1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
The first verse of the Gospel of John says that God created the world through words. I interpreted it to mean that the essence of God is a word.
I thought that human words contained the essence of God.
That is why Christians memorize the words and hymns of the Bible diligently.
In the Gospel of John, the essence of God is revealed in human language and music.
I wondered what kind of songs and music that symbolize America.
What kind of music best expresses the propensity of Americans who created the world's first democratic revolution and built a republic?
So, I found a piece of music.
Is that the music that symbolizes the primordial nature of the King of Oregon @valued-customer and the King of the Rocky Mountains @roleerob , who taught me the spirit of freedom, independence, and liberation in America?
I had a gut feeling that Stallion best expressed the nature and disposition of Americans.
Freedom and liberation were the tendencies of Americans who came to the New World for religious and personal freedom to escape the domination of European emperors, kings, and popes, I felt.
I felt that the wild horse, which galloped freely across the infinitely vast plains of the New World, was a symbol of the eternal challenge and fate of Americans toward freedom and liberation.😲
Like @roleerob, I often dream of driving a truck across that infinitely vast, beautiful and rich continent.
The North American continent was a land blessed by God!😲
So, I'm always envious and jealous of @roleerob.😦
Why did God give Americans such an infinite blessing?
@roleerob told me it's not polite to use the word jealousy, but to be honest I'm jealous.😆
The Japanese use the expression that Jesus only loves Americans and hates Japanese people.
Why should Jesus give Americans such a blessed vast continent, while the Japanese have to live in captivity on a barren and poor island country?
Although the Japanese acknowledge Jesus as one of many gods, they believe that Jesus gave Americans the power to rule the world!
The Japanese have defended the independence of the island nation by defeating the invasions of Korea, China and Mongolia for 2000 years.
So, they believed they could defeat any foreign aggression.
They were convinced that the gods were protecting the sacred Japanese archipelago.
However, in 1853, a giant who suddenly appeared from beyond the Pacific Ocean left the Japanese in panic and fury.
The Japanese knew Europe well because they traded with European empires after the 16th century.
The Japanese felt they could not conquer Japan because Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Russia were poor European empires.
However, America was a vast and wealthy empire incomparable to Europe.
The Japanese had defeated the invasions of Korea, China and Mongolia for 2000 years. And Europe had no power to conquer Japan.
However, the Japanese intuited that the Christian Empire US had the power to conquer Japan.
The Japanese were extremely afraid of the United States from the moment the American fleet appeared in Japan.
Like their ominous premonition, 100 years later, the United States conquered Japan.
The Chinese now remember the American conquest of Japan.
The Chinese took pride in being the center of the world.
They had a firm belief that the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization would not be conquered by the 400-year-old America.
(男兒當自強)남아당자강
I have to be strong myself as a man
傲 氣 傲 笑 萬 重 浪
Standing up and looking at the 10,000-tons of waves
의연하게 서서 1만근의 파도를 바라본다
熱 血 熱 勝 紅 日 光
Hot blood burns hotter than the sun
열혈은 태양보다 더 뜨겁게 타오르니
膽 似 鐡 打 骨 似 精 鋼
Courage is like hardened iron, and bones are like refined steel.
담력은 단련된 무쇠와 같고, 뼈는 정련한 강철과 같다
胸 襟 百 千 丈 眼 光 萬 里 長
Big aspirations in my heart, my eyes are endlessly far away
가슴엔 거대한 포부, 눈빛은 끝없이 멀리
誓 奮 發 自 強 做 好 漢
With all my heart swear to me to be a man
온 마음으로 사나이가 될 것을 내게 맹세한다
做 個 好 漢 子 毎 天 要 自 強
To be a man, I must always be strong
사나이가 되려면 늘 스스로 강해져야 하고
熱 血 男 子 熱 勝 紅 日 光
A man with hot blood must be hotter than the sun
뜨거운 피가흐르는 사나이라면 태양보다 더 뜨거워야 한다
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讓 海 天 為 我 聚 能 量
Heaven and earth, give me strength
천지여, 내게 힘을 주소서
去 開 闢 天 地
I will open heaven and earth
내가 천지를 개벽하리라
為 我 理 想 去 闖
I'll run for my ideal
내 이상을 위해 뛰어들리라
看 碧 波 高 壮 又 看 碧 空 廣 闊 浩 氣 揚
Looking at the majestic waves and looking at the vast indigo sky, I grow my ambition
웅장한 파도를 보면서, 그리고 광활한 쪽빛 창공을 보면서 호연지기를 키운다
既 是 男 兒 當 自 強
I have to be strong myself as a man
나는 사나이로서 스스로 강해져야한다
昂 歩 挺 胸 大 家 作 棟 梁 做 好 漢
I will expand my chest with dignified steps and become a hero as a pillar for everyone.
늠름한 걸음으로 가슴을 펴고 모두의 기둥으로서 영웅이 되리라
用 我 百 點 熱 耀 出 千 分 光
I will light the whole world with my seething passion.
나의 들끓는 열정으로 온 세상에 빛을 밝히리라
做 個 好 漢 子 熱 血 熱 腸 熱
I will become a man, with hot fatigue all over my body
사나이가 되리라, 온몸의 뜨거운 피로
熱 勝 紅 日 光
hotter than the sun
태양보다 더 뜨겁게
Their boundless self-esteem is well expressed in the song “남아당자강” (男兒當自強)Nan er dang zi qiang.
If the American Stallion pursues the world's revolution and freedom like a galloping wild horse, would you say that China's (男兒當自強) is like a rock against a huge wave?
Americans are spreading American democracy, republicanism, and capitalism to the world through the revolution.
However, the Chinese reject the American revolution and ideology with pride and belief that they are the center of the world.
With 5,000 years of China's history and tradition, China's ideology, philosophy, politics, economy, and religion are the most perfect in the world, so the Chinese cry out that China does not need to change!
Who is the true God-chosen kingdom, America or China?
I argue that a new religious war has begun!
Jesus’ statement that the kingdom of God suffers violence is found in the context of His commendation of John the Baptist: “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12, NKJV).
