A BIBLE RIDDLE FEW HAVE SOLVED!

MY NAME IS IN THE BIBLE!

God made Adam out of dust, but thought it best to make me first.

So I was made before the man, according to God's holy plan.

My whole body God made complete, without arms, or hands, or legs, or feet.

My ways and acts did God control, but in my body He placed no soul.

A living being I became and God had Adam give me a name.

But in his presence I did not go, for this man Adam I did not know.

All my Maker's laws I do obey, and from these laws I never stray.

Thousands of me go in fear, but seldom on the earth appear.

Later, for a purpose God did see, He placed a living soul in me.

But that soul of mine God had to claim, and from me took it back again.

And when this soul from me had fled, I was the same as when first made.

Without arms, legs, feet, or soul, I travel on from pole to pole.

My labors are from day to night, and to men I once furnished light.

Thousands of people both young and old, did by my death bright light behold.

No right or wrong can I conceive, the Bible's teachings I can't believe.

The fear of death doesn't trouble me, pure happiness I will never see.

And up in heaven I can never go, not in the grave or hell below.

So get your Bible and read with care, you'll find my name recorded there. 


CLUE:  The answer is one word, five letters long,
and is mentioned a total of four times in the
King James Version Old and New Testaments.