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Dear brothers and sisters, peace be with you. Time flies so quickly—once again, we find ourselves in the season of Christmas and the snowy embrace of another winter. Just like life itself, in the blink of an eye, we transition to middle age and then swiftly into the years past our fifties. The next station? Old age is inevitably ahead of us—a journey we all must take. Whether we like it or not, as residents of Canada, one of the most essential lessons we must learn is how to live with winter.

Winter in Canada takes up at least a quarter of the year, and life mirrors this rhythm. The period after fifty, moving into old age, also makes up at least a quarter of our lives. Like it or not, we must rely on the truth to learn how to embrace and navigate the years of aging that lie ahead. This is a lesson we must actively learn—not everyone can live a victorious and God-pleasing life in their later years.

There is a famous film titled Life Is Beautiful. Today’s sermon text, drawn from 1 Chronicles 4:21-23, consists of three invaluable verses that inspire our theme: “A Beautiful Remaining Life.”

For us as believers, the greatest blessing in life after coming to Christ is the victorious future we are promised after baptism. However, not everyone can achieve a beautiful remaining life. Aging and death are like heavy chains or axes that relentlessly seize people’s later years, often rendering them prey for Satan.

This Christmas season, the Chinese-speaking world has witnessed an elderly woman of great renown present us with a strikingly different response to aging and death—a response that many find compelling. Let us first examine Qiong Yao’s farewell letter. Please turn to the next page.

Let me read the letter that Qiong Yao left for the world before her suicide. We can also view it as a letter of intimidation to all humankind, especially to middle-aged and elderly people within the Chinese community. She said that the design of life and its process by the heavens (i.e., God) is not ideal. When people grow old, they must go through a painful period of weakness, degeneration, illness, hospital visits, treatments, and the possibility of becoming bedridden and reliant on life support. This period can be long or short, but for those who are destined to die, it is a great torment! If one is unlucky, they may end up as bedridden elderly people relying on tubes for life support. I have witnessed such tragic situations, and I don’t want that kind of death.

There are various reasons why she chose to end her life voluntarily, but one of the most important reasons she wrote about was her fear of the ultimate tragic state of aging and death. By taking matters into her own hands, at least she could achieve a kind of spiritual victory. Whether as the subject she mentioned or because of her nearly century-long influence on the Chinese-speaking world, it is evident that this letter of death intimidation generated widespread empathy. Even those of us who have just entered middle age feel a bit unnerved.

We all have a Qiong Yao living within us. We can even say that our first reaction is that she is right. If we believe she is right, two inevitable logical consequences arise. First, we should follow her path; second, the more cruel result is that if Qiong Yao is right, then God is wrong. He did not design life… at least not in a way that satisfies Qiong Yao or any of us. So the question now is: was Qiong Yao wrong, or was God wrong?

There is a traditional Chinese saying that death is the greatest event in life. My following comments are for the mercy of God, and I will speak as truthfully as possible. Was Qiong Yao right or wrong? I can’t quite recall if she was 86 or 85. Qiong Yao’s life and all her works, her literary works, are textbook evidence of Satan’s lies. This person and all her writings are textbook evidence of Satan’s lies.

Remember, the greatest difference between Satan’s lies and human lies is that Satan’s lies contain many facts. However, the overall purpose and result they pursue is to deviate from God and make death, the devil, and sin the eternal masters of life. Qiong Yao, and all her works, are textbook examples of Satan’s lies for at least three reasons. First, she lied to God; second, she lied to humanity; third, she lied to herself. Let’s go through these one by one.

First, let’s talk about how she lied to God. God created mankind. Let’s return to Genesis 1, specifically verses 26 to 28. This is the original pattern that we, especially those advocating for Christian reconstruction, are constantly trying to return to. God gave us His image, creating man and woman in His image. Why did He create them? The reason is to manage the world. Whether or not we acknowledge Adam as the first human, in Genesis 2, this mission is reiterated—God created man and woman, with the woman being a helper. What does “helper” mean? It means helping Adam to manage and govern the world. So, we see that the basic mission and paradigm that God originally created for man and woman is this three-part structure: God; humanity, consisting of man and woman; and the management and governance of the world. This is the three-part structure of the cosmic order that God established. If any part of this structure is missing, it is a fatal subversion of God’s truth by Satan.

The reason the serpent was able to corrupt Adam and Eve is that it destroyed this structure. The serpent is an animal, and in Genesis 1, humans are meant to govern animals. If humans do not manage animals but are instead managed by them, the order is overturned. Furthermore, the serpent urged both Eve and Adam to turn away from God and His words, and to become masters of their own lives. So, in Genesis 1, the three-part structure of “God, man and woman, and the world” is subverted, and Satan became king. Let’s emphasize once more the essential features of this structure: God, man and woman, and the world—each is indispensable. This is the basic structure of the universe created by God. Now, let’s look at Qiong Yao’s life and her literary world to see how this subversion was carried out.

In Qiong Yao’s life and her literary works, first, she erased God. Before her death, she taught herself and her family, “I am a thorough atheist.” So, in this three-part structure, God is removed.

Second, the world is also removed. In Qiong Yao’s world, in her literary world, there is no world. Now, there’s a problem. No one can truly escape from the structure of “God, man and woman, and the world” unless they use the serpent’s means to replace God and the world with something else. Thus, she made a fatal reconstruction. What was it? Man is the god of woman, and woman is the god of man. Anyone who has read Qiong Yao’s works knows what I’m talking about, so I won’t explain it further. This is the first step of subversion.

What is the second step of subversion? Man is the world of woman, and woman is the world of man. If you understand what I’m saying here, you should have an “aha” moment, recognizing what Qiong Yao’s works are all about. Over twenty years ago, I wrote an article titled The Merchant Exile’s Diary, which was excerpted by Southern Weekend and Reader’s Digest. In that article, I talked about Qiong Yao’s works. I summarized them in three sentences. First, a man and a woman should be good together; second, no matter how hard they try, they can never be truly good; third, in the end, they are either together or not together. This is a simple summary of all of Qiong Yao’s works. But today, when we view this through the framework of Genesis 1, we can see it more clearly and thoroughly.

