The $144 Billion Art Robbery
The 144 Billion Dollar Art Robbery Opium War Theft, Sacking Of the Yuanmingyuan, the Summer Palace
“Because thou hast despoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall despoil thee” Habakkuk
“For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your dealings will return upon your own head” Obadiah 1:15
The British High Commissioner to China, Lord Elgin, ordering the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing (Peking), which was then carried out by French and British troops following the Second Opium War on 6th October 1860
by Peter Combs
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The 144 Billion Dollar Art Robbery Opium War Theft, Sacking Of the Yuanmingyuan The Summer Palace
In 1860 Britain along with France raided, looted, and burned possibly the finest collection of Chinese art ever assembled. All done after addicting millions of Chinese to Opium, all of it illegally smuggled into the country for nearly 100 years.
One of the great crimes of the last 200 years.
“I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel,” Hosea 6:10
“Because thou hast despoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall despoil thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein,” Habakkuk 2:8
“In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished” Ezekiel 6:6
Joel Huan
The Mystery of Ephraim 
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