The discovery of Bible in Chinese Language
The ancient Chinese language which is still in used today is a pictorial language.
The Chinese language can be traced via Chinese writtings on bones and shells dated back to over 4,000 years old. This matches back to the time of Noah and Tower of Babel.
Remember that the Great Flood wiped out the human race worldwide except Noah & his family (total of 8 people and the animal in the Ark/Big Boat) to start all over again. Millions perished and this marked one of the saddest event in our human history. This event was remembered in many cultures when we traced back the origin of their history.
When the sons of Noah started to multiple, we had only 1 language which was the original language given by God. There has been indication in the Bible that the original language spoken from Adam continued all the way to Tower of Babel. After Tower of Babel, the original language was taken away from humans and many languages were given to the people at that time.
The Chinese language can be traced via Chinese writtings on bones and shells dated back to over 4,000 years old. This matches back to the time of Noah and Tower of Babel.
Remember that the Great Flood wiped out the human race worldwide except Noah & his family (total of 8 people and the animal in the Ark/Big Boat) to start all over again. Millions perished and this marked one of the saddest event in our human history. This event was remembered in many cultures when we traced back the origin of their history.
When the sons of Noah started to multiple, we had only 1 language which was the original language given by God. There has been indication in the Bible that the original language spoken from Adam continued all the way to Tower of Babel. After Tower of Babel, the original language was taken away from humans and many languages were given to the people at that time.
Perhaps after the Tower of Babel, the human race dispersed with many language but still with the knowledge passed down from their forefathers Noah and his sons. In 1979, CH Kang and Ethel Nelson published a book called "The Discovery of Genesis". The book helped us to understand where the Chinese Language took their formation from.
Let us see the examples below: |
1a. God is called Shang Ti These four characters, ShàngTi, Shén, Ling, and Tian, all refer to God Almighty, and agree with the testimony of the Hebrew Scriptures. In them, we see the authority of God, His work as the Creator of all things, the three persons of the Godhead, and the greatness of God extolled. Some might consider the agreement between the Chinese characters and the Hebrew Scriptures to be coincidental. If it is, then it is quite a coincidence! But, there is much more evidence yet to come. Emperor Shun worshiped ShangTi, literally, the heavenly emperor. It is interesting to note the phonetic similarity between this Chinese identification of God and the Hebrew, Shaddai (Almighty). |
1b. God - Heaven is called Tian
Tian can refer to the sky or heavens, but when we look at the etymology of the image, we see something even greater. It speaks of the One who is beyond the sky! The two characters used to create Tian are GREAT and ONE. Indeed, ShàngTi is the GREAT ONE!
1c. God - Creator is called Shén
God is also represented in the Chinese language by the word Shén. This word may be written in two different forms (see to the right and below). The etymology of this image reveals details about God's work in creation. On the left side of the character, we see an image meaning to REVEAL or DECLARE. Over and over in the Biblical creation account, we are told that "...God said..." (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, KJV). The Psalmist declared of God's work of creation:
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of His mouth ... For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. (Psalm 33:6, 9, NKJV)
On the Chinese characters below, left side of the character, two images are intertwined. There, we find a MAN and a GARDEN. Man, the crowning jewel of God's creation (Genesis 1:26), was placed in the garden of Eden. Moses recorded,
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. (Genesis 2:8, NKJV)
1d. God - Spirit
Ling is another word that can be used to refer to God. In a Chinese Bible, this word is used to refer to the Holy Spirit. The etymology of Ling reveals that the ancient Chinese had knowledge of the three persons of the Godhead! In the upper half of this character, there is pictured ONE who COVERS the WATERS. The creation account in the Hebrew Scriptures reveals that
...the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2, NKJV)
2. Create is called Zào
A Chinese word for CREATE, zào, unmistakably shows the creation of man. It is a combination of WALK and TALK. Adam was created a full grown man, able both to walk and talk. But the word TALK (gào) breaks down further, with compelling details that leave no doubt it is Adam being pictured. He is revealed to be the LIVING DUST MAN! That is exactly what the Bible reveals in Genesis 2:7
Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
創 世 記 2:7 (CUV)
耶 和 華 神 用 地 上 的 塵 土 造 人 , 將 生 氣 吹 在 他 鼻 孔 裡 , 他 就 成 了 有 靈 的 活 人 , 名 叫 亞 當 。
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
創 世 記 2:7 (CUV)
耶 和 華 神 用 地 上 的 塵 土 造 人 , 將 生 氣 吹 在 他 鼻 孔 裡 , 他 就 成 了 有 靈 的 活 人 , 名 叫 亞 當 。
3. First is called Xian
Xian, a Chinese word for FIRST, pictures Adam as the first man. The etymology of the word, like gào above, reveals a LIVING DUST MAN. You will notice the character for MAN is different here than above. There are several different images which can be used to represent a man. Most of them will appear throughout this article.
