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The I Ching is utterly unlike the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It tells no stories, and its text is oracular, a highly metaphorical kind of poetry that is decipherable to Westerners and most Chinese only through the detailed commentaries of both Chinese sage-scholars and Western translator-interpreters.
Feb 25, 2016 · In the West, the I Ching was discovered in the late seventeenth century by Jesuit missionaries in China, who decoded the text to reveal its Christian universal truth: hexagram number one was God; two was the second Adam, Jesus; three was the Trinity; eight was the members of Noah’s family; and so on. Leibniz enthusiastically found the ...
- The Reading
- The Hexagram
- The Archetype
The ministry of Jesus has come to an end. But his mission has not been completed. There are signs. The temple curtain that separated the inner sanctum (God’s dwelling place) from the rest of the temple has symbolically been torn in two. The earth has been plunged into darkness for three hours and then restored to light. Even the Roman centurion has...
This hexagram consists of the lower trigram Chaos and the upper trigram Christ. Chaos is the order of the day. Christ carries the message of redemption. Christ hovers over Chaos, but has not yet won.
There is a time... 1. To see the task that must be completed as one of cosmic significance, of leading the world out of Chaos and into the Kingdom of God. 2. To understand the seriousness and difficulty of the task that must be completed. 3. To take heart knowing that God is with us on this path. 4. To proceed with the greatest caution. 5. To clear...
The I Ching or Yijing (Chinese: 易經, Mandarin: [î tɕíŋ] ⓘ), usually translated Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The I Ching was originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC).
Jesus is telling his followers that this is not an easy path he has laid before them. His prophecy comes true. In short order, Jesus is crucified, Stephen is stoned to death, and James is murdered by King Herod Agrippa’s sword.
This reading describes Jesus going off by himself and inviting Wisdom through deep contemplation. Jesus frequently went by himself to pray in silence. This is the role model he offers for our own relationship with God. The Hexagram. The upper trigram is Spirit, with the attribute of Penetrating.
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Jan 30, 2018 · Without undermining the contribution of Confucius to humanity, I'Ching presents the biblical belief of human flourishing as the state of shalom, in which God restores humanity from its fallen predicament through the redemptive work of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ.
- I'Ching Thomas