In Qiong Yao’s world, there is only man and woman. And man is the god of woman. The so-called god means that I cannot live without you for even a day, I cannot live without you for my whole life, I can never live without you. The result is the second conclusion: you are my world, you are everything to me. What is the most tragic conclusion of this subversion? Man and woman are both finite. He/she cannot become your god, satisfying all your comfort and needs. He/she cannot bear the weight of the creator, for the created cannot bear the weight of the Creator. On the other hand, because his/her life is solely focused on the opposite sex, the entire world disappears. So, when we look at Qiong Yao’s life and works, including the suicide of Sanmao, in their entire life history, their joys, anger, sorrow, and happiness have absolutely nothing to do with the world that God created, or the mission given to humanity to govern and manage the world.

I think God not only looks at people like Xi Jinping, tyrants, and political rogues, lamenting and regretting creating people on Earth, but He also looks at women like Sanmao and Qiong Yao, and He would equally lament and regret, “Why did I create you? I created you to manage the world, yet you made each other your world.” We can say that today, whether in society or in the church, the root cause of the fall to this point lies here—that humanity has abandoned the responsibility of governing the world.

America has come to this point, Europe as well, and especially China. On one hand, Qiong Yao, representing modern society’s writers, successfully turned the opposite sex and sensuality into gods and, at the same time, made them her entire world. On the other hand, in this subversion, Christianity has also become an accomplice with its famous “Marriage and Family Theology.” All those in the church who focus on marriage and family theology as their center of service are nothing but Qiong Yao wearing a pastor’s robe. They have fabricated the illusion of a perfect marriage and focused all their wisdom, energy, and interpretative drive on how to once again turn men into the world of women and women into the world of men, completely ignoring the world and the ruler of this world, the devil and his agents. So, we say that the first reason Qiong Yao is a textbook example of Satan’s lies is that she lied to God.

The second reason is that she lies to humanity, she lies about life. What does that mean? If you carefully examine this sentence, carefully think about it, is what she says true? Is it really the case that all people, after reaching middle age, after crossing fifty and becoming elderly, will enter the kind of near-hell farewell mode she describes? The answer is “No,” it’s not like that.

Now, it is Christmas season. Many people have shared the story of Christmas, and in 2024, we can shift the focus of our Christmas narrative. This focus is in the scripture on the left. In fact, in the Christmas story, besides the shepherds, angels, manger, and baby, may we always remember two elderly people. The light of Christmas, the light of our Lord Jesus Christ, entered this world to illuminate the darkness. This liberation, this blessing, this salvation, you will find, it came to men and women, to Joseph and Mary—a young couple, to the baby, to the rulers, to the poor shepherds, but it also came to the elderly. Among them, there are two famous elderly figures: one is Simeon, the other is Anna.

From the full context of the scripture, we can see that Anna was actually older than Qiong Yao, and even older than Lin Wanzhen. Lin Wanzhen is 94 this year. If Anna had been widowed for 84 years, she might be over 100 years old. From this scripture alone, we can see that they lived through another or even more beautiful period of time in their lives, which is old age.

Why do we understand it this way? Because Simeon said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word.” Well, everyone! Just the word “peacefully” alone completely overturns, heals, subverts, eliminates, and triumphs over aging, weakness, degeneration, sickness, hospital visits, treatment, incurability, misery, and fear, right? Not all elderly people leave this world in such a miserable way. So, what kind of person leaves this world in peace and joy? It is the one who is both righteous and devout. We preach the true gospel of Christ. Facing the letter of intimidation that makes us tremble, God today, through the scripture, has once again liberated us. We can leave this world in peace. However, Christianity needs to be rebuilt. Those beliefs that aim for selfish goals must be completely discarded. We need to rebuild Christian life, Christian living, from today, into a life of righteousness and devotion. Only in this way can we depart this world peacefully. This is also in complete alignment with the truth often spoken in the Bible: “The righteous shall live by faith.”

It’s not just one old man (Simeon) who is like this, but also the old woman. The prophetess, named Anna. You see, she never left the temple, fasting and praying, serving God day and night. If Simeon shows us that the way to depart peacefully is through political righteousness, then Anna shows us that sisters should not take political risks. Instead, pray, fast, and serve God day and night in the church. This is the beautiful testimony that all the sisters in the Vancouver Christian Fellowship and Vancouver Christian Action Fellowship are giving, and God will greatly bless you. Our old age will be peaceful and joyful, just like Anna, or even more so.

In fact, in our own lives, we can see this basic truth: some truly righteous and devout people, elderly people who serve God day and night, depart this world peacefully. This is true. However, I cannot deny another fact: indeed, we have seen too many cases of death, like Qiong Yao or her second husband, which are truly tragic. But the reason for that should not be found in God; it should be found in themselves.

Now, I present the third piece of evidence that Qiong Yao embodies a textbook example of the devil’s lies—lying to herself. More precisely, it’s lying about her own sins. Why do some people have such a tragic old age? I want to tell everyone, we must be vigilant, because ultimately, it is due to the accumulated sins in your life that must be repaid. From today, let us stop sinning and remain vigilant and cautious.

In fact, the very description of old age being so tragic and filled with illness is a lie. If you’re even a little bit honest, as fathers and mothers, think about it—when your children were young, did they get sick more often, or did the elderly around you get sick more often? I remember when my child was born and went to kindergarten, we had to take them to the hospital all the time. We tend to idealize childhood and adolescence, but this is not the reality. Statistically, there is no conclusion that old age makes people more prone to sickness. When does old age become riddled with illness? One very important reason is that in your childhood, especially in your youth and prime years, you accumulated sins, and in your old age, your body will eventually pay the price. Your stomach problems and all your diseases can be traced back to the indulgence, recklessness, lack of self-discipline, evil actions, and obstinacy throughout your long life. This is exactly the case with Qiong Yao.

I’ll give just one example. No matter how people want to sympathize with and understand her, the fact is that Qiong Yao, as the “third party” in a relationship, is basically telling the truth. Where did she witness such a tragic scene? It was when Ping Xintao passed away, his body full of tubes—this scene left a lasting memory, an unbearable sight. However, this man and woman, deeply immersed in sin, never repented. I don’t know much about Lin Wanzhen’s situation, but in this love triangle, Lin Wanzhen was a victim, and a relatively kind person. When she was sick, she invited Qiong Yao, who was eight years younger than her, to be a nurse. She showed deep sympathy and affection for her plight, but Qiong Yao ended up having an affair with her husband. After enduring for many years, Lin Wanzhen divorced her husband, who had children and a family.