4. Necessary is called Yào
Genesis 2 reveals that Adam was alone for a short time, the only human on the earth. God said,
It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. (Genesis 2:18, NKJV)
It was NECESSARY that Adam have a companion. There was no suitable companion among the animals of creation (Genesis 2:19-20), thus God provided woman for man. A Chinese word for NECESSARY, yào, shows ONE MAN in the garden ENCLOSURE who needed a WOMAN.
Genesis 2:18 (KJV)
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
創 世 記 2:7 (CUV)
耶 和 華 神 說 : 那 人 獨 居 不 好 , 我 要 為 他 造 一 個 配 偶 幫 助 他 。
5. All / Whole is called Qian
One of several words which can be used to speak of ALL or the WHOLE is qian. As we have noted already, there were just two people in the beginning. In this image, again we see two people, each represented with a mouth and legs - two of the basic characters we've seen used for a person. These two people TOGETHER made up the WHOLE population of the earth at the time.
6. Perfect is called Qian
Another Chinese character which pictures two people is rén, which means PERFECT. The image literally shows TWO PEOPLE. Why? What do two people have to do with perfection, unless it be a reference to the first two people, Adam and Eve, who were created perfect?
7. Garden is called Tián or Yuán
Two separate words for garden in the Chinese language represent different aspects of the GARDEN of Eden. The first is tián. In this simple image, we see the river which separated into four river heads (see the yellow arrows) spoken of by Moses (Genesis 2:10-14).
A second image for GARDEN in the Chinese is yuán. This image has amazing detail in it. Recall, Genesis 2:7 revealed that God made man of the DUST of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the BREATH of life. Genesis 2:8 tells us that God put the man whom He created into the garden ENCLOSURE. We then find that He took a rib from the man's side, and with it, He made woman (Genesis 2:21-22). All of these are found in yuán! In the lower portion, notice that the second person comes from the side of the first! , we see two people, one coming out of the side of the other! Thus, all the details about where Adam and Eve lived and how each was created is recorded in this single image for GARDEN.
