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Qin/Chin 秦 Empire

In 221 BC, after more than 200 years of constant warfare, the State of Qin/Chin emerges as the final victor, unifying China and putting an end to the Warring States Period. Upon his conquest, the king of Qin assumed the title "First Emperor of Qin" 秦始皇帝. It is from "Chin" 秦 where the terms " China" and "Chinese" are derived. The First Emperor standardized the writing system, currency, weights, and measures. In 213 BC, he issued the infamous order to "Burn the Books" on the advice of his prime minister, Li Si 李斯. Then, in 212 BC, he orders Confucian scholars to be buried alive. He also erected four altars to offer sacrifices to the White, Green Yellow, and Red Ti's 帝, deities probably of Taoist origin. Later, after Liu Bang 劉邦 overthrew the Qin Empire, he founds the Han Dynasty and adopted the same erroneous practice of sacrificing to the four Ti's, and even invented the Black Ti. It is noteworthy that we find absolutely nothing concerning these five false Ti's in the Book of History, the Shu Jing 書經. It was under Liu Bang, also known as Emperor Wu 漢武帝, that the sacrifice to Shang-ti was altogether neglected. Later scholars and philosophers had difficulty comprehending the worship of these Ti's. They argued that there was only one Heaven. How then could there be five Ti's? As a result, they introduced the idea that there were six heavens, where the five Ti's and Shang-ti lived. The worship of these five false Ti's and the six heavens continued until the time of the Ming Dynasty. It was the Ming who abolished the worship of these five false Ti's and re-established the true worship of Shang-ti as the one Supreme God above all else.

The Chinese Terracotta Army, where the tomb of the First Emperor of Qin resides. It was accidentally discovered in March 1974, and is now renowned as the 8th Wonder of the World. It consists of more than 7,000 life-sized tomb figures of warriors and horses buried Qin.

Burning of the Books

In 213 BC, the First Emperor, who abhorred Confucian philosophy, issued the infamous order to "Burn the Books" on the advice of his prime minister Li Si 李斯. It was because of this event that we almost lost the Chinese Classics 四書五經. We are very fortunate today that these books were preserved to the present day by the providence of God. We would not be able to present the exciting message contained in this pamphlet had the Chinese Classics been lost in the fires of Qin.

Buddhism Enters China from India

Buddhism enters China in 67 BC from India. Buddhism is a religion of Indian invention. It is not of Chinese origin, and therefore cannot contain the true spiritual roots of the Chinese people.

Plato & Aristotle

Plato lived from 427 BC to 347 BC, and Aristotle lived from 384 BC to 322 BC. They are considered to be among the greatest philosophers of the Greek world. In their writings, they refer to the one true God as " Theos" and "Logos." The early Christians of the first century AD realized that this was the name by which God had revealed himself to the Greeks. Thus they adopted these terms as legitimate names for the one true God. In fact, the New Testament was originally written in Greek, and uses the terms "Theos" and "Logos" as the name for the one true God of creation. The Greek "Logos" is translated as "Word"(with a capital W) in the English Bible, and "Theos" is translated as simply "God. "
"In the beginning was the Word[Greek: Logos = "Word"], and the Word [Logos] was with God [Greek: Theos = "God"], and the Word [Logos] was God [Theos]."

Jesus Christ Comes to Earth

Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, the savior that God promised to send to save mankind from the penalty and power of sin. Though he himself was sinless, Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross for our sins because the penalty for sin is death. The God of the Bible is both a God of love and justice. Therefore, He must execute justice by punishing sin. Jesus took those penalties upon his own shoulders so that we might not have to pay it ourselves. He resurrected from the dead on the third day, and ascended back to heaven never to die again. If we receive Christ as our Lord and Savior into our hearts, and put our faith on Him, we shall be saved from the condemnation of sin. We therefore need not suffer the eternal penalties of sin in Hell after we die.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God...He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him...And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:1,10,14

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

And Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die..." John 11:25

"For God so loved the world, that He gave is only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16