We cannot simply say that this extramarital affair is an unforgivable sin in the eyes of God. If that were the case, we wouldn’t be able to evaluate David and Bathsheba’s love and marriage. In fact, you can imagine that even when David was committing adultery with Bathsheba, God’s rebuke did not immediately follow. When did God rebuke David through the prophet? It was when they murdered Uriah. When you violate someone’s dignity, their rights, you harm their interests, or even take their life, God’s anger comes upon you. Even if Qiong Yao and Ping Xintao had “love,” they deeply hurt Lin Wanzhen from start to finish.

But this is not the full extent of Qiong Yao and Ping Xintao’s evil. What is their greater sin? Qiong Yao spent the rest of her life covering up her evil by defining it as “love.” This is the essence of all of Qiong Yao’s works: self-defense of lust. In real life, we have seen women with this type of external, promiscuous nature. Not only can they not live without men, but they also indulge in these relationships without hesitation. One moment they show affection and friendship to a sister, and the next, they shamelessly sleep with their husband. Why are they so unbothered by it? Because they have an escape: “This is love,” “A marriage without love is immoral.”

The world is truly governed by God. Looking at Ping Xintao and Qiong Yao, you know that God exists. You can lie to yourself, you can use love to cover up your harm to yourself and others, but God is not to be mocked. He does not let the guilty go unpunished. Everyone who sins in this world and refuses to repent will follow the path of Ping Xintao and Qiong Yao in their old age, otherwise, there is no God. All of us should fear and tremble at this simple fact, that we still have the chance to repent and rebuild our lives.

Today, the case is solved. Did Qiong Yao commit suicide? No, Qiong Yao was “killed” by “Him/He.” This “Him/He” has two directions. First, it refers to God’s hand, “Him.” Qiong Yao died by “His” will. The second direction is that “He” refers to a man, and that man killed her. Why did Qiong Yao commit suicide? Aside from the fear of old age and illness, there was another factor: her life was dominated by lust. The whole world had no place in her life, and certainly, God had no place either. Men, lust, and love became the entirety of her life. But there was an insurmountable barrier—what was it? That is, “Time changes everything.” A life that treats men as gods, treats the opposite sex as the whole world, when that attention fades with aging, such a person truly becomes someone who has nothing to live for and no reason to fear death. In this sense, it was the man who “killed” Qiong Yao.

The reconstruction of Christianity involves an important effort: to rebuild the structure outlined in the first chapter of Genesis. We must remember that men are not everything, and women are not everything. God created us to manage all things. This world is filled with beautiful plants, animals, neighbors, mountains, rivers, stars, and the moon. Have you ever taken a moment to set aside part of your energy to gaze at, manage, care for, and show mercy to God’s creation? This world is far larger than just one man or one woman. It is in this place that we will truly gain infinite freedom and peace.

In the Christmas of 2024, I hope that at least the brothers and sisters of the Christian Fellowship and the Christian Action Fellowship will embark on a new day—a day when we transcend the narrow prison of men and women and return to obey God’s calling for us. That calling includes the divine, great blessings: freedom, peace, and prosperity. Perhaps because of this, on the eve of Christmas 2024, God actually showed us two bodies: one man’s body, Ping Xintao, and one woman’s body, Qiong Yao. At the same time, He also showed us the two elderly figures from the Bible, one named Simeon, the other Anna.

What kind of life do we want in the years ahead, starting from now? You can choose, but there is no third option. However, not everyone can truly begin a beautiful remainder of life. Today’s genealogy begins, like the beautiful life and remainder of life, with two corpses. This genealogy is the genealogy of Judah. Judah married the daughter of Shua, who may have been Shua’s daughter or a proper noun. Her name, “the daughter of Shua,” actually means “rich girl” in Chinese—wealthy. She bore three sons: the firstborn, Er; the second, Onan; and Shelah. We have not paid much attention to Shelah or these three verses, but the truth revealed in this genealogy is something we seek God’s help for today. May we understand that every word in the Bible contains God’s great blessings.

Who is Shelah? Shelah is a person who has experienced life and death. Both of his brothers died. God saw that Er was wicked, so He let him die. Perhaps he died of a terminal illness, like Ping Xintao, and no one cared. Not only did Er die, but Onan died too, and Er died again. I may have confused the sequence, but it doesn’t matter—both brothers are dead. Do you know what this means for Shelah? And what it means for you and me? On Christmas Eve of 2024, Ping Xintao is dead, and Qiong Yao is also dead, and we have all become like Shelah. We could choose the path of the first two people, right? But there is another choice: to choose the path of Shelah, the remainder of our life, the life that cannot repeat the way of Er, Onan, Qiong Yao, and Ping Xintao.

I must begin a completely new life. Not just for myself, but for my children and for everyone in my family tree, a completely new life must begin. May our church, the Walk of Righteousness, be a witness to this new choice. We have witnessed too many people passing away, but God wants to use their departure, especially their tragic departure, to call His beloved people, “Can you come back to life?” This is the blessing we truly want to preach today. We must rethink how we should live the rest of our lives. Are you in your forties? Fifties? Sixties? Seventies? I want to tell you, there is still time, there is still a chance to walk the path of Shelah’s family.

Shelah’s name is hardly known, and people don’t realize that such a great calling is entrusted to him, a calling that is closely related to you and me. Judah’s son is Shelah. Shelah, in other words, is the true survivor. In our lives, we have not only seen how people around us pass away, but in fact, I myself have experienced life-and-death situations multiple times. But we must think, God spared Shelah’s life and did not take it away. Should we not consider what we are to do with the life He has spared? How can we live up to God’s choice for us and His salvation for us?

