| The purpose of all religions is the same - returning to | | | | means that the five great religions are derived from |
| God's Kingdom. Why must Jesus Christ be crucified on | | | | the same One Origin, Tao, and that Heaven-Tao will |
| the Cross? Is there a message that he carries by the | | | | bring each religion together. Therefore, there should be |
| crucifixion or is it because he has to sacrifice his life to | | | | no conflict or discrimination among human beings, |
| save the sinners in that manner? In the teachings of | | | | because we are all from the same family; we are all |
| Tao, it has great meaning! There is a very profound | | | | God's children. God established the five great religions, |
| relationship between the Cross and Tao. The Truth | | | | to satisfy each individual's spiritual need in order to |
| has no word to explain and what happened 2,005 | | | | civilize us. |
| years ago to Jesus Christ is very important in the | | | | God took into consideration our various foundations of |
| teachings of Tao of Heaven. | | | | inclination, chains of cause and effect, distresses, and |
| On the Bible, miraculously, a manuscript of it was | | | | persistence. It doesn't matter which path we conform |
| maintained before the invention of printing. So far, there | | | | to or which religion we choose, the most important |
| have been about 16,000 hand-written Bibles passed | | | | purpose is that we return to the Kingdom of God. But |
| down. Newton, an English physicist, who discovered | | | | before we can return, we need to learn to get along |
| the law of gravity said, "The Bible challenges more | | | | with one another while on earth. Therefore, there |
| than any other of the sciences." The Bible does not | | | | should be no wars among nations, no discrimination |
| exaggerate western civilization. The real author of the | | | | among races, no libel among religions but, instead, |
| Bible is the Almighty and Omnipotent Lord who has no | | | | human beings do not live in peace and kill each other. |
| beginning and no end and will last forever. | | | | The humans' sins and technology are at its peak and |
| The Bible is a Book containing many books, sixty-six of | | | | hence the final catastrophe of the fire, water and wind |
| them, divided into the Old Testament and the New | | | | cleansing everywhere will end the world, called the |
| Testament. "Genesis" which explains about the | | | | Final Judgement in the Bible. At this moment, the gate |
| beginning of the world and creation, is the first book of | | | | of Hell will be opened and all ghosts are released to |
| the Old Testament. Its author has been ascribed | | | | take lives. Dark and gloomy, the dim and cold light fills |
| traditionally to Moses, the Hebrew prophet inspired by | | | | the world. |
| God. The last book of the New Testament is | | | | The two greatest objectives of Tao of Heaven is to |
| "Revelation". It describes the ultimate triumph of Jesus | | | | bring salvation to the Three Worlds and the unification |
| Christ. The Old Testament mainly reports God's | | | | of the five main religions for world peace. The Three |
| dealings with Isreal based on the covenant presented | | | | Worlds are; the deities in the spiritual world, Human |
| by Moses at Mt Sinai. The New Testament depicts | | | | beings on earth and the ghosts in Hell. It is very |
| the new arrangement of God with men through Christ | | | | complicated and hard for deities in space and the |
| on the basis of the New Covenant. Jesus' disciples | | | | ghosts in Hell to receive Tao and be saved. Therefore |
| recorded His teachings in the New Testament. | | | | human should cherish this rare opportunity to cultivate |
| The doctrine of Christianity espouses the rebirth of the | | | | oneself and practise Tao. The relationship between |
| soul, seeking of the Truth through the Cross, the | | | | "Cross & Tao" is beyond description in this article |
| importance of praying, and being baptized with the | | | | and for those who are interested to find out in detail |
| Holy Spirit as criteria for returning to God's Kingdom. In | | | | please kindly refer to my website and look into the |
| the temple of Tao of Heaven, the Patriarch | | | | section under "Cross & Tao". |
| 'Bodhidharma' said, "One flower develops into five | | | | Author: T. |
| leaves and it results as it should be naturally." This | | | | |