SECTION I: GILDING CHINA
China is to surpass Japan in terms of GDP, according to global reporting:
However, it is a common practice in China to intentionally stretch or contract data figures and statistics numbers for the purpose to delude an enemy.
It is regarded as a fool's act in China to present honest and accurate data to the audience including an enemy.
Therefore, it is suspected that China has been informing the world of its GDP using a value inflated by 10% more in these 20 years.
China's GDP in 2009 can be still 10% less in reality than what is announced internationally.
Japan is far more governed with justice, fairness, and correctness as its industrial products are.
SECTION II: Christ, Columbus, and Prophecies
Jesus Christ said that there would be great earthquakes; nations would stand against one another; and the dead would come back alive.
Indeed, the great earthquake in Haiti really matched these conditions, especially as Haiti is on an island where at least some portions of the body of Columbus were buried after having been moved from Spain.
Let's check contents of The Book of Prophecies written by Columbus:
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1. Christianity must be spread throughout the world
2. The Garden of Eden must be found - It was the common belief in the Middle Ages that the biblical Garden of Eden must have been on the top of a crag or mountaintop so that it would not have been affected by the first destruction of the world by flood. Upon arriving in Venezuela in 1498, Columbus must have surely thought that the verdant crags of Venezuela bore the garden of the Old Testament of the Bible.
3. A Last Crusade must take back the Holy Land from the Muslims - It was also believed that when Christ comes, he will come back in the place he lived and died; Jerusalem.
4. A Last World Emperor must be chosen - Columbus had chosen, at least in his mind, that the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella, would fulfill this position due to the vast imperial power and religious conviction the Spanish monarchs claimed. A last world emperor would be necessary to lead the aforementioned crusade against the Muslims and to greet Christ at Jerusalem once the previous steps had been completed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Prophecies
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Columbus just looks like a plain Christian. But, it does not preclude a possibility that he was pretending to be a Christian while being a Judaist. Even after his adventure, he must have proven that he was a Christian. But, if somebody close to the Catholic Kings, Ferdinand and Isabella, sensed that he was probably not a Christian at the bottom of his heart, it is no wonder that Columbus gradually lost respect and honor.
Indeed, there are some Americans who start to review Columbus:
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Was Christopher Columbus Jewish?
A Prophetic Book and the New World
by Ray Bentley
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- There is evidence that Columbus spoke Spanish while still living in Italy, an unusual situation unless his family had originated in Spain. Spanish-speaking Jewish refugees from the Inquisition were numerous in the Genoa area.
- The form "Colón" which Columbus adopted as the Spanish equivalent of his last name was not the expected form (which would have been"Colom" or "Colombo"). It was however a common Jewish variation on the name.
- Columbus was known to frequent the company of Jews and former Jews, among whom were some noted astronomers and navigators, as well as his official translator. Marranos (another term for Jews forced to convert) figured prominently among Columbus's backers and crew. Throughout his life he demonstrated a keen knowledge of the Bible and the geography of the Holy Land.
- Columbus began the official report of his first voyage to America, addressed to Ferdinand and Isabella, with the following words: "And thus, having expelled all the Jews from all your kingdoms and dominions, in the month of January, Your Highnesses commanded me that...I should go to the said parts of India." This is a strange fact to mention in this context, and it is not even correct: The order of expulsion was not signed until March 31st.
- The fact that the expulsion of Spanish Jewry and Columbus' voyage coincided is telling. Even when Columbus was scheduled to set sail on August 3rd, he insisted that his entire crew be ready on board a full day earlier. August 2nd 1492 was the day that had been ordained for the last Jews of Spain to depart the country. Hundreds of thousands of Jews were departed from Spain on that dark day.
- When this coincidence of dates was first noted by the Spanish biographer S. de Madariaga, the English Jewish historian Cecil Roth also commented on the "coincidence" August 2nd 1492 coinciding with Tisha B'av, the Jewish fast of mourning. It was as if Columbus had arranged to remain on board ship for that ill-omened day, and to depart only afterwards.
- Columbus discussed particular dates and phrases unique to Hebrew people. When writing about the fall of Jerusalem, he said "the destruction of the second house," referring to the Temple.
Suddenly, for me, a whole new light was shed on the discovery of America and some of our current politics. And that light is even more amazing when I read The Book of Prophecies by Christopher Columbus.
Columbus truly believed he was on a mission from God. Over and over in his written logs he dedicated his voyage to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The book is full of numerous references to Muslim domination and the conflict between Muslims and Christians and Jews - comments that would be extremely politically sensitive in today's climate, but seem eerily prophetic. Columbus held the same passion and regard for Jerusalem and God's people as many Christians do today.
http://www.maranathachapel.org/about/ray/articles/was_christopher_columbus_jewis.html
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Indeed, Columbus must have always acted like a Christian or a converted Christian, though his ancestors included Judaists. Otherwise, the Spanish Royal court would not allow him to sail for adventure based on their authority.
Truly, Columbus read a certain famous book written by Venetian Marco Polo (1254-1324) who had travelled by road east as far as China. Marco Polo mentioned Japan as a nation of gold, which is believed to have encouraged Columbus to venture into exploration into Asia from the west, since he could get gold easily in Japan as whatever resources for his final adventure to Jerusalem.
Including this episode, Christopher Columbus is truly a God's chosen man who pursued a solution for his belief.
After 500 years plus some, it must be time to revive his spirit, since he was born in 1451.
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Luk 1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Luk 1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
Luk 1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.