When mainstream Christianity speaks of salvation, it often just focuses on the cross, crying and praising God, and then it ends. We repeatedly declare that God saves us to lead us to righteousness, to live a new life, so that in the end, we can have eternal life in the next world, and peace in this world when we leave it. Otherwise, the near-death experiences we have gone through are all in vain. Have you ever experienced an almost incurable illness? Did we not just emerge from the three years of the great pandemic, where we nearly perished? Did I not escape from the gunfire of Tiananmen Square? Today, through Shelah, should we not awaken our souls? The Lord is my shepherd; He restores my soul. Why does He restore my soul? Is it so we can rise to heaven and be raptured, like mainstream Christianity says? No, He restores my soul to lead us in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

We must walk the path of righteousness, the path of Shelah. No other path is worthy of God’s salvation. We should not just perform acts of gratitude; we must make God’s salvation the reason and guarantee for our righteous actions. We keep emphasizing that when we were still sinners, God died for us, and His love was revealed to us. Jesus died for our sins, and His resurrection is to make us righteous, or to lead us to act righteously. What does it mean to be righteous? It means you are already a righteous person, but the First Epistle of John further tells us, “Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous.” Therefore, God saved us, forgave Shelah, and saved him so that you can lead an army of righteousness. From a sin perspective, those three brothers can honestly be said to have done nothing good. Their attitude toward Tamar—I won’t go into it now; you can go back and read Genesis 38. They were nearly the same. So, Shelah must have been a sinner. But after the two brothers died, he truly understood the truth of salvation. This is the truth that mainstream Christianity has never faced: to be a man, to be like Simeon; to be a woman, to be like Anna; the descendants of Shelah are just like this.

The name Shelah is very interesting; it means “awakening.” Our souls are awakened. We once slept in the world, and when we came to mainstream Christianity, we were filled with superficial comfort. But today, may we all awaken, and awaken with Shelah.

Then, we can look at the remaining scripture, which describes a completely different life and a completely different legacy compared to the lives of San Mao, Qiong Yao, and Ping Xintao. This is a kind of life that cannot be found in the literary works of Qiong Yao. This life has three main characteristics. First, there are some who weave fine linen—a life of weaving cloth; second, there are those who rule in the land of Moab—a life of power; third, there are potters, or those who work with the king, serving the king—a life of service.

Now, I would like to ask everyone a question: How many of you truly agree with my critique of David Pawson and Tang Chongrong? I know it’s few. Most of you like them, especially David Pawson. I used to like him too. Today, I will give you a very simple reason why I must overall reject the Christianity they represent. I’ve never said that everything they preach is wrong. In the phase of spiritual awakening, in the milk stage, they can be helpful. However, when viewed as a whole, the Christianity represented by David Pawson and Tang Chongrong is not the true Christianity. Why? Because, in all their teachings, the Christianity they preach is not the Christianity of weaving fine linen. The Christianity they preach is definitely, absolutely, fundamentally never the Christianity that rules in the land of Moab, nor is it the Christianity that works with the king, serving the king. Do you acknowledge this? If you acknowledge this basic fact, you will understand what I am saying.

We can also say, never underestimate… The Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit. Today’s three verses are actually the clearest and most thorough negation of all mainstream Christianity, and suddenly we wake up just like Shelah. For a long time, the Christianity we spoke of had nothing to do with these three elements, so the choice is simple: either they are wrong, or the Bible is wrong. Is the Christianity they preach made up of families weaving fine linen? When, in their preaching, did they ever speak of ruling in the land of Moab? When did they ever teach Christians to work with the king and serve the king, and that too, as potters? To be continued—what does “the way of the potter” mean? The simple answer, as President Xi Jinping would say, is no, no, no. Therefore, the Christianity represented by David Pawson and Tang Chongrong is not the Bible-inspired Christianity. Can my references and logic be challenged? Well, no, no, no.

What is meant by “not Bible-inspired Christianity”? More accurately, it means that the Christ they preach and believe in is not the Christ revealed in the Bible. There’s a widespread fallacy: “The Old Testament doesn’t matter, just look at the New Testament,” “Just look at the Four Gospels,” “Just look at the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Four Gospels.” These half-baked ideas are very harmful. On one hand, they tell us that the Bible is all inspired by the Holy Spirit; on the other hand, they set up a hierarchy of the Bible—who told you this? Do they not know that the Four Gospels were written by the Apostles and the Book of Revelation was written by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself? Isn’t it basic common sense? Standing on the pulpit, they are misleading both themselves and others, luring people into their false teachings.

But let’s follow their logic. “Oh, you’re talking about the teachings of the Old Testament, but the New Testament isn’t like that.” Exactly for this reason, today we’ve specially arranged for everyone to listen to John 17. What does this passage say about Christ? I believe it offers the greatest and most precise definition of Christ in the New Testament. Well, let’s turn to our worship passage and take a look: are you believing in the Christ of the Bible? Let’s check today’s gospel passage.

John 17:1-5, we’ll focus on verse 2: “Just as You have given Him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom You have given Him, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. This is eternal life.” These two verses are causally linked. If you know the Christ revealed in verse 2, you can have eternal life, and that is what is meant by “the righteous shall live by faith.” So, which Christ is revealed in verse 2? The Christ is the one “whom God has given authority over all flesh,” including ruling in the land of Moab. Can this reference and logic be disputed? No. And the truth revealed in this verse runs through all 66 books of the Bible, from Genesis 1:26-28 to every verse, every chapter, every passage in Revelation. In Revelation 2, “You will rule them with a rod of iron, and you will break them into pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

So, from the Christ defined by today’s gospel passage, to the passage we’re preaching today, they speak of the same Christ. As the author of Hebrews testifies, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever,” and that is the Christ to whom God has given authority to rule all things. Hebrews emphasizes this truth repeatedly—that God did not entrust the world to angels, but to Christ and His brothers, that is, you. Here, there’s an important testimony, a metaphorical way of preaching this Christ: “to rule in the land of Moab.”

Now, back to today’s sermon passage. Let’s look again at the basic structure. A survivor (Shelah), he gave birth to a righteous family. This tells us that Shelah’s life was renewed. Like father, like son, right? His descendants form an heroic family, one that is pleasing to God, one that is part of the book of life. This is a unique tribe within the tribe of Judah. So, this tribe has opened a path of life completely different from the lives of Qiong Yao and San Mao, and a faith completely different from Lutheranism and mainstream Christianity. They are “weavers” and “rulers.” Romans 13: should we submit to the rulers? Look at who the rulers are. And they are “potters,” those who rule with the king.

Let’s first look at the first position — “weaver.” Turn to the next page. There are also names like Ye Jing, Goshiba, Joash, and Sarah. The difficulty of this passage lies here because many of the names are unique, and we do not know who they are. That’s fine; the omissions themselves tell us where the focus should be: “they ruled in the land of Moab.” It’s easy to place verse 22 within a familiar structure, where there are four people or groups of people at the top, and two groups at the bottom.

