Why Japan’s Oldest Writing System May Hide a Gospel Secret

What if the Kanji for “book” doesn’t just mean book—but points to one book in particular? And what if that book’s central message… is the cross?

In Episode 2 of Gospel Kanji, host Kent Sisco takes us deeper into the mystery of the Wisemen who visited the Christ child—and then vanished from the pages of history. But what if their trail didn’t end? What if it was hidden… in the strokes of an ancient writing system?

This episode investigates the Kanji character for “book” (本), its astonishing visual components, and how it might be pointing us to the New Testament—and more specifically, the cross of Christ. Could one of the Magi have preserved the gospel not in scrolls or sermons, but in symbols?

We’ll explore:

The layered meanings of the Kanji 本 (book)

Why the cross might be embedded at the heart of it

How ancient trade routes made global transmission possible

And why this hidden code may be the legacy of a forgotten wise man

Could the greatest story ever told be etched into a writing system still used today? And could this be the proof that the message reached the ends of the earth—long before we thought it did?

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