China, Magog?
Americans thought that they could earn big money by leveraging cheaper labor force and a huge scale of market China would offer.
But Japan is closer to China and Germany looks more experienced in export to China than the US.
Market Share of Domestic Foreign Automakers in China
0. China..........................40.3%
1. Germany...................18.8%
2. JAPAN......................16.4%
3. USA.............................12.4%
4. S. Korea.....................8.8%
5. France........................3.1%
6. Others........................0.2%
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Let's see how sales of cars in China have changed in these decades.
In 1995, the amount of cars sold in China was just 1,450,000. But in 2005, total 5,870,000 cars were sold. It grew to 18,060,000 in 2010.
So, the years from 2005 to 2010 was really a drastic period of time for China in terms of economic growth.
But money invites crimes. The number of Chinese who came to be involved in criminal acts increased so much in the above economically high-growth rate period.
Further statistics show that the number of those who commit a suicide every year is about 290,000 in China. China is the only country where more female citizens kill themselves than men do.
Moreover, 100 million Chinese have some sort of mental disease. And serious mental illness is found in 16 million Chinese. China is now building more and more new mental hospitals. It is also suspected that the Chinese Government put anti-government activists into mental hospitals in a compulsory manner.
What's more, according to a report of WHO, there are six million prostitutes in China.
Consequently some Christians are afraid that China will become anti-Christian superpower soon or later since China might be linked to some prophecies in the Bible
Again, the Bible deals primarily with Israel. Since Magog’s descendants migrated to an area largely independent of the civilizations developing in the Middle East, no sons of Magog are listed in Scripture.
However, Jewish historian Josephus indicated where Magog’s descendants settled. He wrote in the first century, “Magog founded those that from him were named Magogites, but who are by the Greeks called Scythians” (The Complete Works of Josephus).
Today the land the Bible calls Magog is dominated in the west by Russia—which is reasserting control over the region it once possessed through the USSR—and China in the east.
While the Mongols’ connection to Magog is most obvious, they were just one tribe of a related people that carry the biblical name Magog. Ezekiel 38 is a prophecy about the land of Magog and all the distant “cousins” that live there and are associated with each other, such as the Russians and Chinese. One of the Mongolic nomadic tribes in this area bears a special relationship with China. They are the Khitan, a people responsible for China’s modern name and one of China’s biblical names, Chittim.
Jewish historian Josephus records that some descendants of Japheth—such as the families of Gomer, Tubal and Togarmah—first settled in southern Europe before migrating east into Asia. Kittim was one such family, originally settling lands to the west of Mesopotamia before moving to the Far East.
After their migration through Central Asia, the Kittim made their appearance in modern-day northern China and Mongolia under the name Khitan in the fourth century A.D. In the 10th century, the Khitan people managed to create a dynasty that subjugated the peoples, including the Chinese, in modern-day northern China. Their territory stretched from what is now Korea to eastern Kazakhstan, including Beijing, the seat of government in China today.
Because the Khitans controlled the overland trade and communication route from China through Central Asia to Europe, China was called Cathay, after the Khitans. The designation first applied to north China, but later designated all of China. It is a name the Russians still use for China today.
The history of these nomads shows just how strong a connection China has with biblical Magog.
Every prophetic indication is that China has a strong connection with Gog and Magog. Ezekiel 38:2 refers to China. Along with Russia, China dominates the entire area of Magog and is associated with the nations listed in subsequent verses.
Any map will show that north and east of Jerusalem are Russia and China, the two dominant powers of the land biblically referred to as Magog!
So back to our original question: Will China become the world’s next dominating superpower after the decline of the U.S.? The answer is no!
Though it will grow to tremendous world power, even superpower status—especially through economic means, as indicated in Isaiah 23—it will not rise to the top spot. That position will be filled by the European power led by Germany! After a short economic partnership, China will violently contend with the king of the north for global dominance.
But this war will end when Jesus Christ returns and destroys both powers!
After that, according to biblical prophecy, Christ will restore His government on Earth, a government that will bring peace and prosperity for 1,000 years. Yet Ezekiel 38 prophesies that not every nation will submit to Christ’s rule voluntarily. Soon after the Second Coming, the people of Asia will form an army in order to attack the people living in Jerusalem!
This will be the last great rebellion in the 1,000-year period. Christ will utterly destroy it and deliver His people. It is a grand statement from God: “Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezekiel 38:23).Anyway, nobody thinks that China is now being guided by a holy spirit God sends to it.
http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/7583.21705.129.0/asia/china/is-china-in-the-bible
http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/reference/chinese-bible_bajbj.html
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Luk 1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Luk 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Luk 1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.