Shen De Gao Yang: "The Lamb of God"
Four Chinese characters, Shen De Gao Yang, mean, "The Lamb of God".
神 的 羔 羊
shén de gāo yáng
God of Lamb Sheep (lit. Lamb Sheep of God)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Chinese Character for Righteousness
The following Chinese character for "Righeousness" is a beautiful picture of Christ's atoning for our sin. It is pronounced "Yi".
Traditional character for "Righteousness" 義
The traditional "Yi" is composed of two simpler characters, or radicals:
one meaning "sheep" or "lamb" 羊
the other meaning "I" or "me" 我
When the "Lamb" is over "me" then I am made "Righteous" in God's eyes.
The "Lamb of God" took God's righteous wrath against me upon Himself.
The following Chinese character for "Righeousness" is a beautiful picture of Christ's atoning for our sin. It is pronounced "Yi".
Traditional character for "Righteousness" 義
The traditional "Yi" is composed of two simpler characters, or radicals:
one meaning "sheep" or "lamb" 羊
the other meaning "I" or "me" 我
When the "Lamb" is over "me" then I am made "Righteous" in God's eyes.
The "Lamb of God" took God's righteous wrath against me upon Himself.
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Lamb of God Hidden in the Ancient Chinese Characters
Ex Nihilo Technical Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, April 1999, paper by Kui Shin Voo and Larry Hovee, pages 81-91.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/tj/tjv13n1chinese_lamb.pdf
Ex Nihilo Technical Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, April 1999, paper by Kui Shin Voo and Larry Hovee, pages 81-91.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/tj/tjv13n1chinese_lamb.pdf
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Lamb of God in history
All Scripture quotes are from the New American Standard Version
All dates are from http://www.biblehistory.webcentral.com.au/
By agreement of the One Triune God ...
Before the foundation of the world, in eternity past, in the highest heaven ...
"... the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 13:8)
"... He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him." (quote of the Apostle Paul, Ephesians 1:4)
The creation was spoken into existence ...
The foundation of the world, in time past, in the visible heavens ...
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 1:1)
The tree of life & the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die." " (quote of the LORD God by the prophet Moses, Genesis 2:16-17)
The fall of mankind ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"When the woman saw that the tree [of the knowledge of good and evil] was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:6)
The prophecy of the Redeemer ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"The LORD GOD said to the serpent, "... I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel." " (quote of the LORD GOD by the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:15)
The first sacrificial animals ...
circa 4223 BC, east of the Garden of Eden ...
"And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife [Eve], and clothed them." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:21)
"... without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." (quote from the book of Hebrews, Hebrews 9:22)
The first recorded offering ...
circa 4100 BC, outside the Garden of Eden ...
"And Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 4:4)
The first offering after the Flood ...
circa 2567 BC, on top of the mountains of Ararat ...
"Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma ..." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 8:20-21)
The father of our faith ...
circa 2105 BC, on a mountain in the land of Moriah ...
"And Abraham said [to Isaac], "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." " (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 22:8)
The Exodus from bondage ...
circa 1494 BC, in the land of Egypt ...
"Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old ... Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning." (quote of the LORD by the prophet Moses, Exodus 12:5, 22-22)
The prophecy of the Lamb of God ...
from circa 740 BC to 681 BC, in and around Jerusalem ...
"All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way, but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth." (quote of the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 53:6-7)
The incarnation and birth of the Lamb of God ...
circa 6 BC, revealed in Nazareth of Galilee and fulfilled in Bethlehem of Judah ...
" "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins." " (quote of an angel of the Lord by the Apostle Matthew, Matthew 1:20-21)
The baptism of the Lamb of God ...
circa 28 AD, at the Jordon River ...
"The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" " (quote of John the Baptist by the Apostle John, John 1:29)
"After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (quote of the Apostle Matthew, Matthew 3:16-17)
The crucifixion of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, on the hill of Golgatha outside Jerusalem ...
"And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay upon earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ." (quote of the Apostle Peter, 1 Peter 1:17-19)
The resurrection of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, at the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, outside Jerusalem ...
"... I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." (quote of the Lord Jesus Christ by the Apostle John, Revelation 1:17-18)
"Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth." (quote of the four cherubim and the twenty-four elders by the Apostle John, Revelation 5:9-10)
The ascension of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, at the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem ...
"And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and her child was caught up to God and to His throne." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:5)
After the Lamb of God sat down at the right hand of God the Father ...
following Jesus Christ's ascension to the throne, in the highest heaven ...
"And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:7-9)
"Now the salvation, and power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:10-11)
The overcomers and their shepherd, the Lamb of God ...
in the last days, since the first century BC to the present, He leads them in the paths of righteousness ...
"These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore, neither shall the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe every tear from their eyes." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 7:14-17)
The Lamb of God and His blameless ones...
in the last days, on Zion's holy hill, in the hearts of His people ...
