The Word "LORD" In Chinese Character

A note by Chin San Soh in his Facebook Page.

This whole thing started when I was in Kinokuniya 2 years ago, and I came across a secular book "Fun with Chinese Characters" - which some of you may have read it when you were young.

 I came across Berinda's Chinese name "慧" which means "wisdom" - and right there when the secular book explained the pictograph, I saw it! A Bible revelation! I'd share that next time. 

Pastor Mark Ng and Pastor Alan Hiu have also been instrumental in helping me to be sensitive to seeing Jesus, Bible stories or revelations in Chinese Characters. And their revelations are beautiful.

This one I just saw in the book 4 days ago, I'm not sure if this has been shared before but my heart just explodes when it became clear - and light came. 

I came across the pictograph explanation of the word "主" which means Lord in Chinese. The word "Lord" is important to Christians. In the Bible, it says

Revelation 19:16 ~ And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS." 

The word "Lord" in Chinese Character is derived from the picture of a lamp.

Jesus is Lord - that's why Christians refer to Jesus as "Lord Jesus" in our prayers.

As you can see, the Chinese Character "主" which is "Lord" shows a picture of a Lampstand.  A Lampstand! In the Holy Place of the Tabernacle that God asks Moses to prepare, there is a golden Lampstand. 

Exodus 

25:31 ~ “You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. 

25:32 ~ And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side."

                           Golden Lampstand                  Lord in Chinese Character                            

As we learnt from studies of the tabernacle in New Creation, this Golden Lampstand is a picture of Jesus! For example, it is made of pure gold, not gold plated. Gold speaks of divinity in the Bible. It shall be "hammered work" - and speaks of the beating that Jesus endured on the cross. 

  

And now we see the pictograph of "Lord" is the picture of a Lampstand. Hallelujah! 

Psalm 119:105 ~ Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. (added)

Not only that, if you realized, for the Lampstand, there are 3 horizontal lines across the centre stick that eventually branches out to be the 6 other lights (representing churches). It is once again no coincidence that 3 horizontal lines across the Chinese word "Lord", "主“! 

And finally, the explanation of why "Lord" is represented by the Lampstand in this secular book. 

 "It symbolizes a man who spreads light".

There was a story of a woman caught in adultery. And the pharisees wanted to condemn and stone her. But Jesus saved her, and gave the woman the gift of no condemnation, which gave her the power to sin no more. What a beautiful Saviour we have! He could condemn her, but He would not, instead showed the sinner perfect grace.

After that, Jesus spoke and said  in John 8:12  ~ I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

The Lord declares that He is the Light Himself! 

If your life is now surrounded by darkness, or confusion, or you lack revelation in a certain area, just proclaim "Lord Jesus you are the Light that casts out ALL darkness. In You, there is no darkness, no confusion, no fear and worry. You are Lord! You are Light! You are Life! I am in You. Amen!" 

Jesus the Golden Lampstand, the Lord of our lives, the Light of the World!

God hides BEAUTIFUL pictures of our Lord Jesus in Chinese Characters! 

There is a lot more to share which I'd take a picture of next time. 

Many thanks to Pastor Mark and Pastor Alan. :)

My Miracle Seed

We booked our ticket to Singapore about a month ago and the purpose of going to Singapore is as usual, to visit the New Creation Church. When we checked up NCC website at the beginning of this month, they announced that Pastor Prince will be away in Indonesia during our time in Singapore. To some, this was indeed a disappointment …

As the date drew near, we found out that Pastor Prince had cancelled his preaching engagement in Indonesia and has been scheduled to preach on the Sunday we were in Singapore… Hallelujah!

Just a few days before our departure, I was informed that the coming Sunday would be their Miracle Seed Sunday. Wow, Miracle Seed Sunday… and what a God incidence… I then made up my mind on the amount to sow but at the airport, I felt the need to go to the ATM machine to make up what the Lord wanted me to sow …

As usual, we reached SunTec City at 7.00am in the morning but to our surprise, the queue was much longer than usual. According to my past experience, we could have secured the first 100 tickets for the reserved seats and have the privilege to break off the queue for our breakfast. But not this time… Before the start of the preaching, Pastor Prince mentioned about Pastor Mark calling him enlightening him of the verse from Genesis 8:22 which was the date for the Miracle Seed Sunday (22.08.2010)…

Genesis 8:22 ~ "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease."

