1. Introduction
Old and New Testament Bible Stories had told us The Creation Story; and God used Jews stories to teach us that when the Jews obeyed God, they did well. When they disobeyed, the consequences were bad.
Jesus, walked the earth in the form of a man, he lived only near Jerusalem. But God did not only live in Jerusalem. God was everywhere!
When Noah was 601 years old, the water had dried up from the earth (Genesis8-13). From Noah to Peleg, the whole world had one language and a common speech, they settled in Shinar (Babylonia) (Genesis11-1). Since Peleg, the world was divided (Genesis 10-25).and the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11-8).
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“The Ends of the Earth” also called “The Four Corners of the Earth” (The Easternmost Place; The Westernmost Place; The Southernmost Place; The Northernmost Place).
(1) In Psalm 65:5 the ends of the earth were parallel to the farthest sea.
(2) Isaiah 41:5 which said, "The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;" Here islands were considered to be synonymous with, or near the ends of the earth. The earth was surrounded by water, but there were islands at the edge of the world where the sky met the sea.
(3) Revelations 7:1 and 20:8 mentioned the four corners of the earth.
When The Queen of the South would rise at the Judgment (Matthew 12:42), more stories of “the Ends of the Earth” would be given.
William McGaaghey (Five Epochs of Civilization: World History as Emerging in Five Civilizations) thought that there were five Epochs of Civilization: Ancient Babylon (4000BCE - 2250BCE), Ancient Egypt (before 3500BCE), Ancient Greece (3000BCE - 1100BCE), Ancient India (before 2000BCE), Ancient China (before 2000). [2]
Four civilizations were near Jerusalem. Only Ancient China was from the East End of the Earth--far away from Jerusalem. It was the Promised Land where The Queen of the South would be born.
Mr. Carleton S. Coon had divided humanity into five races: Caucasoid race, Mongoloid race, Negroid race, Capoid race, Australoid race.
I) The descendants of Shem (Genesis 10:21-32) spread out over all the Continent of Asia to North and East. They eventually reached the East Corner and the North Corner of the Earth. They were partial Caucasoid race (White) and partial Mongoloid Race (yellow).
II) The descendants of Japheth (Genesis10:2-5) were maritime people, they were good at navigation. They spread out all over the Continent of Europe to West. They also spread out to North (Slavs in Russia), India and south Asia where were the tents of Shem (Genesis 9-27 .....may Japheth live in the tents of Shem....). They spread out to America (Genesis 9-27 May God extend the territory of Japheth....). They eventually reached the West Corner of the Earth.
The descendants of Japheth were the Caucasoid race (White).
III) The descendants of Ham (Genesis 10:6-20)
(1) Nimrod (Ham-Cush-Nimrod) was a mighty warrior, He built his kingdom: In Shinar (Babylonia): (Babylon, Erech, Akkad, Calneh), and In Assyria: (Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, Resen)
The Bible had recorded a history of all kingdoms of Nimrod from its rise to fall.
(2) The descendants of Ham spread out to the South to Africa. They also spread out over South Asia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Through Malay Archipelago (a bridge prepared by God); they arrived in Australia and New Zealand and small islands of The South Pacific Ocean. They eventually reached the South Corner of the Earth.
The descendants of Ham were Negroid race, Capoid race, and Australoid race. They had the dark skin color.
This article briefly introduced where “the Ends of the Earth” were; who lived in “the Ends of the Earth”; The Brief histories and legends of “The Ends of the Earth”.
Through stories of the Ends of the Earth, it should bring more confidence that Bible prophesied the development of human history; Prophecies of the Bible were fully fulfilled; we had the same God; we were all brothers and sisters in God’s big family.
2. The East End of the Earth (The Easternmost Place)
2.1 Where was “The East End of the Earth”?
Weihai Prefecture (in Shandong Province) was the Easternmost prefecture of China (Before year 1987, Yantai was the Easternmost prefecture of China. Weihai was a county of Yantai prefecture).
There was a place named "End of Land" (North latitude: between 36 ~ 38, East Longitude: between122-124), it was the easternmost place in China. “End of Land” originally came from Qin Shi Huang (259 BC –210 BC). He ordered his Chancellor Li Si to erect a monument with “End of Land, East Gate of Qin”.
2.2 Who lived in “The East End of the Earth”?
The descendants of Shem (Genesis 10:21-32) spread out over all the Continent of Asia to North and East. They eventually reached the East End.
The descendants of Shem were partial Caucasoid race (White) and partial Mongoloid Race (yellow);
Shem -- Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
Aram -- Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Arpachshad - Shelah -- Eber -- Peleg，Joktan
Joktan -- Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah，Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab
Jesus was the descendant of Shem.