8. Forbidden is called Jin
The Genesis records tells us:
...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 you eat of it you shall surely die. (Genesis 2:16-17, NKJV)
Jìn is a Chinese word for FORBIDDEN. It pictures a COMMAND about the FOREST of trees which was in the garden. As mentioned above, the Bible addresses two specific trees found in the garden of Eden. The character for forest literally pictures TWO TREES. The tree of life, which was set apart from the rest of the forest was available to them, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God specifically commanded that they
9. Devil & Tempter
The man and his wife were not alone in the garden. It was also home to the animals which the Lord God had made. One creature is significant in our study - the serpent. John wrote about
...the great dragon ... that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world... (Revelation 12:9, NKJV)
The devil began his deceptive ways in the garden, tempting Eve to take fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The image for DEVIL in Chinese is gui. He is identified as a SECRET LIFE with MAN in the GARDEN! Take the image for DEVIL, and put it under a COVER and TWO TREES, and you get mó, which is TEMPTER! Could there be any more fit description of the tempter? This serpent of old, who would eventually deceive the whole world began his evil work of deceit by covering up the truth about the trees in the garden, thus, successfully tempting the woman to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10. Execute / Put to Death is called Zhu
God was very clear about the punishment if Adam and Eve should eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He precisely said, "..in the day you eat of it you shall surely die." (Genesis 2:17, NKJV) The word zhu means to EXECUTE or PUT TO DEATH. The etymology is very descriptive of God's warning. His WORDS warned them that if they partook of the forbidden TREE, their LIFE would return to DUST from which they were taken. After Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the tree which God commanded them to not eat, the Lord proclaimed:
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return. (Genesis 3:19, NKJV)
11. Pain and Sorrow
In the next several verses of the Genesis account, the consequences of sin are given. To the woman, God said,
I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception, in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. (Genesis 3:16, NKJV)
As a result of the woman's sin, she would experience PAIN (chu) in childbearing. As we look at the components of the character, we see a reminder of the TWO TREES which were in the midst of the garden; one which they were forbidden to eat from, but did in disobedience (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil); the other which they could freely eat from, but would not be permitted to any longer (the tree of life). In the lower portion of the character, the woman's place of submission to her husband is addressed, for the two images there literally mean UNDER MAN. Note, this was not given as part of her punishment, but as a reminder of the place which the Lord had given her when He created her, that she might be "...a helper comparable to..." man.
To the man, God said,
..because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. (Genesis 3:17-18, NKJV)
Adam's SORROW would come from his work among the thorns and thistles. The Chinese word ku reveals these thorns and thistles as ANCIENT WEEDS. Further to this, the image may actually picture Adam feeding himself from among these weeds, as the character for ancient can break down further to show TEN (perhaps fingers) and his MOUTH.
..because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. (Genesis 3:17-18, NKJV)
Adam's SORROW would come from his work among the thorns and thistles. The Chinese word ku reveals these thorns and thistles as ANCIENT WEEDS. Further to this, the image may actually picture Adam feeding himself from among these weeds, as the character for ancient can break down further to show TEN (perhaps fingers) and his MOUTH.
12. Noah
As we look at the etymology of Noah's name, we find that he is the SECOND APPROVED. There are only two men of whom it is had been said in Scripture, he "walked with God." The first to receive such approval from the Lord was Noah's great-grandfather Enoch, of whom it is said,
Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (Genesis 5:24, NKJV)
One chapter later, we find that
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:8-9, NKJV)
Enoch's walk with God was so close that he did not see death - God simply took him to be with Him. Noah's walk with God distinguished him the all his contemporaries. They would be destroyed in the flood; he found grace and salvation from God.
Not only does the word nuò mean approved, but it is also used for promise. As true as it is that Noah was the second approved, we find in the Genesis record that he was also the second promise. The first promise found in the Scriptures is Genesis 3:15, where we are told that the seed of the woman would conquer the seed of the serpent. The next promise, the second promise, is in the giving of Noah's name. We read,
Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, 'This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.' (Genesis 5:28-29, NKJV)
13. Promise
There are over 15 words that could be used in the Chinese language to convey the idea of a promise. That the ancient Chinese used nuò is significant. The etymology reveals WORDS spoken about a MAN through whom the WEEDS curse would be removed, and LIFE would be restored to the EARTH. Notice, that is the very thing Lamech said in Genesis 5:28-29 when he named Noah. This promise would be fulfilled in Noah, for after the flood, when he and his family had exited the ark, we read:
...Noah built an altar to the LORD ...and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, 'I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. (Genesis 8:20-21, NKJV)
In this text, not only does the LORD say that He will not again destroy all flesh with a flood again, but He also indicates that He will no longer curse the ground for man's sake. This is not a statement about the flood, but about the weed curse which resulted from Adam's sin in the garden (Genesis 3:17-19). It was in the days of Noah, when he came forth from the ark that the weed curse was no more.
