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God in the Chinese Language
God in the Chinese Language
There are a few different words used in the Chinese language to speak about God and heaven. Each
one, by it's etymology tells us something about the spiritual Sovereign that is common to the ancient
Chinese and the Hebrew Scriptures.
God - El Shaddai
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).
God - Creator
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, NKJV). 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 right 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)
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)
In the lower portion of Ling, there seems to be a reference to the three persons of the Godhead. It pictures three PERSONS
together. Below these, we see the character for a WORKER OF MAGIC, bringing to mind the miraculous power of God at
work in creation. In this latter image, the three persons of God are pictured yet again. At first glance, it breaks down to two
PERSONS and the image for WORK. However, the
vertical line (see highlighted) in WORK may also
represent a PERSON. A horizontal line may mean ONE
as in the upper portion of Ling, but it can also represent
ENTIRE, WHOLE or ALL. The two horizontal lines in
this image may be a reference to the heavens and earth
which resulted from the work of God's miraculous power.
God - Heaven
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!
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God in the Chinese Language
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.
by William J. Stewart
History of the Chinese Language
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