When studying genealogies in Chronicles, I always emphasize looking at the sermons. I skip over who is who and the meanings of each name. Let’s focus on the application here. The descendants of Shelah, mentioned in this passage, were rulers in Moab. It’s important to note that “Sarah” repeatedly appears in the book of Isaiah, where it refers to “seraphim,” meaning angels or messengers around God’s throne. We can also say that Shelah’s family was God’s messenger, but the key point is that they “ruled in the land of Moab.”

Next, there is the mention of Ashbel Bethlehem, which could be a proper noun or a common verb phrase. “Ashbel” means “return,” “turn around,” or “rebuild,” and “Bethlehem” is the same as “Bethlehem,” with a shared root. These people are returning from Bethlehem. Their deeds and history are recorded in ancient books. I think of Ruth chapter 1, which might be a reference here.

Now, let’s focus on why they ruled in Moab. What does the verb “to rule” mean? It means to reign, control, manage, and govern. It even implies rebuilding. Let’s think about who the Moabites were. Turn to the next page, and we will focus on the possible application of this verse.

The Moabites were, in a sense, born in sin. Lot fled to a cave, and his two daughters, to continue their family line, got him drunk. The descendants of the older daughter were Moabites, and the descendants of the younger daughter were Ammonites. How should we view this? I’ve been reconsidering this issue recently. Let’s not look at it with self-righteous judgment. One could argue that the action wasn’t about immorality because the daughters had a “good” intention, so to speak: to preserve their father’s line.

But why did they think they had to do this with their father? They likely believed there were no people left on earth, especially after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. They thought all the cities of the earth had met the same fate. There could even be a more pious view: perhaps they thought it would be wrong to have offspring from Gentiles.

However we judge this situation, the Holy Spirit never condemned the two daughters, so we should not either. In fact, God was merciful enough to allow the descendants of Moab to survive, and even in the New Testament, Lot is referred to as “righteous Lot.” Despite his many flaws, God viewed him as righteous. This shows that God had great tolerance and mercy for the Moabites’ physical weakness. This isn’t like the story of the false prophets; rather, in some sense, we are all Moabites.

What sin did God particularly detest in the Moabites? It’s the idolatry mentioned in Numbers 25, where they worshipped false gods, sacrificed their children to Molech, and enticed the Israelites to sin by committing adultery and leading them to idolatry. From that time, they remained unrepentant and became very arrogant. You can look up references to God’s judgment on Moab in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and other minor prophets. Judgment alone is not enough; through judgment, God said, “you will rule in the land of Moab.” This is the meaning.

The key point of today’s message is: we must learn to rule in the land of Moab. For mainstream Christianity, ruling in Israel is somewhat acceptable, but ruling in Moab is almost unheard of. Without scriptural basis, they would condemn this as “heresy.”

What does it mean to rule in the land of Moab? First, it means that the universal love ideology of mainstream Christianity is shattered. It’s not about loving the Moabites, as I mentioned earlier about the severe judgments of the Moabites in the major and minor prophets. To rule in Moab means rejecting the concept of “universal love.” Secondly, it rejects “political neutrality.” To rule in Moab means to reign as king. This word root is the same.

Thirdly, to rule in Moab shatters all “isolationism.” I’m borrowing this concept. This “isolationism” is not only a potential trap for Trumpism, like “let’s not care about the world, just focus on America,” which is a foolish temptation, because if you don’t defeat the world, the world will defeat you. Moreover, God has always said to Abraham’s descendants and to the apostles, “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.” When we translate this, to rule in Moab means making all nations disciples of God, including Moab. “Isolationism” in the church also manifests in the belief of not caring for outside matters, just focusing on internal church matters. Sorry, this is not Christianity.

I repeatedly urge our colleagues and brothers and sisters not to be inward-looking, not to focus your wisdom and energy on criticizing and judging things within the church. It’s okay to care about the marriages and families of our brothers and sisters, but if we only focus on what’s wrong with preaching or gossiping in church, the devil will sift us like wheat. God has sent us to go out and preach the gospel to all nations, starting from Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. He has given us the keys, and what is bound on earth will be bound in heaven. We are called to govern the nations. To the victorious, I will give a crown of glory. This teaching runs through the whole Bible. So, ruling in Moab completely shatters both political and church isolationism and ultimately shatters “Jiongyao theology.” Our strength is not meant for internal church matters alone; we must not forget that God has created us to govern the world.

Fourth, ruling in Moab denies the “Bible-only sect” mentality. You know what I mean by “Bible-only sect,” which insists, “We only study the Bible, and ignore everything else.” Yes, study the Bible, and live according to its teachings. But just studying what it means to rule in Moab? What does Moab mean? What does ruling mean? And then, nothing more. This is what they call “only studying the Bible.”

But through this verse, the Bible is asking us: you must live according to the pattern of ruling in Moab in your remaining years, if you are to have eternal life in the world to come and peace in this life. “Bible-only sects” often quote a verse from 1 John that says, “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you.” When we talk about governing the world or political concerns, they use this verse to accuse us.

But the Bible itself explains what “loving the Father” means. It’s not about loving the world. Our criticism and concern for the world aren’t because we love it, but because we are following God’s mandate to govern the world and uphold justice. Moreover, they misinterpret the verse, not understanding what “loving the Father” truly means. The Bible explains it clearly: “Those who love the Lord should hate evil.” If you don’t hate evil, including the evil of Moab, then it’s not Christianity.

Lastly, ruling in Moab shatters mainstream Christian success theology. What does this mean? Ruling in Moab is not for our own glory or success, but to be obedient children. Think about Jonah standing in the streets of Nineveh — he was going to rule there. You may fail, but you must still go. This is the same truth.

Let’s focus on why the sin of Moab is so intolerable to God. Aside from the previously mentioned difficult passage in the Bible, I have written it below. In 2 Kings 3, the king of Moab, seeing the great force against him and unable to resist, led 700 sword-wielding soldiers to break through to the king of Edom but was unsuccessful. He then sacrificed his firstborn son, who would have succeeded him as king, as a burnt offering on the city wall. After that, the three kings left the king of Moab and returned to their own countries. The Chinese translation here is, “The anger of the Lord came upon Israel, and then the three kings left the king of Moab and returned to their countries.” The challenge is here: What is the logic of the context? Why did the king of Moab sacrifice his firstborn son on the city wall, and then the Lord’s anger came upon Israel, causing the three kings to leave? It seems that there has not been a satisfactory answer until now. Let’s try to understand it today. Does anyone have any insights?

