China is Now Painting Pigs Black - Why? 

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I worked in corporate for a US supplier of automotive parts for OTR trucking. We switched over to a Chinese manufacturer for 18 wheeler brake drums. A customer brought back a purchased item and said we cheated him because within the box was just a large rock. The manager told him that he switched the brake drum with the rock trying to rip us off. They both agreed to look at the warehouse stock for a replacement drum (from our new Chinese manufacturer) and surprisingly found 6 more ROCKS in the boxes. .....I learned something that day...

I lived in China for a year and remember walking through beautiful parks listening to birdsongs. Never saw the birds as they'd all been eaten or died of pollution. The songs came from little speakers in the trees. Only in China.

I was in Bangkok on vacation with my wife and we went to a buffet style restaurant close to our hotel. We had a nice meal and spoke to the staff about how tasty it was. The staff told us to come back for breakfast, there was a tour bus of Chinese coming that had a reservation. They said to come and watch the Chinese! We did and it was like a plague of locusts descending on a wheat field. The Thai staff simply stood back in fear. I lived in China for a short while, your videos are the real deal.

As a South Korean, the video of the man spray painting red peppers were horrifying. Much of the powdered red peppers and vegetables that we consume in kimchi and other vegetable side dishes are imported from China. It's come to a point where produce grown in Korea is impossible to find at the supermarket. I am NEVER buying food from China. Never. Ever.

I saw a documentary several years ago about how the FBI got involved when someone reported the people who had initially made the transaction with the Chinese to import that deadly drywall. Years later I met the guy who was that person who contacted the FBI. He was forever banished by his mother and brother. His brother was engaged to a woman from a very powerful Chinese family in charge of that Chinese drywall. My friend’s actions caused a huge scandal and the wedding was called off. My friend’s mother and his brother were complicit in ruining the lives of many people, perhaps in other parts of the world as well. They were about to receive millions of dollars from that Chinese company and family but my friend thwarted further actions. He paid a huge price for doing the right thing but he had no regrets.

I have a Chinese wife here in Australia and when various products break she always looks to see if they are Chinese. A couple of months ago she tripped in the street and fell quite hard. She was instantly surrounded by people trying to help her. Afterwards she mentioned that she was shocked about the reaction. In China she would have been left on the concrete and avoided.

I learned what you're talking about the hard way: I hired a Chinese computer programmer, with a Master's degree in computer science, and spent $25,000 (in 1985 dollars) getting him a Green Card, with the commitment that he would work for me for at least 2 years. The day his Green Card came, he gave me two weeks notice, and then didn't show up for those two weeks. And after all that, he had the audacity to demand payment for those two weeks! I ended up having to close down my business, laying off the other 3 employees. When I called him about it, his reply was, "I got my Green Card. Now I'm worth *way* more money --- more than you can afford." Totally amoral.

Around 2012-2014, we searched for moderately priced toys ( mostly flexible dolls/humanoid figures) and ended up talking to a well mannered and english speaking Chinese company representative. We laid down our terms about the material of which the toys should be made among other things and they vehemently agreed to it even going to the extent that "don't pay us if you are not satisfied later". The first few shipments turned out fine, we tested it. But about 6months into the trade, a new manager randomly tested and found very toxic PVC and BPA levels, which did not make any sense since BPA was not meant to be added in a soft plastic in my knowledge, it made no sense. These toys were supposed to be chewed upon or taken into the mouth by kids so it was alarming; when contacted the company representative first denied and after a long show-cause with evidence, he simply said : you can still sell it for upto 400% profit. I was left speechless.

Up until this point I’ve never known this much about China it’s crazy how much they care about how they are perceived

In Canada, wealthy “people from the east” are well known to have all available family members apply for welfare using the addresses of relatives. As soon as a child turns 18, they will claim to be homeless and need welfare benefits to pay their rent and food. They just claim they are living at an uncle’s residence who has a different last name. Charities set up to give out food to low income families will have these people show up and picking through for the very best stuff. When told that specific hampers are set up so that everyone gets some good stuff, they just claim to not understand English or they just get angry; then they carry on taking all the high quality stuff from 10 different hampers so their one hamper is full of premium stuff. Then they load it into their 2 year old Mercedes and feel absolutely zero shame. And they will often do this multiple times per day. It’s completely illegal and immoral to take female or undersized dungeonness crab, there are limits, as well as harvesting certain rock fish from the ocean?? Guess what happens when confronted by actual fishermen after caught with dozens of illegal crab and fish at the dock loading their vehicles ….. “No speak a any engrish.” as one of the women blocks their license plate or unscrews it front their vehicle. When it comes to fisheries and wildlife violations, ignoring seasons and bag limits, etc. there is no limit to the rampant crimes that are committed. On a global scale, the damage is staggering by this particular group of people. The beauty of it is that anyone calling this stuff out is often considered the villain. People within social services or wildlife services don’t even bother attempting to investigate for fear of being labeled racists and losing their sweet career job. By the way, if they are prosecuted, they almost always receive an extremely minor slap on the wrist because the courts are now completely accepting of “cultural differences” when allowing certain groups of people to breaking the law.

As someone that has been there many times for business. I gotta say that this is very prevalent. Great job exposing this!!

