Chapter 315: The Promised Land
Fan Yang smiled: "I know something." β
This kind of scene, being able to talk and chat, is also very good, so he said: "In fact, all myths have a common feature, discussing how the world came to be, who is in charge, and who created it?" There are many schools, but almost all schools agree on one truth, the world was chaotic at the beginning, just like the traditional Chinese mythology, the chaos of heaven and earth is like a chicken, a giant named Pangu splits the heaven and earth with an axe, the clear rises to the sky, the turbid descends to the earth, the bones and blood become mountains and rivers and the like, the eyes become the sun and the moon, and then Nuwa creates people, the gods fight, break the pillar of heaven, Nuwa makes up the sky, and then it is the Taishang Sanqing, which spreads into Taoism. β
"Well, well, what about the season?" asked Yang Mei.
And Jidujiao is actually the same, they are all discussing these issues, but his story is different, there is a big feature called monotheism, like Greek mythology and Norse mythology, believing that there is a god in everything, the mountain has a mountain god, the sea has the sea god, the sea god Poseidon, the sun god Apollo, the moon goddess Cynthia, and the goddess of love Venus, but the Jidu religion is different, they believe in only one god, that is, God. β
Xiao Lu asked, "Is that season all God?"
The bayberry in the front row all smiled: "Ji is the son of God." β
Fan Yang also smiled: " Well, that's the way it is, but what he professes, in fact, Catholicism, Jiduism, are all derived from a doctrine, Judaism, about the origin of the world are the same, all admit that there is only one God in the world, the only Allah, God, Yahweh, God used seven days of Genesis, felt that the world was too monotonous, so he built the Garden of Eden, created Adam and Eve, and multiplied human beings, but then human beings killed each other, revealed vices, angered God, launched a flood to destroy the world, and then it was the story of Noah's Ark, and it was the same until nowγ β
"And then?"
"Later, why don't you talk about the front, do you know the Garden of Eden?"
"Yes. β
There is such a concept, when God created the world, he wanted the world to be beautiful, and did not want the people who created it to have too many ideas, and it would be good to live happily in the Garden of Eden, but this world has good and evil, justice and evil, there are angels and demons, but Adam and Eve can't tell the difference, the apple tree in the Garden of Eden, the apple on it is called the fruit of good and evil, Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan, and after stealing the apple, they had emotions, understood good and evil, and gave birth to two sons, one is called Cain, the other is called Abel, Cain is in charge of farming, and Abel is in charge of herding sheep, Once when the two of them offered tribute to God, God praised Abel, so that Cain was jealous, and went back to find an opportunity to kill Abel, which was the first wicked person in the world, spreading evil, and since then, with the reproduction of human beings, there are more and more vices, jealousy, betrayal, crime, war, abuse, injustice, and animals have begun to kill each other, preying on each other, God can't stand it, so he decided to reshuffle the cards, destroy the human beings he created with his own hands, and decided to launch a flood to destroy them, but he couldn't bear it, and decided to leave them a glimmer of hope, leaving all the animals seven males and seven mothers, and the only good man in the world, Noah's familyThis is the story of Noah's Ark. β
"And then?"
