Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things"
2Ti 2:7.

Monday, November 9, 2026

"GOD is revealed first to the Jews of the East - the Chinese" - a fable


On Nov 8, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Uncle Teoh wrote:

"GOD is revealed first to the Jews of the East, the Chinese in the land of Sinim, China, in their language, and then to the Jews of the West, the Israelites, in their history."

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Uncle Teoh,

For all that the "giasu" and "giasi" Chinese wish to claim, here are some sober statements of the Scriptures.

Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

[Salvation is of the Jews... NOT NOT NOT of the Chinese!]

Romans 3 3:1 ¶ What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

[To the Jews were the ORACLES of God committed, and NOT NOT NOT to the Chinese!!!]

Ga 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

[Any believer in Jesus Christ who claims some kind of superiority based on race has just repudiated the truth of the reconciling/redeeming works of Christ that put all the redeemed on the same level.]

So, for all this deluded claim that God is revealed first to the Jews of the East (and why can't we call the Chinese just plain Chinese, and not "the Jews of the East" ???) ---- that's a very false claim, actually. It WAS NOT God revealing to the Chinese first; it was merely the ancient Chinese, happened by God's providence, to permanently incorporate the fact of ancient biblical history into their iconographic language, so there was NO SPECIAL revelation of God to the Chinese involved, like he had done to the Jews.  THUS such a claim is a FALSE claim.

The Scriptures alone is our sole guide and authority... not some racial sentiments!

adik sing in penang

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On Nov 9, 2014, at 9:44 AM, uncle teoh wrote:

Adik sing ah,
Very interesting, don't know who is right, only God knows. Refer to Isaiah 49:12. Believe final Word will go to China, Sinim, before conclusion of the Gospels.

Uncle Teoh,
That's a whole world of difference from saying that God was revealed first to the Chinese... then to the Jews.

Of course the gospel HAS ALREADY GONE, NOT "will go", to the Chinese, for many hundreds of years ago!

adik sing