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In the Hebrew language this highest summit of Olivet was known as the "Bamah." It was
the "high place" on the Mount of Olives and this is where King David went to worship
God overlooking the city of Jerusalem to the WEST. It also answers to the SAME MON-
TICULUS that the Bordeaux Pilgrim talked about. Indeed, this highest point on the
southern summit of Olivet became known as the IMBOMON (which comes from the
Greek "en bommo" which means "high place" or "altar"). It is this name which has been
attached to THIS MONTICULUS on Olivet for the past 1600 years. At the present there
is a small Moslem shrine built over the site. -- Secrets of Golgotha, p.61-62.

As we shall see, this "monticulus," or "Golgotha" as it later became known, is the same
spot where Adam and Eve worshipped God after being thrust out of the Garden of Eden!

The Chinese Border Sacrifice

For forty centuries -- stretching back into the dim, distant mists of time -- the reigning em-
perors of China traveled ANNUALLY to the border of their country or the imperial city. There, on
an OUTDOOR ALTAR, they sacrificed and burned young UNBLEMISHED bullocks and lambs to
ShangTi -- the "Heavenly Ruler."

The BORDER SACRIFICE, as it came to be known, was a ceremony that reached back in
unbroken sequence to the time prior to the first dynastic rule beginning in 2205 B.C. This unusual
ceremony ended in 1911 after a continual observance of more than 4,000 years!

What was this "border sacrifice" that so commanded a centuries-spanning loyalty and
devotion?

According to the Historical Records compiled by Ssu Ma Ch'ien, the Chinese emperors
celebrated this mystical rite at MOUNT TAI in Shan-tung, AT THE EASTERN BORDER OF
CHINA! This is significant!

Believe it or not, the ancient written characters of the Chinese language -- known as picto-
graphs -- preserve the true meaning of this annual "border sacrifice." Ethel R. Nelson and Richard
E. Broadberry, in their fascinating book Mysteries Confucius Couldn't Solve, make this
assertion:

We believe that a beautiful history of the beginnings of the human race on the newly [re]
created planet earth have been perfectly preserved in the ancient written characters of the
Chinese language!....With the passage of century after century, the origin and true mean-
ing of these characters were lost and became mysterious, even as ShangTi also became
mysterious. -- Read Books, Dunlap, Tn. 1986. Pp.13-14.

After a careful study of the most ancient Chinese character forms, especially the Bronze-
ware and Oracle Bone scripts, these authors came to the following astonishing conclusions:

Interestingly, in one of the ancient books of the Chou dynasty, it is recorded: "because
man sinned in ancient times, the God of Heaven ordered Chung and Li to BLOCK UP

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