you of what I am not trying to do. I am not endeavoring in this book to get anyone into any church or Christian group. My objective is far different. I am only interested in trying to promote a profound respect among the general public for biblical studies and to show some excellent teachings of the Bible. What will be discovered in this book is the fact that those so-called 101 secrets are not secrets at all. They are just plain and simple teachings that the preachers, priests and theologians (and also all ordinary lay persons) should never have got mixed-up about in the first place. All it requires to rectify this situation is for all of us to slow down a little. We simply need to read carefully what the Bible does in fact say. When this is done (and I will help you just a little with literary suggestions and advice in the pages of this book), people will be in for some real surprises concerning the teachings of the Bible. The Bible can truly be understood, and what it teaches is often quite the opposite of what people think the Bible teaches. In many cases the real biblical teaching is diametrically opposed to what professional preachers and priests over the centuries have taught us about what the Bible is supposed to teach. This even includes university professors. The essential problem with the theologians who teach in the universities is their penchant to defend in an active sense the teachings of their church denominations rather than look at the teachings of the Bible in a fresh and independent way. After all, they want to keep their salaries (which is a strong incentive to teach what their employers want and demand) and they find it difficult to be open about what the Bible actually teaches.

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This book, however, will bring to light 101 Bible secrets that not only most ordinary Christians do not know, but even preachers, priests and theologians do not recognize. My only appeal to you while you read this book is this: Do not simply rely on the teachings that the world has been given over the centuries by those who have been the professors employed within the traditional denominations. What we will do in this book is to return to the good old book itself for some simple answers. And we will slow down a little in doing it. When we do, we will discover that the Bible will tell us things very different from what we are being told by most preachers, priests, evangelists, and theologians who are active within the worlds oldest profession.

Instructions to the Reader

by Ernest L. Martin The approach of study in this book is different than those who wish to rely on the teachings of the denominational preachers, priests, and theologians. The sole authority will be what the Bible says about itself and its teachings. There are three biblical principles in understanding the Bible that we will follow in this book. 1. We will not go outside the Bible to define the meanings of biblical words. The Bible is its own best interpreter, and it gives plain and simple answers. 2. We will not introduce Gentile philosophical or religious principles or alien ideas into the Bible to explain biblical doctrines. This is what the preachers and priests have done with disastrous results. 3. We will let plain biblical statements on the condition of the dead guide us and not allegorical or poetic renderings that the dead are alive (the Bible teaches the resurrection from the dead at the second advent of Christ, not a continuation of life at death). Those who have died are completely dead and awaiting the resurrection from the dead at Christs Second Advent. They know nothing of what is going on in earth, under the earth, or in heaven today. Only Christ has been resurrected from the dead to be at the right hand of the Father in heaven. All others are dead completely and thoroughly unconscious and absolutely unaware of anything in the world of the living (Ecclesiastes 9:5). The importance of knowing this central biblical truth will be evident in several doctrinal sections of this book. Ernest L. Martin, 1998 David Sielaff, 2005

Contents
Introduction Instructions to the Reader (see above) (see above)

Chapter One
Hollywood Theology

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Secret 1 Secret 2 Secret 3 Secret 4 Secret 5

The Ten Commandments Were Pocket Size Hollywood Knows Nothing about Stirrups A New Creation of Animals after Noah Red Sea Was Crossed on an Ice Bridge The Long-Haired Jesus Is a Pagan God

Chapter Two
Questions about God Secret 6 Secret 7 Secret 8 Secret 9 Secret 10 Secret 11 Secret 12 Secret 13 Secret 14 Secret 15 Secret 16 Secret 17 What Does God Eat for Breakfast? Is the Spirit a Personality? What Kind of Body Does God Have? Is God Totally a Spirit? Is the Godhead a Plural Entity? Are Angels a Part of the Godhead? Does God Commit Evil? Does God Ever Lie? Does God Have a Wife? Is God Circumcised? Can God Die? What Should Man Call God?

