Shang Di - God of Heaven
Shang Di - God of Heaven. Randall Niles looks at the history of One Creator God in China and other cultures throughout the ancient world.
Of old in the beginning, there was the great chaos, without form and dark. The five elements [planets] had not begun to revolve, nor the sun and moon to shine. You, O Spiritual Sovereign [ShangDi], first divided the grosser parts from the purer. You made heaven. You made earth. You made man. All things with their reproducing power got their being. -- Chinese emperor recitation from the ancient Border Sacrifice, translated by James Legge, The Notions of the Chinese Concerning God and Spirits, Hong Kong Register Office, 1852, p. 28.
Could it be that all people of the world, including the Chinese, are descendants of Babel, the first great civilization after the Flood? Could it be that the Chinese understood the nature of God consistent with Yahweh of the Hebrews?
Why do so many ancient records reveal that pagan leaders acknowledged the one, true God of Heaven? Abimelech of the Philistines (Genesis 21:22); Pharaoh of the Egyptians (Genesis 41:38-39); Balaam of the Mesopotamians (Numbers 22:38); Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonians (Daniel 4:37); Artaxerxes of the Persians (Ezra 7:23)
Could it be?
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Of old in the beginning, there was the great chaos, without form and dark. The five elements [planets] had not begun to revolve, nor the sun and moon to shine. You, O Spiritual Sovereign [ShangDi], first divided the grosser parts from the purer. You made heaven. You made earth. You made man. All things with their reproducing power got their being. -- Chinese emperor recitation from the ancient Border Sacrifice, translated by James Legge, The Notions of the Chinese Concerning God and Spirits, Hong Kong Register Office, 1852, p. 28.
Could it be that all people of the world, including the Chinese, are descendants of Babel, the first great civilization after the Flood? Could it be that the Chinese understood the nature of God consistent with Yahweh of the Hebrews?
Why do so many ancient records reveal that pagan leaders acknowledged the one, true God of Heaven? Abimelech of the Philistines (Genesis 21:22); Pharaoh of the Egyptians (Genesis 41:38-39); Balaam of the Mesopotamians (Numbers 22:38); Nebuchadnezzar of the Babylonians (Daniel 4:37); Artaxerxes of the Persians (Ezra 7:23)
Could it be?
Check out http://www.RandallNiles.com and http://www.AllAboutGOD.com for more!
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