"And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 14:1-5)
The Lamb's book of life ...
at the end of time, before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ, in the highest heaven ...
"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire ... nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 20:15; 21:27)
The marriage feast of the Lamb ...
in eternity, the Bridegroom receives His bride, the Church ...
" "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready." And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. And [one of the seven angels] said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' " (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 19:6-9)
The throne of God and of the Lamb ...
forever and ever, in the presence of the Lord God of hosts ...
"And He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. And on either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bondservants shall serve Him, and they shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall no longer be any night; and they shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illumine them; and they shall reign forever and ever."
(quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 22:1-5)
All Scripture quotes are from the New American Standard Version
All dates are from http://www.biblehistory.webcentral.com.au/
By agreement of the One Triune God ...
Before the foundation of the world, in eternity past, in the highest heaven ...
"... the Lamb who has been slain from the foundation of the world." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 13:8)
"... He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him." (quote of the Apostle Paul, Ephesians 1:4)
The creation was spoken into existence ...
The foundation of the world, in time past, in the visible heavens ...
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 1:1)
The tree of life & the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die." " (quote of the LORD God by the prophet Moses, Genesis 2:16-17)
The fall of mankind ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"When the woman saw that the tree [of the knowledge of good and evil] was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:6)
The prophecy of the Redeemer ...
circa 4223 BC, in the Garden of Eden ...
"The LORD GOD said to the serpent, "... I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel." " (quote of the LORD GOD by the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:15)
The first sacrificial animals ...
circa 4223 BC, east of the Garden of Eden ...
"And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife [Eve], and clothed them." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 3:21)
"... without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." (quote from the book of Hebrews, Hebrews 9:22)
The first recorded offering ...
circa 4100 BC, outside the Garden of Eden ...
"And Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 4:4)
The first offering after the Flood ...
circa 2567 BC, on top of the mountains of Ararat ...
"Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma ..." (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 8:20-21)
The father of our faith ...
circa 2105 BC, on a mountain in the land of Moriah ...
"And Abraham said [to Isaac], "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." " (quote of the prophet Moses, Genesis 22:8)
The Exodus from bondage ...
circa 1494 BC, in the land of Egypt ...
"Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old ... Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning." (quote of the LORD by the prophet Moses, Exodus 12:5, 22-22)
The prophecy of the Lamb of God ...
from circa 740 BC to 681 BC, in and around Jerusalem ...
"All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way, but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth." (quote of the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 53:6-7)
The incarnation and birth of the Lamb of God ...
circa 6 BC, revealed in Nazareth of Galilee and fulfilled in Bethlehem of Judah ...
" "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins." " (quote of an angel of the Lord by the Apostle Matthew, Matthew 1:20-21)
The baptism of the Lamb of God ...
circa 28 AD, at the Jordon River ...
"The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" " (quote of John the Baptist by the Apostle John, John 1:29)
"After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (quote of the Apostle Matthew, Matthew 3:16-17)
The crucifixion of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, on the hill of Golgatha outside Jerusalem ...
"And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each man's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay upon earth; knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ." (quote of the Apostle Peter, 1 Peter 1:17-19)
The resurrection of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, at the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, outside Jerusalem ...
"... I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." (quote of the Lord Jesus Christ by the Apostle John, Revelation 1:17-18)
"Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for Thou wast slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth." (quote of the four cherubim and the twenty-four elders by the Apostle John, Revelation 5:9-10)
The ascension of the Lamb of God ...
circa 31 AD, at the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem ...
"And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and her child was caught up to God and to His throne." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:5)
After the Lamb of God sat down at the right hand of God the Father ...
following Jesus Christ's ascension to the throne, in the highest heaven ...
"And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. And the dragon and his angels waged war, and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:7-9)
"Now the salvation, and power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 12:10-11)
The overcomers and their shepherd, the Lamb of God ...
in the last days, since the first century BC to the present, He leads them in the paths of righteousness ...
"These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. For this reason they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore, neither shall the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe every tear from their eyes." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 7:14-17)
The Lamb of God and His blameless ones...
in the last days, on Zion's holy hill, in the hearts of His people ...
"And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 14:1-5)
The Lamb's book of life ...
at the end of time, before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ, in the highest heaven ...
"And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire ... nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life." (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 20:15; 21:27)
The marriage feast of the Lamb ...
in eternity, the Bridegroom receives His bride, the Church ...
" "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready." And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. And [one of the seven angels] said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' " (quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 19:6-9)
The throne of God and of the Lamb ...
forever and ever, in the presence of the Lord God of hosts ...
"And He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. And on either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bondservants shall serve Him, and they shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall no longer be any night; and they shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illumine them; and they shall reign forever and ever."
(quote of the Apostle John, Revelation 22:1-5)
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