Then it comes to one of the core doctrines of Judaism, God's chosen people, after Noah was rescued on the ark, he gave birth to three sons, one is called Shem, one is called Ham, and the other is called Japheth, and soon, the world is again covered with human beings, the descendants of Shem, distributed in Asia, the descendants of Ham, distributed in Africa, the descendants of Japheth, distributed in Europe, when after the great flood, a rainbow appeared in the sky, and God said to mankind, do you see that rainbow, as long as you live well in the future, you will never destroy mankind again, just use this rainbow as a sign, as long as the rainbow is not obscured by dark clouds, you don't have to worry about the monstrous floodγ β
But something unexpected happened to God, and Noah's descendants began to distrust God, and when they migrated to Babylon, they built a Tower of Babel that went up to the sky, and God thought about how to do it, and he deprived mankind of the right to speak different languages. β
Everyone in the car laughed, and Xiao Lu said: "These people's imagination is really rich, using rainbows as a promise, the Tower of Babel, interesting, doesn't Babylon have a hanging garden? β
Fan Yang replied: " No, the Tower of Babel is a myth and legend after all, but the Hanging Garden does have such a meaning, a kind of yearning and sustenance, the religion of God can be widely spread, and his vivid stories and morals are still very related, these stories are indeed wonderful, rich in content, after the Tower of Babel incident, God no longer believes in Noah's descendants, the world is clearer, God silently watched human beings, do not communicate with human beings, until one day, he chose a new spokesperson, this person is named Arab Han, this man, later revered as all Hebrews, and the common ancestor of the Arabs, because he was the first person to contact the will of God, so another concept was derived, which is the prophet, and the Arabhan is recognized as the first prophet, and it is the same to this place, and the three great religions all recognize this. β
Yangmei was already half-understood, and when she heard Fan Yang say this, she understood: "When you say this, I understand that the Arabs are the common ancestors of the Hebrews and the Arabs, and the Hebrews divided the Jews, and did they start to divide from here?"
Fan Yang nodded and said: "Yes, it is from here that the separation began, after the Arab Han became a prophet, God gave him a will, let him go to a place, go to that place to develop descendants, and promised him a strong country, this place is the Holy Land, the Holy City, Jerusalem." β
The more people listened, the more fascinated they became.
Fan Yang continued: " There is also a little story here, God gave his handmaiden, Sarah, to Arabian, so that Arabian gave birth to a second son at the age of 100, named Isaac, this person is the chosen son, God in order to test Arabian to fulfill the holy oracle, overcome many difficulties, go to the Holy Land of Jerusalem's determination, test him, let him sacrifice Isaac's life to God, Arabian took his son to the mountain to sacrifice, his son asked, why don't we bring sacrifices, Arabian said you are the sacrifice, when he was about to kill him, God appeared and told him that this is God's tempering, after this time, Arabian officially became the new Noahand led his descendants to Jerusalem. β
Kyoko Sugihara asked, "Why did you go to Jerusalem?"
Fan Yang replied: " Because this is what God gave to Arabia, tell him that this is the center of the world, a place flowing with milk and honey, before Columbus discovered the New World, the navigation technology was immature, people could not conquer the sea, they didn't know that there were Americas, Australia, Antarctica and the North Pole, they only knew Europe, Asia and Africa, because these three continents are connected, and it is also very magical, God said that Jerusalem is the center of the world, the closest place to God, and later it was confirmed that Jerusalem is really the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, and it is also true to say that it is the center of the continentγ β
"Is this the Promised Land?" asked Yangmei.
"Yes, the Promised Land, Canaan. β
"And then?"
"And then Ah, then Arabhan took his son Isaac and went to Jerusalem, and lived happily, and Isaac had two sons, the eldest of whom was called Esau, and the younger named Israel, and Jacob, who were the ancestors of the Jews. β
"Israel, is this the country Israel that we are now?" asked Yang Mei.
"Yes. Fan Yang clapped his palms: "This is Israel, the Israel that the United States helped the Jews to restore the country, and the Israel established is to commemorate the meaning of this history." β
Kyoko Sugihara was fascinated by what she heard: "Don't interrupt, talk quickly." β
"The story of mankind, there are fights, these two sons are no exception, when the two sons were not born, God said that two great nations, two peoples, should come out of the belly, and then it was fulfilled, Esau is the ancestor of the Edomites, Israel is the ancestor of the Jews, the eldest son Esau likes to hunt, lively and active, the younger son Israel has a quiet personality, intelligent, loves to hide in tents, and then Alabethham went to see God, the two sons fought over the inheritance, Esau always bullied Israel, and Israel always repaid the grievances with virtue, and finally God was moved by Jacob's wisdom and kindness, chose Israel, and made an agreement with IsraelFrom now on, this is how his descendants, the Jews, God's chosen people, have been blessed and blessed by God. β
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