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Christ Ahnsahnghong was born on January 13, 1918 in [https://goo.gl/maps/8yG8nTFXcZxeRdGz9 Myeongdeok-ri, Jangye-myeon, Jangsu-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea] (hereinafter referred to as “South Korea”). | Christ Ahnsahnghong was born on January 13, 1918 in [https://goo.gl/maps/8yG8nTFXcZxeRdGz9 Myeongdeok-ri, Jangye-myeon, Jangsu-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea] (hereinafter referred to as “South Korea”). | ||
In 1918, the world was in great chaos. During [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-i World War I (1914-1918)], one of the deadliest conflicts in history, an estimated 20 million people died.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I|title= World War I|website= Encyclopedia Britannica|publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> Immediately following the end of the war, the world trembled with fear as the Spanish flu, the worst pandemic of the 20th century, spread throughout the world. Massive military requisitions and troop movements during World War I caused the flu to become a global pandemic leaving an estimated 50 to 100 million people dead. According to statistics taken in 1918, among 17.6 million people living on the Korean peninsula, an estimated 2.9 million were infected with the flu, while 140,000 of them died.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.jepilia.org/journal/view.php?number=36|title= The Story of the Spanish Influenza|website= Jepilia|publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shindonga.donga.com/Library/3/02/13/1966557/1/ |title= Spain Flu Sweeps Chosun Colony|website=ShinDongA |publisher= |date= January 31, 2020|year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> | In 1918, the world was in great chaos. During [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-i World War I (1914-1918)], one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, an estimated 20 million people died.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I|title= World War I|website= Encyclopedia Britannica|publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> Immediately following the end of the war, the world trembled with fear as the Spanish flu, the worst pandemic of the 20th century, spread throughout the world. Massive military requisitions and troop movements during World War I caused the flu to become a global pandemic leaving an estimated 50 to 100 million people dead. According to statistics taken in 1918, among 17.6 million people living on the Korean peninsula, an estimated 2.9 million were infected with the flu, while 140,000 of them died.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.jepilia.org/journal/view.php?number=36|title= The Story of the Spanish Influenza|website= Jepilia|publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shindonga.donga.com/Library/3/02/13/1966557/1/ |title= Spain Flu Sweeps Chosun Colony|website=ShinDongA |publisher= |date= January 31, 2020|year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
Simultaneously, Korea was suffering from extreme poverty and severe food shortages after Japan, having deprived Korea of its sovereignty in 1910, exploited rice production. In 1939 as Japanese oppression reached its peak, [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-in-europe World War II (1939–1945)] broke out, causing unprecedented destruction. It is estimated that the death toll from World War II reached 55 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II|title= World War II|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> Imperial Japan, an Axis power, plundered Korean military supplies and forcibly mobilized Koreans for war.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/place/Korea/Korea-under-Japanese-rule|title= Korea Under Japanese Rule|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In a time when there was neither peace nor freedom, Christ Ahnsahnghong was born, grew up, and suffered in this dark period of human history only for the salvation of mankind.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+9%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Hebrews 9:28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | Simultaneously, Korea was suffering from extreme poverty and severe food shortages after Japan, having deprived Korea of its sovereignty in 1910, exploited rice production. In 1939 as Japanese oppression reached its peak, [https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-in-europe World War II (1939–1945)] broke out, causing unprecedented destruction. It is estimated that the death toll from World War II reached 55 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II|title= World War II|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> Imperial Japan, an Axis power, plundered Korean military supplies and forcibly mobilized Koreans for war.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/place/Korea/Korea-under-Japanese-rule|title= Korea Under Japanese Rule|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In a time when there was neither peace nor freedom, Christ Ahnsahnghong was born, grew up, and suffered in this dark period of human history only for the salvation of mankind.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Hebrews+9%3A28&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Hebrews 9:28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||