If you have a Bible, turn to 2 Kings 3 and look at the full context. At this time, the king of Israel in the northern kingdom was a new king. He was a bit better than his father Ahab, but still, the northern kingdom worshiped idols, and the high places were not removed. God was still displeased, and the prophet rebuked them. After the new king ascended the throne, the king of Moab, who had been subject to Israel, began to rebel. Moab had previously been paying tribute but stopped doing so. At this point, the king of Israel allied with the king of Judah and the king of Edom—who were all relatives—and formed a coalition army to attack the king of Moab. The king of Moab, seeing the great force, realized he could not resist. Before this, they had asked the prophet Elisha, the disciple of Elijah, whether the Lord was with them. Elisha told them they would be victorious, and indeed, they had already achieved victory and reached this point.

Seeing the overwhelming strength, the king of Moab, in a desperate situation, thought of a tactic that the Bible often mentions—sacrificing children to Molech. The difficulty lies here: First, the victory of the coalition against Moab was promised by God. The Bible does not mention other related events, such as lying spirits or prophets intentionally deceiving them. I think that explanation is not credible. Elisha honestly declared the coalition’s victory over Moab, and in fact, they achieved that victory. So, since God promised this victory, why did God’s anger arise after the idolatrous act in verse 27? What happened? It’s clear that the king of Moab’s act of sacrificing his firstborn was extremely detestable to God. However, the Bible does not say that God’s anger came upon the Moabites; it says it came upon Israel. This is puzzling. I have spoken about this passage before, and I will repeat it here with today’s explanation as the reference.

First, these two statements—”the anger of the Lord came upon Israel” and the idolatrous sacrifice in verse 27—are not causally related. It is not because the king of Moab sacrificed his firstborn that God’s anger came upon Israel. The conjunction is clear: it is “and,” not “therefore.” So, we can say that the king of Moab’s act of idolatry did not directly cause God’s anger toward Israel.

Next, we must place this entire passage in 2 Kings 3 in a broader context, and then we will understand. The Israelites had not renounced idol worship, and God’s anger had been upon them, but it was delayed. When the Israelites were about to fully defeat Moab, God’s anger came upon Israel, and He withdrew the victory from them. This reveals a deep truth: God would not allow the northern kingdom of Israel, which had idolatrous tendencies similar to those of the king of Moab, to reign over Moab.

However, we cannot entirely say that the king of Moab’s sacrifice of his firstborn has no relation to God’s anger toward Israel. I want to emphasize that the “anger” in this passage, although the word “Lord” is not directly stated in the original text, certainly refers to God’s righteous anger. This translation is correct, even though the word “Jehovah” does not appear in the original. The anger of God toward Israel and the king of Moab’s sacrifice of his firstborn are indirectly connected. God would not allow a kingdom like Moab, steeped in idolatry, to be ruled by Israel, which had similar idolatrous tendencies. God’s anger, in this case, signifies His refusal to grant them victory and His rebuke of them. This rebuke carries a hidden implication: you are just like them, and I am very angry, but I am even more angry with you. The king of Moab, an idolatrous Gentile, and you, My people, are alike, and My anger toward you is like that of a husband toward an adulterous wife, as Paul described.

We can apply this to our own lives, and in doing so, we will better understand what this scene means. Biden, for instance, is leaving the political stage. Have you noticed that in the last four years, Biden has been quite unlucky? Why? Because in every war, God has not granted him any victory. In the Russia-Ukraine war, God did not let Ukraine win, which actually meant Biden did not win. In the war with Israel, God did not allow a complete Israeli victory, resulting in a half-baked ceasefire agreement. In the competition with China, we cannot say that Biden’s diplomatic strategy truly succeeded. Even the trade deficit with China has not been significantly reversed.

The reason is simple: God will not hand over the Moabites to Israel, just as He will not give this generation of wicked kings and enemy nations into Biden’s hands. Biden is guilty of the same sin—they are idolaters. If this were not the case, if God had granted Israel victory at this time, then God would not be God. If Israel had truly conquered Moab, their idolatry would have deepened. Therefore, God thwarted their success, leading them to repentance.

Biden and Kamala Harris’s departure from the political scene is filled with profound theological lessons. Their departure was humiliating, and an era ended, for the same reason. Do you remember Biden’s approach to China? He called it a “competitive relationship” and promised not to change China’s political system. It is strikingly similar to the situation with Moab: the sin of Moab was great, but the Israelites attacked Moab not because of their hatred for the Moabites’ child sacrifices, but because Moab no longer paid tribute. Do you understand? The reason was money. We must be cautious with trade wars, like Trump’s, because if it is just for money, God will not stand with you.

The evil of Moab was not caused by their betrayal of Israel. The idolatrous worship in Moab, where children were sacrificed to Moloch by fire, a satanic practice that is cruel and horrifying, had always existed. Israel never attacked them for it, until their economic interests were harmed. Then, they formed alliances—joining forces with Europe (Edom) and Australia (Judah)—to attack Moab or Xi’s country. Does that sound familiar? It is strikingly similar. Now, think back to the phrase “not changing China’s social system.” What does it mean? It means, “What does it matter to me if you sacrifice your firstborn to Moloch?” What does this show? It shows that the idolatrous mainstream Christian world of the Northern Kingdom of Israel didn’t truly love Jehovah, because those who love Jehovah hate sin.

Throughout the Old Testament, within the law and spirit, there was nothing more detestable to God than sacrificing children to Moloch. Yet, what God detests—America’s Biden, Israel—this modern Israel kingdom ignores. We do not make it our mission or goal to change China’s social system, nor do we aim to alter the evil customs of Moab, such as sacrificing their firstborn. In all of 2 Kings chapter 3, including the Moabite king’s sacrifice of his firstborn, no Israelite king stood up and declared, “I hate this evil so much that I will utterly destroy Moab.” No one did. At this point, God could no longer bear it. From Heaven, He saw how Xi’s country trampled life, and yet no word was spoken against it. They still wanted to win victories in the final stages of their reign—there’s no chance.