The Queen of the South was also the descendant of Shem.
2.3 The Brief History and Brief Legends
Since Peleg, the world was divided (Genesis 10-25). And the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11-8).
The descendants of Shem spread out over all the Continent of Asia to North and East. The journeys for them to “the East Corner” and “The North Corner” were not very long.
In the Old Testament Bible Stories, God used the Jew’s stories to teach us that when the Jews obeyed God, they did well. When they disobeyed, the consequences were bad. In the New Testament Bible Stories God told us stories of Jesus and his 12 disciples (12 apostles) who lived near Jerusalem. Jesus Christ was the descendant of Jacob (Israel) and Shem.
2.3.1 The East End of the Earth was where ancestors of The Queen of the South lived.
The Queen of the South was also the descendant of Shem.
Noah-Shem-….Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups - (Ancient country: Lai (?-567BC) in Shandong Peninsula) - Liu Bang (256BC-195BC)-…… - the Queen of the South.
The earliest ancestors of The Queen of the South came from the Middle East.
They had been to the East End of the Earth and the North End of the Earth; they also had gone to America and the West End of the Earth. They were called Dong-Yi Ethnic groups in ancient China.
William McGaaghey thought that there were five Epochs of Civilization: Ancient Babylon (4000BCE - 2250BCE), Ancient Egypt (before 3500BCE), Ancient Greece (3000BCE - 1100BCE), Ancient India (before 2000BCE), Ancient China (before 2000).
Four civilizations were near Jerusalem. Only Ancient China was in the East End of the Earth;
Dong-Yi Culture was the root of Ancient China culture. Dong-Yi (Shandong Peninsula) was the Promised Land where The Queen of the South would be born.
The Queen of the South rose at the Judgment at the South. She lived at least two Ends of the Earth. (She came from the East End of the Earth, and rose at the South End of the Earth.)
2.3.2 Dong-Yi Culture was one of the most important cultures in Neolithic China.
According to ‘Shan Hai Jing”, there were many oldest ethnic groups in Neolithic China, Di-Jun, Zhuan-Xu, Shao-Hao, Huang-Di, Yan-Di, etc. Millet was their staple food.
Before Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups came to East China, Emperor Di-Jun Ethnic Groups and Emperor Shao Hao Ethnic Groups had already lived there.
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups were the first groups who brought wheat to China and widely planted wheat in China. Wheat cultivating history was much later than Millet history in Neolithic China.
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups built the most advanced culture (Dong-Yi Culture) in Neolithic China. Emperor Di-Jun Ethnic Groups learned Dong-Yi Culture; inherited, carried forward and spread Dong-Yi Culture.
Later Di-Qiang culture also had elements of Dong-Yi Culture.
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups had clear Caucasoid race characteristics. They also intermarried with other older Ethnic Groups.
(1) Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups were the first groups who planted wheat in China.
Before Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups came to East China, China did not have wheat.
According to “Shan Hai Jing”, there were many older ethnic groups in Neolithic China Such as: Di-Jun, Zhuan-Xu, Shao-Hao. Millet was their staple food. Other older ethnic groups ate meat. Such as: Huang-Di, Yan-Di
Millet cultivating history in Neolithic China was much earlier than wheat history.
11000 years ago, mankind in China started to cultivate millet. Many China archaeological sites have found cultivated millet: Ci Shan of Hebei Province (10300-7500 years ago); Da Di wan Culture (8200 years ago); Jian Village in Lin Tond of Shanxi Province (5500～5000 years ago).
Some scientists thought that Ancient China did not have objective conditions for wild species hybridizing naturally and evolving to Triticum aestivum L (wheat). Chinese wheat was from Middle East. Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups brought wheat to East China and widely planted wheat in China.
Wheat had been widely cultivated in Shandong during Long Shan culture (4500-3950 years ago).
Many Chinese archaeological sites have found cultivated wheat: Shan County of Henan Province (7000 years ago); Jiaozuo County of Henan Province(4000 years ago); Diao Yu Tai in Bo County of Anhui Province (near Henan) (3000 years ago); Min Le County of Gansu Province (5000 years ago)。
(2) Dong-Yi Culture was the most advanced culture in Neolithic China.
“Shan Hai Jing” had some records that Doing-Yi Ethnic Groups worshipped Birds and believed they could predict weather or good and bad luck. Emperor Di-Jun Ethnic Groups built friendly relations with Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups. Di-Jun Ethnic Groups even regarded Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups as half human and half spirit. They invited Dong-Yi People to be their priests at their Sacrificial Altars. They learned Dong-Yi Culture; inherited, carried forward and spread Dong-Yi Culture.
