2. St Peter writes, I want you to remember a couple of things 1.the words the holy prophets spoke in the past. 2.the command our Lord and Saviour gave through your apostles. 2 Peter chapter 3

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)

4. 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. 1.He is patient; 2.He doesn't want anyone lost; 3.He's giving everyone space and time to change.

5. How did God speak to the world he created?

6. Modern languages are only about 1500 years old

7. God speaks 1) 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

8. An earlier form of language is the Semitic letters. ~ 1400 BC

9. There’s also the Hebrew script ~ 1500 BC.

10. But, Chinese characters were in use 1000 years before Moses

11. These characters are 4,500 years old

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

14. Let’s see what the earliest language - Chinese - knew about the beginnings - Genesis

15. Our Bible says, “The Word was in the beginning.... all things were created by the Word”. (John 1)

16. 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”.

17. 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”.

18. Kong fuzi 551-479 BC The revered teacher, Confucius, had revelation from God. In the 5 th Century before Christ he wrote a code for life

20. The Hebrews said: (Genesis 2:8) “God planted a garden in Eden, and there He placed the man He had formed”

21. “... 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...”

22. is made up of 4 symbols “Garden” But, 1000 years earlier, the Chinese recorded the beginnings in ‘pictograph’ characters

23. Their “word” is made up of 4 symbols (the pictograph “create” represents a “Living Dust Person”)

25. The Chinese word for HAPPINESS or BLESSING strangely reflects the Genesis story.

26. The Chinese used 2 trees to make... + Divine command

27. “DEVIL” in Chinese is: They used 4 symbols

28. To make ‘tempter’ you take ‘devil’ and add ‘cover’: Add ‘cover’ to ‘devil’ = ‘tempter’

29. Why did our 1 st parents disobey?

30. Ask the Chinese. This is their ancient ‘word’ It means... Take 2 trees... Add ‘woman’... and you get “covet”

31. The ancient Chinese word for “sorrow” also uses two trees

32. 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’

33. Adam’s & Eve’s 1 st question must have been: “How can a sinner come back to God?”

34. 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)

35. At the beginning of Chinese civilisation (5000 years ago) the Chinese knew that “the Lamb” was the means of righteousness ! “Lamb” above “me” = righteousness

36. No “yi” (righteousness) No “yang” (lamb)

37. Their word for “flood” is...

38. Chinese knew Noah & his family were saved in an ark. has 3 words in it Large “boat”

39. The Chinese have a word for ‘tower’. It’s the story of Babel Grass ‘Tower’ in Chinese uses 5 words Clay MouthManOne

40. After Babel, people split into language groups. Those going east would have travelled along the “Silk Road”

41. The Chinese pictograph for MIGRATE combines 4 words: GREAT,DIVISION,WEST,& WALK

42. About 50 years after Babel, a kingdom was established. It was called: “Shen Zhou” ‘Land of God’

43. The 1 st Dynasty was established. They called it “the Dragon kingdom” But, why didn’t they call it “the Lamb kingdom” Huang Di, was China’s 1 st Emperor, (2697-2597 B.C.) He became known as “the Dragon Emperor”

44. Although, in ancient times, China was known as Shen Zhou, “ Land of God”. They now call their country Zhong Guo, meaning “ Middle Land” (the geographical centre of the world)

45. The Dragon Shen Zhou / Zhong Guo will be conquered by the Lamb

46. 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”