14. Wickedness
As noted above in Genesis 6:8-9, Noah distinguished himself from the people of his generation. He showed himself to be righteous, while his contemporaries were wicked. We saw this distinction between the sons of Adam, Cain and Abel. Noah followed in the way of Abel, while the rest of his generation followed the violence of Cain (see Cain & Abel article). The people around Noah were described in this way:
...the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. (Genesis 6:5, 11, NKJV)
The word è dé is WICKEDNESS in the Chinese. It literally means BAD MORALS or EVIL ETHICS. The left side of the word reveals a SECOND HEART or MIND, as men turned from the heart/mind God had given them to do wickedly. On the right side of the character, we see radical 60, which may be rendered as a step with the left foot. However, as we look at it, we see the base is a person, with perhaps an abbreviated person overhead, perhaps indicating a PLURALITY OF PEOPLE. As we continue to look at the components, we find the words COMPLETE, NET, ONE and again, HEART. What the image seems to describe is not the ethics of a single individual, but of the whole world, revealing that all the people were netted (or caught) in the same heart or mind.
15. Destroy
As noted above in Genesis 6:7, 17, God determined to "destroy" all flesh. To accomplish this, He would use "floodwaters." A Chinese word for DESTROY is ju, which fitly pictures the destruction God would bring. The image identifies the source of the destruction as WATER MOREOVER! God would use a flood to destroy all flesh.
16. Flood
Hóng, meaning FLOOD, reveals the extent of the flood. It was not a localized flood; God would bring TOTAL WATER upon the land. The word for TOTAL here is significant also. It is a record of what would be left after the flood was finished. There would remain EIGHT TOGETHER upon the EARTH. Only Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives would survive.
17. Drown
The rest of mankind would DROWN (yan). The etymology of this word does not reveal just a few people overcome by floodwaters. The WATER would COVER or TRAP all. This is evident when we look at the word for COVER/TRAP, for it speaks of ALL TOGETHER. The population of the post-flood world would be just the eight people mentioned above, who were not covered or trapped by the floodwaters.
18. Ship or Vessel
This boat which Noah constructed was massive. It was a three-level vessel, with over 100,000 square feet of floor space. It would be rightly called a SHIP (chuán). This word pictures EIGHT PEOPLE on a BOAT. What ship has only eight people onboard? Cruiseliners are built to carry thousands of people and have dozens of personnel onboard. Freighters, though not built to carry passengers, still have dozens of crew members. Surely this pictures the ark Noah was commanded to build. God said that eight people would be saved in the ark. The apostle Peter, comparing the physical salvation of Noah and his family with our salvation in Christ wrote:
...the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is an antitype which now saves us - baptism... (1 Peter 3:20-21, NKJV)
19. Torrent of Rain
Once the ark was built, God told Noah,
...after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made ... on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. (Genesis 7:4, 11-12, NKJV)
The waters of the flood did not come as a light sprinkle, but as a TORRENT OF RAIN (pèi). This word describes RAIN that was ABUNDANT, FULL or SUDDEN. The image pictures not only the rain coming from above, but water from below, even as the Genesis record indicated that the fountains of the deep also opened. The water that was upon the earth was COMPLETELY WIDE (ie. it covered the entire earth).
20. Rainbow
After Noah made sacrifice to the LORD, He promised two things: 1) He would not curse the ground again (the weeds curse was lifted), and 2) He would not destroy the earth by a flood again. As a sign of this second promise, the LORD said to Noah,
It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. (Genesis 9:14-15, NKJV)
The rainbow signifies the end of the rain, as God sees the token of His covenant with all flesh and brings an end to the rain. The word ní (RAINBOW) literally refers to the FINAL PART of the RAIN.
21. Tower of Babel - The Tower
Genesis 10 is primarily a record of genealogies and the various divisions which would eventually take place. However, when we come to Genesis 11, we see what caused the division of nations and languages mentioned in the preceding chapter. All the people of the earth were together in the plain of Shinar and shared one language. They were determined to build a tower "whose top is in the heavens" (Genesis 11:4, NKJV).
