RT Article
T1 Son of Heaven and Dynastic Changes in Historical China Compared to Biblical Standards
JF Cultural and religious studies
VO 7
IS 9
SP 498
OP 510
A1 Pu, Rongjian
LA English
PB David Publishing Company
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1842677667
AB The Israelite people began to have kings hundreds of years after the Mosaic Law was given to them from God, and with kings from David and then his family, they experienced no substantial dynastic changes in the southern kingdom of Judah. Later, the Israelites were ruled by kings or emperors of other nations until the State of Israel was restored in its historical land after World War Two. Without any written law comparable to the Mosaic Law, the earliest Zhou kings of China claimed to be Sons of Heaven and Heaven worship was inherited by later emperors. Heaven worship has features in common with the monotheistic religion of the Israelites, such as that a king should obey the will of God. With changes of dynasties, Heaven worship actually means that heaven could be renamed and the former Son of Heaven had no life-long priesthood in serving Heaven. After the redemptive work of Jesus Christ had fulfilled the Mosaic Law, Heaven worship had little relation with faith in God, the Creator.
K1 Biblical standards
K1 Son of Heaven
K1 dynastic changes
K1 historical China
DO 10.17265/2328-2177/2019.09.005