What I’m sharing with you now is not only biblical common knowledge but also the simplest picture of international politics and geopolitical dynamics in 2024. The sacrifice of the firstborn to Moloch—who is the firstborn? The firstborn who should have succeeded him as king, sacrificed on the city walls. Do you know what Xi Jinping’s greatest sin is? It is the elimination of everyone who could succeed him as ruler. Theologically, what does this mean? It means sacrificing the firstborn of the republic—those who should have succeeded him as king—on the city walls. Is there any problem with this application? No. Isn’t Miao Hua the firstborn of the Republic? Isn’t Hu Chunhua the firstborn of the Republic? They’ve all been eliminated.

The Moabite king’s sacrifice of his firstborn was not just an idolatrous act; it was also a political calculation. Don’t just be deceived by the father-son relationship. Not only in Chinese palace intrigue but throughout world history, there have been countless father-son power struggles. “I’ll get rid of you.” Otherwise, why would the Bible specifically mention the firstborn who should succeed him as king? This tragic scene really opened my eyes to the political civilization of Moab, their rise, their culture, and the governance model of great nations. The rise of Moab, the culture of Moab, and the revival of the great Chinese nation are all about power. For the sake of victory, they are willing to sacrifice even their closest relatives, treating them like dogs. Xi Jinping’s ten years testify to this passage of Scripture. Am I not telling the truth?

However, such horrific political evil, such a clear manifestation of the world’s greatest evil—Western governments, including Biden’s administration, the European Union, Australia, Canada, and even the soon-to-be-re-elected Trump—have they said “no”? If they don’t say “no,” what will happen? God’s anger will fall on the West. Let us pray for Trump. Let’s move on to the next segment. Please turn to the next page.

It seems that we missed a passage in the Bible that I should have addressed separately. I’m not sure why it didn’t show up in my PowerPoint file, but it should be: “The sons of Shelah were the father of Rega, the father of Marisha, and the families of those who worked with fine linen.” We then directly moved on to the topic of “ruling.” It’s okay; let me supplement this.

The first task of the Shelah family was actually “weaving,” and weaving, ruling, and the work of potters or kingship can form an intersecting structure in this context. In Moab, this can be metaphorically understood as ruling over all the nations. Who will rule? The first piece of information tells us who, and the 23rd verse tells us how. Let’s first look at who will rule, and then we’ll examine how they will rule.

The first section of information, from “The sons of Shelah were the father of Rega” to “the families who worked with fine linen,” tells us who will rule. Verse 23 tells us how they will rule. Verse 22 tells us that they will rule over all the nations, including Moab. So, who will rule? Why are those who weave fine linen the ones to rule? Why does God, through Shelah’s new sons, raise up the weavers of the post-Qiongyao era as His chosen people? The interpretation is simple: the Bible tells us that fine linen represents the righteousness of the saints. The righteous, who live by faith, will rule.

Mainstream Christianity has a demonic doctrine: “There is no righteous man, not even one.” We often speak of this as an empirical judgment—before or when the salvation of Jesus Christ arrived, there was not a righteous man on the earth. Therefore, everyone is saved by grace through faith, and not of their own works, but a gift from God. However, after salvation, once declared righteous, you must become righteous. That is why Revelation says that the blood of the righteous martyrs is seen in the city. If Jesus Christ’s salvation and sacrifice cannot transform you into a righteous person, then His coming was in vain. Why did He come? He came to make us righteous, to transform us from sinners into righteous people. You may continue to call yourself a saved sinner, which is fine. But if you use that as an excuse not to practice righteousness, then you are a child of Satan. If you say, “I am not yet perfect,” no one claims you are perfect, but you must strive to act righteously. God will reward us according to our abilities and efforts, but no matter what, it is the righteous who will rule, not the wicked. This is why we distinguish ourselves from Hong Xiuquan—only those who do righteousness are righteous. If you indulge in luxury, kill people without hesitation, and live a life of indulgence like the Moabite king, God’s chosen people are not like this.

Now, let’s look at how they rule. Flip to the next page. These people are potters, living in Nithaim and Kegila, working with the king. Here, another intersecting structure tells us how to rule. One way is to rule like a potter, and another way is to rule by working with the king. In the middle, it tells us that they are special residents in the land. I’ll explain the meaning of Nithaim and Kegila: “Nithaim” means plants, all kinds of plants; “Kegila” refers to a sheepfold. Plants and animals—does that make sense now? It brings us back to Genesis 1, specifically the sixth day. I truly hope that in the future, a great classic will be written, titled “The Sixth Day,” which is where we have lost our way. We are now returning to be rebuilt as the human beings of the sixth day. In that creation, there were animals, plants bearing fruit, and then humans. Verse 23 is a simplified version of Genesis 1:26-28.

The word “potter” means “to break and rebuild.” All the related scriptures tell us two facts: to break Israel and rebuild it, to break the nations and rebuild them. I won’t go into more explanation, but this signifies responsibility and governance over the world. But how do you break and rebuild them? By working with the king, not the king of the world, not referring to Satan, but working with Christ’s kings.

In our era, simply put, I believe there is no problem with this application: working with Trump to break Israel, break Christianity, and rebuild Christianity; break America, break the left-wing government, and rebuild America, rebuild Australia, rebuild Europe, and rebuild Canada. This is the core mission for humanity beginning in 2024. It is so real and irrefutable. But we must make the mission we’ve received here specific, lest we become people who only talk and do not act—who only talk the talk, but do not walk the walk. So, finally, I suggest everyone do one thing: flip to the last page, and see how to work with the king and work for the king.

I believe that anyone with a slight sense of justice, who has lived in Canada, the United States, or the West for some time, has long been suppressing a deep anger and a sense of disgust with no outlet. What is this? It is the sight of some people, waving blood flags, running wild in our world of freedom—where we have worked hard, at great cost, to create—protesting, stirring up trouble, or even welcoming the King of Moab from Xi Country. We are angry, but helpless. When Trump came to power and began deporting illegal immigrants, we thought we should support him. I’m preparing to write a short open letter to him.

We have brothers who are quite familiar with Navarro, and even more with Bannon. Some of us know others in their team. What does this mean? Green religionists are not our concern; we are Chinese, and if someone does that kind of work, we are happy to see it. As Chinese people, we have a divine duty that we cannot evade, and that is to call for a comprehensive political action to expel people from Xi Country, starting with the Trump administration, in Australia, Canada, Europe, and even Japan. How far we can go, we don’t know. We’re not about success theology; success is secondary. The first issue is that we must act.