A Chinese word for TOWER (ta) is descriptive of both the materials use to build the tower and the unity of the people who were making it. The components used to make bricks for the tower were DUST and GRASS. All the PEOPLE involved in the project were of ONE MOUTH or language.
There are a few other words inside ta related to the construction of the tower. If the image for dust is removed from the left side, the character then becomes UNDERTAKING (tà). Certainly, the building project they planned was a huge undertaking. But further, if we remove the image for grass from the top of UNDERTAKING, we are left with the word UNITED (ge). To finish the tower would be a huge undertaking that would require a united effort.
However, the building of the tower was not God's will. The LORD had commanded,
...be fruitful and multiply on the earth ... be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth ... be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply in it. (Genesis 8:17; 9:1, 7, NKJV)
Rather than heeding the voice of the LORD and departing from the plain of Shinar to populate the earth, the people stayed together, saying,
...let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth. (Genesis 11:4, NKJV)
22. Tower of Babel - Confusion
Thus, since man disobeyed His will, God disrupted their construction project. He CONFUSED (luàn) their language. At one moment, they could understand one another, and the next, their speech was a mystery to one another. The etymology of this word appropriately shows a TONGUE MYSTERY. The Genesis record tells us
...the LORD said, 'Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (Genesis 11:6-7, NKJV)
23. Babel
Though the desire of the people was that they not be scattered (Genesis 11:4), it was God's will that they multiply and fill the earth (Genesis 8:17; 9:1,7). God's will prevailed, for we are told,
...the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth ... Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:8-9, NKJV)
The Hebrew word for Babel literally means confusion. The Chinese word for BABEL (ba bié) speaks of the reason behind the confusion. It records God's DESIRE for man to SEPARATE or DEPART from the plain of Shinar, that the whole earth might be populated.
24. Migration to China
Though the desire of the people was that they not be scattered (Genesis 11:4), it was God's will that they multiply and fill the earth (Genesis 8:17; 9:1,7). God's will prevailed, for we are told,
...the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth ... Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:8-9, NKJV)
The Hebrew word for Babel literally means confusion. The Chinese word for BABEL (ba bié) speaks of the reason behind the confusion. It records God's DESIRE for man to SEPARATE or DEPART from the plain of Shinar, that the whole earth might be populated.
25. Knowledge is passed down
Just in case we're not certain that these eight elders who shared words with the ancient Chinese people were in fact Noah and his family, a word used for HANDING DOWN or PASSING DOWN (y?n) also reveals the source of their knowledge. This word pictures EIGHT WATER PEOPLE! Who could that be, but the eight people who were saved through water (1 Peter 3:20), Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives?
Not only was the written syntax of the Chinese language provided by its developers as a means of communication, but it was used as a way to record history. In particular, the history of pre-Babel events were encoded in several images - hidden details of a time long ago. The precision with which these characters agree with the Hebrew Scriptures cannot be a mere coincidence. The ancient Chinese people knew Noah and his family, and received from them the knowledge of what happened prior to the flood. Showing due diligence, the first generation of the Chinese people, as they prepared a style of writing for their descendants, used it as a way to record and preserve the history which had been passed on to them. Amazing, truly amazing!
by William J. Stewart
Have you ever wonder why we give a title to men as 先生 (Xian Shen) in chinese which is Mr. in English. Just like we say Mr. Johnson as Johnson 先生.
The word 先 is first when God created man first.
The next word 生 is born. So, first born is a title Chinese language give to man.
Tracing Back the history of China
Most people who are not aware of history of China will say Buddhism or Taoism or Confusionism as the relogion of China.
Most are unaware that tracing back China to more than 4000 years ago, they actually worshipped a God and not gods. The chinese worshipped a God called ShàngTi, Shén, Ling or Tian. This continued till about the time of Qin Shi Huangdi (210 B.C which is about 2200 years ago) where sacrifice of lambs or goats that were 1 year old were made.
The video below (about 90 mins) helped to traced back what the chinese people worshipped in the beginning.