Monday 2021.02.01
Reading from Deuteronomy Chapter 33 LXX Brenton
The Magnificent One of the Firmament.
Deuteronomy 33:26 LXX tells us that there is no other god such as the "God of the beloved", that this God "who rides upon the heaven" is our helper, and that He is the "Magnificent One of the Firmament". The title given to God here is similar to the title "Huang Tian Shang Di - The Supreme Lord of the Great Heaven", found in an inscription in the ancient Temple of Heaven of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, in the Prayer Hall for Good Harvest.(Chan K.T., 2007).
The ancient Chinese have the same understanding about the One God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, whom they call Shang Di (Supreme Lord), and whom they often refer to simply as Tian (Heaven).
Deuteronomy 33:26 LXX
26 There is not any such as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament.
Reference:
Chan Kei Thong (2007), "Faith of Our Fathers", Campus Crusade Asia Ltd, IMprint Edition, p111, 116, 140.
