This is going around at work. See if anyone knows the answer!
Who am I?
ADAM GOD MADE OUT OF DUST,
BUT THOUGHT IT 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 TO ME MY NAME.
I DID MY MAKER'S LAW OBEY,
NOR EVER WENT FROM IT ASTRAY.
THOUSANDS OF MILES I GO IN FEAR,
BUT SELDOM ON EARTH APPEAR.
FOR PURPOSE WISE WHICH GOD DID SEE,
HE PUT A LIVING SOUL IN ME.
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.
AND WITHOUT HANDS OR FEET OR SOUL,
I TRAVEL ON FROM POLE TO POLE.
I LABOR HARD BY DAY, BY 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 SCRIPTURE I CANNOT BELIEVE.
ALTHOUGHT 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.
NOW WHEN THESE LINES YOU SLOWLY READ,
SO SEARCH YOUR BIBLE WITH ALL SPEED.
FOR THAT MY NAME IS WRITTEN THERE,
I DO HONESTLY TO YOU DECLARE.
THE ANSWER IS ONE WORD, AND APPEARS ONLY FOUR TIMES IN THE BIBLE. IT IS A FIVE LETTER WORD.