Who should we expel? First, all active CCP members. Second, all those who have persecuted Christians, including their families and children. As Christians, we can no longer condone or helplessly watch as they humiliate and trample on our brothers. Third, all corrupt officials, whether they are greedy or evil, who have moved to the West with their families. Fourth, those who go out on the streets waving blood flags to support the CCP, taking photos, commemorating it. Should we act? We have brothers, brothers in the Righteousness Society. Should we create a website, and at the right time, hand it over to the Trump administration? I can tell you, we’ve endured too long; we should have done this long ago, letting all those who love Xi Country return to their beloved homeland, achieving their goal, and bringing peace to our hearts.

Over the years, I’ve had a good friend whom I’ve always talked about—the great Chairman Xi. For many years, especially before Xi came to power, I often felt despair in Canada. I saw these people from Xi Country, with some dirty money, rushing through public places, and it was deeply frustrating, but we were powerless. The East is red, the sun rises, and a new Xi Zedong emerged in China. In less than ten years, well, he’s now disappeared. Two things marked his great achievements. First, he emptied the pockets of these people; you can’t go out to mix without money. Second, he closed the country’s borders. I’m not mocking; Chairman Xi is truly our good friend, at least my good friend. So I pray day and night for him to stay in power longer so that the action of expulsion, which we are calling for from the Trump administration, can find the most mature and suitable “co-workers” in Xi Country to help us.

Let us once again thank God, through today’s genealogy of Shelah, showing us a more brilliant and peaceful end to our beautiful remaining years. Actually, in my life, I, like Qiong Yao, feared winter, I was really afraid. If you grew up in northeast China with a relatively poor life, you’d understand how real this fear is. But now, I no longer fear winter, because the winter of today will bring peace to my soul. To see winter is to see the blessed years in Christ, meaning we will no longer fear aging or death.

On one hand, we will see God’s justice or sternness in winter. Some will, as the winter approaches, end up like Qiong Yao and Ping Xintao, or like Ananias and Sapphira, having their bodies carried out. On the other hand, in winter, we can also see God’s grace and His deep love for us. The secular world may say, “Every avalanche, every snowflake is not innocent.” But we see the opposite. Winter, the winter of Montreal, the winter of Vancouver—every snowflake carries God’s deep affection and boundless love for us.

I say this not to indulge in literary sentiment. Do you know? Actually, in winter, there is a deeper renewal and growth. What is it? We all think of winter as a time of stagnation and hibernation, but the opposite is true. All trees, especially deciduous trees, experience part of their life gaining unprecedented renewal and growth in winter, and that is in their roots. When late autumn and cold winter arrive, trees begin shedding their leaves, removing all the splendor, but they use the winter time to grow deeper and broader underground, in a way that pleases God, preparing to bring us a better spring when the time comes.

What does this mean, everyone? This is our remaining life. People see our bodies deteriorating day by day, but God says our minds and thoughts are being renewed day by day, in the image of the One who created us. The trees do this, so why should we not? Trees know how to renew and grow in winter in a special way; we, in our middle age, old age, and twilight years, should cherish this time as the most beautiful time for our life’s renewal and growth.

Our later years become so meaningful, so beautiful, how are we different from the Gentiles? In youth, they live by instinct, and in old age, they live by experience. Only we, in our winter, in our later years, live in truth, gradually renewing in knowledge. All the brothers and sisters sitting in church can testify to this teaching. Every time we preach, every time we listen, we are renewed once again. How wonderful, beyond words.

Speaking of my personal life testimony, I frankly tell you, I don’t like my childhood, nor do I like my teenage years; thinking back, it’s unbearable. The golden childhood, the rosy youth, to me, are like the lies of Satan. I don’t like any of the people I met in my childhood, and I even dislike all the men and women I knew in my youth, or what I called friends. My life is most peaceful and beautiful after I turned fifty. These fifty years have been the most beautiful time of my life. No pretension, no exaggeration, this is my truest testimony, and the reason is simple: I finally tasted the sweetness of life’s renewal and growth, and the honesty of the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

When we were young, what we called love, what we called happiness, was really led by hormones, driven by instinct. We never lived according to God’s will, and no one taught us that. We did whatever we wanted to do, and the result was sin and chaos, thinking that it was right because “I want to.” God said to Peter: “When you were young, you went where you wanted to go,” and that was our youth. What is the characteristic of youth? It’s “going wherever you want.” Wretched, atheistic youth. We never knew that God’s clearest words, written on stone, repeatedly said “no” to our “going wherever we want,” and ten times He said, “No, no, no, no, no.” Only when “No” becomes our principle of life, our starting point, can we begin our beautiful remaining life. Ten “no”s? Those are the Ten Commandments. Perhaps you never thought about why the Ten Commandments start with “You shall not”? You shall not have other gods, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal.

Dear brothers and sisters, Christianity must be rebuilt, the church is crucial. When God rules through the church, it means there is at least one voice from heaven telling you, “You cannot live according to your own will anymore.” That is not love, that is not happiness. The outcome of that kind of life is the end of Qiong Yao and Ping Xintao. We are grateful and praise God because we have started the Shelah life.

In our generation, some people no longer have this opportunity. Some elderly people have already lost their winter, dying at the doorstep of the 2024 winter, and I am talking about these elderly Americans—Biden, Hillary, Pelosi, Obama. Do you know what this failure of the Democratic Party means? God has greatly humiliated them, taken away their future, and they can never renew. One of their shameful marks is that Biden pardoned his son, which is like putting a beast mark, a label of shame, on them before they leave. But through these aging figures, is He not also calling to us?

Christmas is here. Look at the beautiful Anna, the beautiful Simeon. The winter is snowy, the winter is graying, but the Bible says, “The hoary head is a crown of glory.” The Gospel of John says, “Father, glorify me with the glory I had with you before the world began.” For us, this glory was revealed in Genesis 1:26-28: “Let us make man in our image, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth… And God blessed them.”

Let us pray together: Heavenly Father, we thank and praise You. Thank You for finding us again at the beginning of this Christmas season. Please, according to Your faithfulness, add beautiful remaining years to Your children, for they are Your people. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Bumei Ren

2024.12.08