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God's Promise to the Chinese

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I am half English, half Chinese, and grew up in Asia. When I first came across the concept that the story of Genesis 1-11 could be found in the Chinese script, I was a little sceptical. However, when first looking at the word for boat, I asked the Chinese half of my family what the radicals meant, and they agreed with the conclusion of container, 8, mouths, implying the story of Noah and the Ark.

Having bought The Discovery of Genesis, Genesis and the mystery confucious couldn't solve, and God's promise to the Chinese, I started reading through them to see what could be a true hypothesis.

While there are some interpretations that could be read another way, for example the character for "good" is interpreted by the authors as a woman plus the son of God (Adam)...this could well be interpreted mother and baby. However, there are others that are quite revealing, such as the word "beginning" is constructed of father and garden/field.

Overall, I would say these books offer a very plausible, although sometimes stretched interpretation of Chinese characters....especially since their research is based on oracle and bone inscriptions, and not just modern script. Well-researched and documented.

I very much enjoyed this book. I have had the opportunity to show the oontents of this book to severval friends in and from mainland China and all them were intrigued. We discussed the accuracy of it and it's plausibility. They thought it's accuracy was difficult to deny. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in studying the history of chinese characters and God's design. There are stories from cultures all around the world similiar to these. Could be an accident but it is difficult to imagine how so many accidents tell the same story. Good read!

I found this book to be very interesting indeed. It was well written and easy to understand. It really opened my eyes to God's creation and how it testifies to His glory. I even gave the book to a japanese girl who said that their language was written very much like the chinese, and she was amazed at its foundation.

This is a must have book of interest that any Christian should have on their shelf.

I was recommended to buy this book by a dear friend who is a Godly lady, only at the time, there were very few books available in UK, but the USA market is better, from where I found this copy, collecting it when I visited friends in Ohio. The book shows how some ancient Chinese words were formed, which is eye opening. For example: 1. the symbol for: To Create or Produce, is formed from symbols of: God + Earth. 2. Bearing in mind that God saw everything and saw it was very good, the symbol for Good is made up of Adam + Earth [God created him from the dust of the earth]. 3. Bearing in mind that God prepared a wife suitable for Adam, the symbol for Suitable is made up from God's hand + Woman. They worshipped a Creator God whom they called ShangDi [or Tian]. [Compare these to El Shaddai and Tuan?] There is a lot more. But it shows a remarkable awareness of God and His Creation by the ancient Chinese, and how this was incorporated in their early writing. A most interesting, enlightening, thought provoking, and faith building study book.

This book describes and compares the roots of the Chinese language with the Judaeo-Christian bible events handed down to us from the beginning of written history.

This book was originally published as 'Mysteries Confucius Couldn't Solve' and then under another title 'Genesis and the Mystery Confucius Couldn't Solve' and now as 'God's Promise to the Chinese.' I am aware it is printed also in Chinese and available from Answers In Genesis web site(Apr 2006). I am curious as to why so many name changes?

This work has 3 authors. Only Dr. Ginger Chock seems to have any real expertise on the subject(PhD from Stanford in the History of Chinese Art), though Ethel R. Nelson co-authored 'The Discovery of Genesis' which seems to be mainly the work of C. H. Kang.

The main purpose of this work is to convince the asian populace that the forgotten god Shangdi is the christian god El Shaddai. I refrain from saying jewish god because the (christian)authors insist he is the god of the trinity. They also try to convince you that the ancient chinese expected some final sacrifice, namely Jesus.

They use the radicals from the oracle bone inscriptions to retell(inaccurately) the account of Genesis.
They added such things as:
-Eden was on a mountain
-Adam and Eve lived in a palace
-They came to the "border gate" of Eden to sacrifice

The basic approach of this book, using ancient radicals to link the semitic and oriental peoples, had the potential to be better than 'The Discovery of Genesis.' It should have been, but what can you expect from evangelical christians, they want everyone to believe!

If you are like me and are looking for an unbiased work on the Chinese language and what it can tell us of their history this isn't it; but, I was able to wade through the religious propaganda and find some points of interest. Unlike most religious books these ones I've mentioned have a pretty decent Bibliography/References sections.

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot you can learn here but don't be afraid to question and doubt their claims. Remember 'Israel' means "strugglers with God," doubts and questions are healthly if they lead to a more refined faith.