St Peter writes,I want you to remember a couple of

things1.the words the holy

prophets spoke in the past. 2.the command our Lord and

Saviour gave through your apostles.

2 Peter chapter 3

Here is what you must understand. In the last days :

1.people will make fun of the truth. 2.They will laugh at it.

3.They will follow their own evil longings. 4.They will say, "Where is the promise of his 'return? Doesn’t everything goes on in the same way it has since our people of long ago died? It has continued that way since

God first created everything.(2 Peter chapter 3)

And then Peter writes, vs. 8-9 The Lord is not slow to keep his

promise. That is, He is not slow in the way some people

understand it.

•He is patient; •He doesn't want anyone lost;

•He's giving everyone space and time to change.

How did God

speak to the world

he created?

Modern languages are only about 1500 years old

God speaks1) in creation,

2) in the history of Israel & the Church,

3) in the pages of the Bible, 4) in Jesus, and

5) in the heart of the believer

An earlier form of language isthe

Semitic letters.

~ 1400 BC

There’s also the Hebrew script ~

1500 BC.

But, Chinese characters were in use 1000 years before Moses

These characters are 4,500 years old

Chinese ‘wrote’ on ... ...tortoise shells ... oxen bones

... on bronze

Let’s see what the earliest language

- Chinese - knew about the

beginnings - Genesis

Our Bible says,

“The Word was in the beginning. ... all things were created by the Word”.

(John 1)

The Chinese writings of Lao Zi,

In Greek, "Tao" is "logos", In English, it is "the Word.“

= “The Word evolves/follows Itself” (or) “The Word acts according to its

own law”.

Lao Zi hints at the “three-in-one” Creator God of the universe

一生二、二生三、三生万物 = “One generates two,

two generates three, and three generates the creation”.

(or) “The creation comes from a trinity, which comes from a duality, which in turn comes

from a unity”.

Kong fuzi 551-479 BC

The revered teacher, Confucius, had revelation from God.In the 5th Century before Christ he wrote a code for life

The Hebrews said: (Genesis 2:8)

“God planted a garden in Eden,

and there He placed the man He had

formed”

“... a tree of life in the middle of the garden,

as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. (Genesis 2:9)

“God caused plants to grow - they were pleasing in appearance and good for food ...”

is made up of 4 symbols

“Garden”

But, 1000 years earlier, the Chinese recorded the beginnings in ‘pictograph’

characters

Their “word”

is made up of 4 symbols

(the pictograph “create” represents a “Living Dust Person”)

The Chinese word for HAPPINESS or BLESSING strangely reflects the

Genesis story.

The The Chinese Chinese used 2 used 2 trees to trees to make ... make ...

+Divine

command

“DEVIL” in Chinese is:

They used 4 symbols

To make ‘tempter’ you take ‘devil’ and add ‘cover’:

Add ‘cover’ to

‘devil’ = ‘tempter’

Why did our 1st parentsdisobey?

Ask the Chinese.

This is their ancient ‘word’

It means ... Take 2 trees ... Add ‘woman’ ...

and you get

“covet”

The ancient Chinese word for

“sorrow” also uses two

trees

When they disobeyed, Adam & Eve discovered their nakedness, and they covered their nakedness with the leaves of a fruit tree.

The Chinese have 3 words for

“NAKED”All three include

the word ‘FRUIT’

Adam’s & Eve’s 1st question must

have been:

“How can a sinner come

back to God?”

To be right with God is yi ‘Righteousness’ is 2 words

On top is ‘yang’. It means ‘lamb’.

Below is ‘wo’. It means ‘me’, or ‘self’

yang above wo makes yi

“Righteousness” ... only if you have the lamb between you and God

The Chinese knew, 5000 years ago!You could only come back to God

through a lamb (sacrifice)

At the beginning of Chinese civilisation (5000

years ago)

the Chinese knew that“the Lamb” was

the means of righteousness !

“Lamb” above “me” = righteousness

No “yi” (righteousness)

No “yang” (lamb)

Their word for

“flood” is ...

Chinese knew Noah & his family were saved in an

ark.

has 3 words in it

Large “boat”

The Chinese have a word for ‘tower’. It’s the story of Babel

                      

       

                     

    

                        

      

                      

      

                      

   

                                      

        

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‘Tower’ in Chinese uses 5 words

Clay MouthMan One

After Babel, people split into language groups. Those going

east would have travelled along the “Silk Road”

The Chinese pictograph for MIGRATE combines 4 words:

GREAT, DIVISION, WEST, & WALK

About 50 years after Babel, a kingdom was established.

It was called:

“Shen Zhou”‘Land of God’

The 1st Dynasty was established.

They called it “the Dragon kingdom”

But, why didn’t they call it “the Lamb kingdom”

Huang Di, was China’s 1st Emperor, (2697-2597 B.C.)

He became known as “the Dragon Emperor”

Although, in ancient times, China was known asShen Zhou, “Land of God”.

They now call their country Zhong Guo,

meaning “Middle Land” (the geographical centre

of the world)

The Dragon

Shen Zhou/

Zhong Guo

will be conqueredby the Lamb

The Lamb is the only means of obtaining righteousness before ShangDi,

(the Sovereign Ruler)

Lamb (above) me = Righteousness

The only real hope for China (and the world) is ... in the “Lamb of God”