Știați că Geneza este confirmată de o mărturie din afara lumii iudaice? Ea vine tocmai din … China!

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There is an interesting footnote to the story of Babel. Among the people scattered at Babel were a group who climbed over the mountains to the east and eventually settled when they reached the sea. They became the great nation of China.

Chinese culture goes right back to that day. They left the area of Babel before the Cuneiform alphabet replaced the picture language of ancient Egypt.

All languages were pictorial right up to the time of Babel. The language they took to China they put down in picture form.

The amazing thing is that it is possible to reconstruct the story from Genesis 1 to 11 by looking at the symbols which the Chinese use to describe different words.

The Chinese word for ‘create’, for example, is made up of the pictures for mud, life and someone walking.

Their word for ‘devil’ is made up of a man, a garden, and the picture for secret. So the devil is a secret person in the garden.

Their word for ‘tempter’ is made up of the word for ‘devil’ plus two trees and the picture for cover.

Their word for ‘boat’ is made up of container, mouth and eight, so a boat in the Chinese language is a vessel for eight people, as was Noah’s ark.

We can reconstruct the whole of Genesis 1– 11 from the picture language in China. When these people first arrived in China, therefore, they believed in one God, the maker of heaven and earth.

It was only after Confucius and Buddha that they got involved in idolatry. The Chinese language is an independent confirmation from outside the Bible that these things happened and were carried in the memories of people scattered at Babel, who then settled in China.

Pawson, David (2012-06-14). Unlocking the Bible (pp. 71-72). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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