The writing system of Dong-Yi was one of the oldest writing systems in Neolithic China. It was an important source of the Shang Oracle bone script.
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups were inventors of arrows. (Zuo Zhuan, Shuowen Jiezi had similar records about this).
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups were the earliest users of copper and iron in Neolithic China. They also had high skill in making pottery.
Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups developed etiquette. A code of etiquette in Long Shan Culture shows social stratification and formation of the nation.
(3) Dong-Yi Ethnic groups were regarded as minority by older China ethnic groups
Even Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups had built friendly relations with Other East China Ethnic Groups in their early history. They were always regarded as minorities by Other China ethnic groups.
Dong-Yi Country became main hostile country of Shang Dynasty (1600BC-1046BC) and Zhou Dynasty (1046BC- 256BC).
The last country of Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups was ancient “Lai" in Shandong Peninsula. Country Qi eliminated "Lai" completely in BC567. Lai King was killed; Lai capital was burned; Lai culture was destroyed; Lai people were moved to Ni County (Teng Zhou of Shandong). (There was a village named Lai village).
Pei county of Jiangsu, where Liu Bang (256BC-195BC) was born, was only 25-30km from Ni County. There were many Dong-Yi people in Pei County at Liu Bang’s time. (Liu Bang’s mother possibly came from Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups).
More details about Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups:
http://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dongyi-ethnic-groups
Since the descendants of Shem spread out over China, they lived in the God’s Promised Land. Ancient China was one of Five Epochs of Civilization and kept a long history of a unified country since Qin (221BC-207BC) and Han Dynasty (202BC-220AC).
The descendants of Shem also had gone across the Bering Strait, and spread out over America. (Some scientists argued that American Indians came from East Asia by ships). But God promised to extend Japheth's territory (Genesis9-27). America was the Promised Land of Japhethites. After Japhethites arrived to America (The first Europeans arrived to America in 1542), the descendants of Shem had to give the West Corner land to Japhethities.
In history, there were other places regarded as East Corner, and became very strong states. Such as: Japan, But they were all abandoned by God because of their brutality, greed and the persecution to other ethnic groups.
2.3.3 Archaeologists discovered Caucasoid race characteristics in Ancient Shandong
Scientists discovered Ancient Residents of Shandong Peninsula and East China (including parts of Henan, Hebei or Jiangsu) came from West Asia.
And People had clear Caucasoid race characteristics in Ancient Shandong.
In archaeological sites of Beizhuang in Changdao, Shandong (about 6500 years ago), archaeologists discovered a pottery mask which had Caucasoid race characteristics.
Archaeologists and Scientists of Molecular genetics paleontology had discovered Caucasoid race characteristics (HV genes) from DNA which extracted from bones in ancient tombs of Linzi in Shandong; and archaeological sites of Da Wen Kou in Shandong (about 6000 years ago); and archaeological sites of Beizhuang in Changdao, Shandong(about 6500 years ago).
Guo Mo-Rue discovered that Dong-yi Ethnic groups (during the period of Da Wen Kou Culture) had nice whiskers and a beard, aquiline nose, bearing some resemblance to Caucasoid race in appearance.
According to historical records：Confucius (551BC-479BC) had clear Caucasoid race characteristics; Emperor Gaozu of Han: Liu Bang (256BC-195BC) had high nose, high forehead, high brow-bone, nice whiskers and a beard, bearing some resemblance to Caucasoid race in appearance.
Scientific research indicated incontestably that local residents in Shandong where Confucian originated had Caucasoid race characteristics since the Neolithic Age until late Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC).
Since Han Dynasty (202BC-220AC), the members of the ethnic majority in China, the "people of Han (Han Race)" are named.
In China history, Emperors had encouraged large-scale migration, and as a result, there were more people married with different ethnic groups.
After Sui Dynasty (581AC-618AC) and Tang Dynasty (618AC-907AC), Han Race had more Mongolian racial characteristics.
Isaiah 49:12: "Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim." (A lot of people believed "Sinim was Qin Dynasty in China")
2.3.4 Religions’ history in China
The earliest Chinese myths were Pangu opening up the Universe and Nuwa repairing the Heavens and stopping the Flood. Today, there are still some people worship Pangu and Nuwa.
According to the Bible, the universe was formless and empty and darkness. It was God who created the universe (the heavens and the earth).
