Monday, June 18, 2012

A little bit of some awesome Chinese stuff

Many of you have heard that the Chinese civilization is the oldest lasting civilization. This would mean that they have thousands of years of history. This would mean that Chinese people (or the people before the Tower of Babel) would have history of different Biblical events, such as the flood.

This is the Chinese character for boat. There may not be anything that stands out about this character. But once you dig deeper, you learn that the character is made up of different characters. Those characters are: 
 
So, we have a vessel with eight mouths, or eight people. Genesis 7:13 says, "In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark." Noah's ark was a vessel or ship with eight people on it.

Here is another one:  

Again. This character is made up of different, smaller characters.

We have a secretive or tricky man in a garden. Or perhaps a tricky fallen angel disguised as a serpent?
Let's add on.

At the bottom, you see the character for devil. On top of it are some other characters.

Above "devil" there are two trees. There were also two important trees in the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then the entire thing is under "cover", or hidden, in the dark. It was secret and deceptive.

This is the character for "forbidden".
示 (Command)
There are two trees and a command...God gave a command about two trees, one with forbidden fruit.

Lamb   +      me         =    Righteousness
The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world...

Pretty self explanatory... ^_^

And...my favorite.
    dust        + (breath of) life  + (from God's) mouth + motion       =             Creation
God formed man from dust, breathed from his mouth into the man the breath of life, and man became a living being. Pretty amazing if you ask me!

I just thought this little piece of God was pretty cool!! Hope you enjoy. :)
Alyx


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