Chapter Three
Questions about the Bible Secret 18 Secret 19 Secret 20 Secret 21 Secret 22 Secret 23 Secret 24 Secret 25 Modern Bibles Are All Mixed-Up The True Old Testament Order The Real New Testament Order The Original Bible Divisions Books that Do Not Mention God Hidden Names of God The Seven Churches of Paul The Forty-Nine Bible Books

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The Wrong Number of Books

Chapter Four
Questions about Chronology Secret 27 Secret 28 Secret 29 Secret 30 Secret 31 Secret 32 Secret 33 Secret 34 Secret 35 Secret 36 Secret 37 Secret 38 Jacobs Old Age at Marriage Abrahams Legal Wives The 400 Years of Bondage The 450 Years of Paul The Exact Day of Christs Birth Christ Born on New Years Day An Eclipse at the Crucifixion? When Was Christ Resurrected? What Weekday Was Christs Death? Has the Resurrection Already Occurred? Are There Two Second Advents? The Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Chapter Five
Let Us Now Go to Hell Secret 39 Secret 40 Secret 41 Secret 42 Secret 43 Secret 44 Secret 45 Secret 46 Just Where Is Hell? Is Hell a Burning Punishment? Can People Live in Hell? Where Is the Lake of Fire? Did Christ Preach While Dead? All People Go to Hell Does Hell Last Forever? Did Peter Say Go to Hell?

Chapter Six
Questions about Prophecy Secret 47 Secret 48 Death of the Two Witnesses Is a Day Always a Year?

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Secret 49 Secret 50 Secret 51 Secret 52 Secret 53 Secret 54

A Major Contradiction? The Real Meaning of 666 Vatican Hill and Prophecy What Does Antichrist Mean? Will Many Christs Soon Arrive? Why Methuselah Lived So Long

Chapter Seven
Questions about Sexual Themes Secret 55 Secret 56 Secret 57 Secret 58 Secret 59 Secret 60 Secret 61 Secret 62 Secret 63 What Men Prophesied Stark Naked? Abraham Swore on the Testes The Castration of Ham Never Touch a Womans Hand Canaanites Wanted Sexual Organs Israel and Phallic Worship Paul Recommended Emasculation Having Many Women without Adultery Did Baal Relieve Himself?

Chapter Eight
Questions about Christian Doctrines Secret 64 Secret 65 Secret 66 Secret 67 Secret 68 Secret 69 Secret 70 Secret 71 Secret 72 Secret 73 Secret 74 Should One Turn the Cheek? People Are Ordered to Swear Are Christians Born Again? Were Christians Communists? Could Paul Lose Salvation? When Were You Saved? How Many Are to be Saved? People Can Lose Out Will Mustard Seed Faith Do? Does Satan Know Your Thoughts? Does Satan Cause One to Sin?

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Are Prophets Infallible?

Chapter Nine
Questions about Rituals and Salvation Secret 76 Secret 77 Secret 78 Secret 79 Secret 80 Secret 81 Secret 82 Was the Passover Always a Lamb? Can Passover Be Kept Anywhere? Are Entrails Proper to Eat? How Young Were Animals Eaten? What Day Was the Passover? Should Christians Keep Feasts? Does God Always Follow Rules?

Chapter Ten
Questions about History Secret 83 Secret 84 Secret 85 Secret 86 Secret 87 Secret 88 Secret 89 Secret 90 Secret 91 Secret 92 Secret 93 Secret 94 Secret 95 Did Enoch and Elijah Die? Was Incest Justified? The Women of Christs Genealogy Who Was Judas Iscariot? What Prophet Was Deformed? Who Was the First Gentile Saved? What Prophet Called God a Liar? Who Was the Author of Psalm 119? Did Moses Stutter? What Was Josephs Colored Coat? Why Did Rachel Steal Images? No Circumcision in the Wilderness Israels Population at the Exodus

Chapter Eleven
The Garden of Eden and Noahs Flood Secret 96 Secret 97 Where Was the Garden of Eden? Did the Flood Cover Mountains?

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Secret 98 Secret 99 Secret 100

Did Noah Have a Rain Gauge? The Earth Once Had Ice Rings Did Water Come From the Temple?

Chapter Twelve
Secret 101 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 Political Bible Translations More on Crossing the Red Sea The Error of the Long-haired Jesus The Holy Spirit Person or Power? How the Bible Is Inspired Where Is the Lake of Fire? The Population at the Exodus The Secret of the Number 666

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