According to China Pangu Legend, the universe was formless. It was Pangu who started the universe. From China Nüwa’s story, we knew there was a big flood. This flood was exactly the same flood of Noah (Genesis 6). The waters were from the heavens. [4](http://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-beginninggenesis-and-p... )
In ancient China, there were not religions, people from different groups worshipped different totems. Human Beings only believed in one God and kings were chosen by God to lead people.
Taoism had grown to a religion since Late East Han Dynasty (25AC-220AC). After late East Han Dynasty, Buddhism came to China. Islam came to China since Yuan Dynasty (1206AC-1368AC). After Ming Dynasty (1368AC-1644AC), some people started to believe in Christianity.
Many groups in ancient China chose a bird as their totem. Such as: Dong-Yi Ethnic Groups; And Shang Dynasty (1600BC-1046BC) ("God Ordered Xuan Bird to Give Birth to Shang" “Shi Jing”)
From bird worship, ancient China started to worship Chinese phoenix/phoenix, queen/king of all birds, it was a symbol of good luck.
But later Dragon worship had grown to the most important role, and even to a totem of whole China. Emperors of China called themselves: “Son of God, The Real Dragon”. The dragon became a symbol of power, strength, and good luck.
From Bible, we knew that Dragon was Son of God. Satan was an angel in the Heaven; He could roam through the earth and go back and forth in it.” (Job 1-7). But Satan turned himself to a bad one. And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. …He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. (Revelation 12:7).
The war happened after Liu Bang (256BC - 195BC, First Emperor of Han Dynasty) was born. After Satan and his angels were cast down from heaven, God sent Jesus Christ to the earth to save the humanity. Jesus Christ had seen Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (Luke 10:18 Jesus sent out the 72 and told them “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven”.)
Satan was a deceiver. When Liu Bang was born; Satan stood aside Liu’s mother and deceived mankind for pretending to be the God. [5] (http://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-woman-revelation12 )
Satan also worked hard to build Dragon worship in Asia. People started to believe that Fuxi and Nüwa had an image of half human and half snake (or Dragon) since Han Dynasty. [4] (http://peacepink.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-beginninggenesis-and-p... )
God could not let mankind in China worship dragon as their God forever. But since last century many countries who believed in Jesus Christ had attacked China, so allowing a religion or such believers into China that had persecuted the Chinese became difficult. God chose Mao Ze Dong to be leader of Chinese Communist Party to win wars in China and destroyed all religions in China. God prepared mankind in China to wait for the right chance to come back to God.
Economic reforms in China began in 1978, involved the decollectivization of agriculture, the opening up of the country to foreign investment, permission for entrepreneurs to start up businesses; involved the privatization and contracting out of much state-owned industry and the lifting of price controls, protectionist policies, and regulations, although state monopolies in sectors such as banking and petroleum remained.
The opening up of the country gave the Chinese the opportunity to learn more about the Bible.
3. The North End of the Earth (The Northernmost Place)
3.1 Where was “The North End of the Earth”?
Even from the history, we could not find any written record about where The North End was; it must be near Arctic Circle.
3.2 Who lived in “The North End of the Earth”?
The descendants of Shem (Genesis 10:21-32) spread out over all the Continent of Asia to North and East. They eventually reached the North Corner of the Earth. The descendants of Shem were partial Mongoloid Race (yellow).
Eskimos (Mongoloid Race) had lived in Siberia 18000 years ago.
The descendants of Japheth also spread out to North (Slavs in Russia) where the tents of Shem were. (Genesis 9-27) "May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave".
3.3 The Brief History and Brief Legends
Eskimos (Mongoloid Race) or Esquimaux were indigenous peoples who had traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska (United States), Canada, and Greenland. Their artifacts found in Siberia going back to perhaps 18,000 years ago. They might have been in Alaska as far back as 10,000 to 12,000 years or more. [6]
The history of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus', adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated as a state, finally succumbing to Mongol invaders in the 1230s. During this time several regional magnates, in particular Novgorod and Pskov, fought to inherit the cultural and political legacy of Kievan Rus'.
Slavs were Caucasoid race (White) and they were from east Europe. They were the descendants of Japheth.
Since gaining its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, Russia has faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a political system to follow nearly 75 years of Soviet rule. A new constitution, creating a strong presidency, was approved by referendum in December 1993.
4. The West End of the Earth (The Westernmost Place)
4.1 Where was “The West End of the Earth”?
Current West End of the Earth located in North America (North latitude: between 36 ~ 38, East Longitude: between122-124).
4.2 Who lived in “The West End of the Earth”?
The descendants of Japheth (Genesis10:2-5) were maritime people, they were good in navigation. They spread out all over the Continent of Europe to West. T
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