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Stories from Genesis coded in 15 Chinese words

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Genesis 11:5-9 (Tower of Babel)

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All nations migrated from Babylon

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Inscriptions on a boneInscriptions on a turtle shell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_bone_script

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The Chinese language

• The inventors of the written language drew pictures to express words or ideas.

• Simple pictures were combined to make more complex thoughts.

http://www.creationism.org/chinese1.jpg

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In ancient Chinese culture, the older brother was the spokesperson for the family. This is probably why the character for elder brother is the “mouth son”.

+ =mouth human/son elder

http://bibleprobe.com/chinese.htm

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Before Buddhism, the Chinese people probably

knew about GodBeginning of Chinese Language

First five books of the bible written

Birth of Buddha

Death of

Jesus

Today

2500 BC 1400 BC 600 BC 30 AD 2009 AD

• Worship of Buddha came to China in about 50 BC.• God was re-introduced to China when Europeans visited China.

http://trussvillechurchofchrist.com/Sermon%20Outlines/Chinese%20Language.pdf

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Shang Di

http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v20/i3/china.asp

Above King

Symbol (God) Altar at the Temple of Heaven

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Creation of Man – Gen 2:7

• “Then the Lord God formed Man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living being.”

– Genesis 2:7.

+ =+

earth mouth alive to speak

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Creation of Man – Gen 2:7

• The character for “mouth” or “breath” could also represent a person.

• Then, within the word “to create” is found the characters representing a “living dust person”.

to speak

+ =

Walk/Act to create

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First Man - Adam

• According to the Chinese language, is it possible the Chinese people also believed that the first man was made from earth?

personearth alive

+ =+

first

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First Blessing• In the beginning, God placed Adam in a

garden (Eden). There, God blessed him. However, something happened that destroyed Adam’s blessing and relationship with God.

• – Genesis 1:26 – 3:9

God mouth

+ + + =

one garden Blessing

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Where did the first man come from?

one human enclosure+ + = to the West

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God made the first woman

• “Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.” – Genesis 2:22

west woman

+ =want

persontwo

+ =beginning/

origin

• Therefore, the beginning of human civilizations came from the first two people, Adam and Eve.

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The Chinese word for Garden

Can you see two persons in an enclosure?Or the beginning of human history in a garden?

yuan

garden

persontwo

+ =+enclosure garden

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/symbol/blcc_garden.htm

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Two special trees in Eden

• “And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”- Genesis 2:9+ =

tree tree grove

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Eve and the forbidden fruit

• When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.” – Genesis 3:6-8.+

grove Woman

=To covet/desire

http://www.catalystmin.org/china-aware-articles/

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Two forbidden trees

• “And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, “You may freely eat of the fruit of every tree of the garden; But of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.”” – Genesis 2:16-17

• “Lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever, therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden” – Genesis 3:22-23

grove

+to order

=forbidden

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Devil in the garden• In Genesis 3:1-5, the devil appeared

under the cover of a serpent and tempted Eve to take and eat of the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden.

=+ + +personalive secret garden devil

+ + =devilcover temptergrove

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Banished from Garden of Eden

• Man disobeyed God and must leave the Garden of Eden. (Genesis 3)

• Man’s sin separates him from God

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Origin of suffering

• From Genesis 3:17-19, God multiplied the sorrow of Adam by cursing the ground with thorns and thistles from which Adam will toil in sweat until he dies.

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/symbol/blcc_suffering.htm

suffering

+ =weedsancient

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Noah’s Ark• “And Noah went in, and his sons, and his

wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.” - Genesis 7:7

mouth

+ =+

eightboat ship

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Father, Son and the Holy Spirit

to help, to assist, to join power/might

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." - Matthew 28:19-20.

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Why faith is important to us?

“Without faith it is impossible to please Him” – Heb 11:6

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised; Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”- Heb 10:23,25

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Faith is rising in China

• “Christianity — repressed, marginalized and, in many cases, illegal in China for more than half a century — is sweeping the country, overflowing churches and posing a sensitive challenge to the officially atheist Communist Party.”

- Jesus in China: Christianity's rapid rise The Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2008http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-jesus-1-1-webjun22,0,2458211.story

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References

• http://china.mrdonn.org/shang&chou.html

• http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/9/5/1/pages109511/p109511-7.php

• http://www.cogwriter.com/news/old-testament-history/chinese-characters-and-early-genesis/

• http://www.mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/wordlook.pl?word=%E5%8D%94&searchtype=trad&where=start