It was a wonderful service and at last, my miracle seed was in the box…

On Monday night, all of us were invited by Pastor Kenny Chee, Senior Pastor of World Revival Prayer Fellowship, to have dinner at his house. I got to know Pastor Kenny through Facebook and was introduced by Pastor Peter Sze of the New Covenant Church in KL. I was told by Pastor Kenny to alight from MRT at Jurong East Station and to wait for him to fetch us from there in two trips. We started our journey at Bugis, using the “Green Route” heading for Jurong East. It was a familiar route for me as my cousin was staying in Clementi twenty years ago before they moved to Choa Chu Kang and then recently settled down in a landed property at Kranji area. I could even memorized each subsequent stations… City Hall..., Tiong Baru, Redhill, Queenstown, Commonwealth, Buona Vista… As the train moved on, I was in the train recapturing my memories... I could still remember when Norman was a little boy, I used to make train stations using his Lego set and we even named the station after Buona Vista, because of its unique pronunciation.

When the train stopped at Buona Vista Station, some familiar structures in the nearby construction yard caught my attention… Hey, that’s 1 North! I have been asking my cousin and friends in Singapore about the location of 1 North but they just gave me the name like Holland Grove and some other names and I could never have any idea where 1 North is located.

At that very moment, I began to realize again how faithful our Lord can be. As He has brought me all the way from Kuching to sow my miracle seed, He would for sure, never let me sowed my seed without knowing where the sowing ground is. To some, I maybe a fool, but praise God, this covenant of grace is fool proof! With all these God incidence moments, this sowing ground is definitely a good sowing ground and my seed was indeed, a miracle seed. For this, I also have to thanks Pastor Kenny for being sensitive to the leading of the Spirit and invited us to his house for dinner. The Beef Goulash that night was fabulous... Adrian, our western food taster could testify to that because he had double portions that night.

At the time of writing this post, the Lord has already given me back my seed. Wow... I am so blessed to be chosen to sow this miracle seed and I am now hopefully expecting the tsunami of blessings that the Lord has promised me at Kuching Airport!

Life Group Meeting ~ My Hipstamatic Prints

These are the dishes (local delicacies to go with porridge) for to-night's Life Group meeting...

Pickled Lettuce is somehow looks ordinary and also gives an impression of an under favor choice to go with porridge. But this skillful recipe has changed the opinion of many who have tasted it… It is cheap and appetizing and is set to prompt you for another bowl of porridge…

 Imported Seasoned VegetablefFried with Minced Pork

Local Seasoned Vegetable fried with Pork Belly, topped with Peanuts

 Traditional Egg Pan Cake With Dried Vegetable

Deep fried Minced Pork with Salted Fish... A dish that can bring you back to your childhood memories. Highly recommended by the Chef!

 

 Salted Egg

Spicy Smiling Fish cooked with Sour Eggplant

Porridge Boiled with Sweet Potatoes

Lens: Helga Viking, Film: Kodot Verichrome, Flash: Standard

After the supper, we had our wonderful DVD video session with Pastor Mark Ng from New Creation Church while he preached on "Jesus Alone Saves -  Not man, Idols Or Superstitious Practices". In his preaching, he expounded the beauty of our Lord and His love for us...

Second Chance

My cousin, Winston brought the word of Grace to our family in November 2008. It was a time of troubled heart because my husband was down with Hepatitis C. Not only the cost of his medication was so high, but he had to quit working and at the same time, he was suffering from the effects of the medication.

Praise be unto God, after listening to a tape recording of the Word of God by Pastor Mark Ng of New Creation Church which was brought by Winston, my husband opened up his heart to receive Christ. Now, my husband is healed...

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