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INTERNET FOR CHRISTIANS An Internet Newsletter for Fishers of the
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Our “Bible Answer Machine”
THOUSANDS have already visited and made use of our latest ministry
outreach: the Bible Answer Machine located on the Internet at
http://BibleAnswerMachine.ww7.com
How
does it work?
Suppose you type in "Where is
paradise?"
The Bible Answer Machine responds instantly with a
three-paragraph answer:
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"'And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.' (Luke 23:43) This indicates that paradise is found with the risen Christ in his presence." "'caught up to the third heaven...caught up into paradise' Here in 2 Corinthians 12:1-4 Paul shows 'paradise' to be the same as 'the third heaven' - evidently God's heavenly abode above the first heaven where birds fly and the second heaven where sun, moon and stars are found." "'the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God' (Revelation 2:7) 'a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life' (Revelation 22:1-2) These two descriptions of the location of the tree of life associate paradise with God's heavenly presence." |
Our Bible Answer Machine outreach is aimed not at Jehovah's Witnesses, but at any who seek scriptural answers to their questions. Still, issues Witnesses are likely to ask about are addressed with them in mind. If someone types in "Is Jesus Michael the Archangel?" it answers:
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"...his Son ...heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power ...so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him." - Hebrews 1:2-6 "In his quarrel with the Devil, when they argued about who would have the body of Moses, Michael did not dare condemn the Devil with insulting words, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'" - Jude 1:9 TEV "And Jesus rebuked the devil" - Matthew 17:18 |
The Bible Answer Machine is also prepared to answer questions of special
significance to people influenced by Mormons and other sects. And any
depressed soul who types in "Please help me," or "Should I kill
myself?" or "Should I commit suicide?" will be told:
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Please call the SAMARITANS SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE phone number available from your local telephone operator or directory assistance. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." - Romans 6:23 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30 |
as well as other comforting verses.
The Bible Answer Machine is
powered by CGI scripts written in the Perl programming language and is one of a
number of "thinking machines" we have produced in our work with
Artificial Intelligence on the Web
(http://ww7.com/artificial_intelligence).
It looks like this:
![[Bible Answer Machine]](1998JulSepp11.gif)
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