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Rom 1 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Acts 17 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us
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Eternity in Chinese Heart Ecc 3 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Gong Xi Fa Cai
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The Beginnings of Recorded History For five thousand years, the Chinese people had called their native land "Shen Zhou" - the Land of God. Strong traditional and archeological evidence suggested the early Chinese were once devoted to one heavenly God. 4000 BC3000 BC2000 BC1000 BC Biblical History Chinese History
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Recorded History begins Noah 4000 BC 3000 BC Global Flood Tower Of Babel Chinese History begins
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The Chinese Classics ( 四书五经 ) Consisted of 9 books by a few authors. The sole purpose of these classics was to convey Truth, or the Dao 道 (Tao, The Way and the Word.) Many of the authors pointed to Heaven 天. The Book Of Rites 礼记 The Works of Mencius 孟子 The Book Of Changes 易经 The Confucian Analects 论语 Autumn And Spring 春秋 The Book Of Songs 诗经 The Doctrine Of The Mean 中庸 The Book Of Documents 书经 The Great Learning 大学 四书 五经
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If the Bible is true, all nations migrated or moved from Babylon
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++ + = To Migrate, to Move GreatDivisionWestWalk Migrate The Chinese walked from the west after a great division
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Long before Lao Tze, Confucius or Buddha, the Chinese people worshipped Shang Ti the same God described in the Bible! The Proof is in the Ancient Chinese Characters 30 A.D. Today Death of Jesus Lao Zi Confucius Buddha 550 B.C.2500 B.C. Chinese language first written First five books of Bible written 1400 B.C. Shang Di
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The Chinese Language Is the oldest, continuous written language in the World First written over 4,500 years ago The inventors of the written language drew pictures to express words or ideas Simple pictures were combined to make more complex thoughts
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The First Man was a Living Dust Man ALIVE ++= DUST MAN FIRST Gen 2 7 Then the L ORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
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And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him…” And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. Genesis 2:18, 21, 22 PEOPLE += TWO BEGINNING
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Gen 2 8 Now the L ORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. ++= WestOne, First PersonEnclosure Garden
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+++ In the beginning God and the man had close fellowship; this leads to true happiness! Happiness or Blessing GOD ONE MAN GARDEN
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17 + = Man was forbidden to eat one of the two trees—if he ate the forbidden tree the other would be taken from him also. TWO TREES COMMAND FORBIDDEN
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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6 += TO COVET, DESIRE TWO TREES WOMAN
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So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. Genesis 7:7 +=+ LARGE SHIP LARGE SHIP BOAT EIGHT PERSON
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Tian Tan 天壇 Mystery concerning the 450-year-old Temple of Heaven complex in Beijing, China.
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Why 郊祀 is so Important? The great philosopher Confucius 孔子 esteemed this Border Sacrifice highly that he said a comprehension of this ritual would lead to the efficient ruling of the Chinese empire: “He who understands the ceremonies of the sacrifices to Heaven and Earth…would find the government of a kingdom as easy as to look into his palm!”
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Why did the emperors sacrifice a bull on the great white marble Altar of Heaven at an annual ceremony, the year's most important and colourful celebration, the so- called 'Border Sacrifice 郊祀 ' ? Lev 9 Lev 9 2 He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the L ORD. ++ + = OXYangXiuGe 牛 羊秀戈 犧 犧 Xi: Sacrificial Animal
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=+ HAND LANCE ME =+ SHEEP RIGHTEOUSNESS
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Passover vs Guo Nian
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In 1948, as Israel is returning back to their Promised Land, China since 1949 is returning back to their ShangDi. Shen Zhou is destined to once again be called the Land of God! Sixty years ago, there were just over a million Christians in China. Today their numbers grew beyond hundreds of millions. Their faith grew not in favorable conditions but under tremendous persecutions. Not in laughter but in tears. Not by strength but by meekness. Not in beautiful cathedrals but in smelly dungeons. Many Chinese people, who are overseas, fill churches, fellowships, Bible study groups and evangelical meetings. After thousands of years, modern China is now thirsting for truth, and tasting truth again!
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