The chinese team at the school robotics tournament have just been disqualified for cheating. Everyone knew they were doing it but the organiser didn't want to do anything about it... It became so blatant that it couldn't be ignored any longer. The fuss they made about being accused of cheating was amazing. It's a childrens tournament, no prize money. Just some fun for children.

The Chinese government owns SMITHFIELD FOODS and their plants in the US. Next time you see a Smithfield package, ask yourself what you're really buying. Some of the processing is shipped to China, processed in overseas plants, then the finished product is shipped back to the US and Canada. BE....careful with Smithfield products.

I am from Southeast Asia, and I want to thank you for telling the world know the truth about China. You are correct.

I made the mistake of working for a Chinese conglomerate- worst experience of my life. They would use Americans as face of the company but behind the scenes we were all treated very poorly. They were two faces and constantly poisoned Americans against each other. I once was having a group chat with coworkers about food and one of them said “Yea dogs are part of the cuisine”….. very nonchalant and with a straight face…

I used to live & work in Thailand, I remember a Thai Food & Beverage Company named Dutch Mill having their Milk Powder tested in a Government laboratory, the cow's milk powder was imported direct from China, upon being tested by the Thai Authorities the samples tested were found to contain particles of poisonous Melamine Powder mixed in together with the Milk Powder. There was a country wide outcry in Thailand as this so-called premium quality Chinese Milk Powder was used in Thailand to produce Baby Formula, Yogurt, Fresh Milk, Cheese, Ice cream & used in baked goods too. Thai babies had died after consuming - being fed this tainted Milk Formula from China, the Thai Government ended up taking legal action against the Chinese company & the Thai Government was successful in the criminal - law courts, they claimed damages against China, ultimately China paid the price, the Chinese Company was sued - fined $$$ not sure the exact sum, but it was a substantial amount & the former Chinese CEO - Exporter of the poisonous Melamine - Milk Powder ended up being sentenced to death - hanged by the Chinese Communist Government, the CEO was a Chinese woman, trust is very important in business, especially when trading in food products, something mainland Chinese people don't have, no morals, they are criminals through & through. This was Corruption to the highest order, as imported food products are usually accompanied with a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the local authorities in country of origin, but those documents were most likely forged ? The Chinese cannot be trusted as seen here, what goes around comes around ! 😮

I lived for a year and a half in China and I also visited Taiwan. What a difference! China was "every person for themselves free for all." Taiwan was civil and polite.

This is exactly what happens when a country becomes culturally broken.

I learned a lot when I went to Beijing and Shanghai. No lines was the biggest weird thing. Go try to buy a train ticket in any major train station at a machine. No line. You have to just force your way to the front to get it done, because there is no order at all. Its fundamental. I left china with a weird knowledge of how fundamentally different Chinese people are. It made for some interesting conversations with Chinese people that were friends when I got back from the trip. No sense of respect or pride. Its like the complete opposite of Japan. It was after going to both countries that I saw how different they were. Nothing like actually going there to get your own opinion.

Here in the Philippines the "Made in China" labels are removed by store owners so the product would sell. Nobody wants Chinese products. Chinese tools are called "disposable tools", use once and throw away. My wife has a hammer that is mushroomed out because of poor quality steel. It's not uncommon for Chinese tools to break on first use. I bought a hand hedge trimmer that the steel was not much harder than copper. They'd have to try to get steel that soft. The ones that I bought had an American flag on the label and the handles broke the first time I used it. Nobody buys things that have American flags on the label, because they are Chinese!

I've been trying my best to never buy things from China for a while. Takes lots and lots of research to find the source of things.

China is the type of dude that drives a flashy sportcar but live in a 1 bedroom rented apartment, spending all his money and going into debt to take care of his sportcar. Image above all.

Wow! Shocking to see, and scary to think that almost everything we buy and use comes from a country cursed by cunning.

Destroying the ocean's biosphere, messing with livestock, vandalizing a sacred place? Who loots a temple? The audacity is beyond anything.

Now I understand why there was a lead paint poisoning scandal with Chinese imports.

My friend is Chinese from China. He came over here 10 years ago. Maybe 20. When he first got here he needed to get something from Home Depot. He never went to a store like that. He just shopped at the Asian supermarket in the city, Philly. He got to Home Depot and couldn’t believe his eyes. Merchandise outside just sitting there. He thought my goodness if this was China everything would have been stolen. Everything not nailed to the walls. The level of greed down to the littlest kid in China is mind blowing.

One day I was doing grocery shopping at an Asian ethnic chain in the metro Atlanta area. As I was going through pieces of ginger roots trying to find the "least wet" one, a white woman standing next to me mumbled to herself, "Why are these so wet?" I turned to her and said, "Weight equals more profit."

I dealt with Chinese companies for 17 years. You couldn’t trust all but a few. They constantly tried to ship nonconforming materials.

The fact that China is one of the biggest food exporter is scaring me

Well done, as a Chinese, I need a different perspective to see China.

It's funny to me that they're using more money's worth in water to squeeze extra money out of recyclable material, it's like putting rocks in your cans to get recycled but instead of rocks you're inserting 1 cent coins into every can

In Queensland out at Scarborough we used to have a thriving rock oyster area that was protected, but you could get oysters when the season was open and you were told of the limits. Around 1996, there was an increase in Chinese visitors and quite a number of them were permanent residents after the H.K lease expired. Within 6 months all the oysters along that rocky outcrop that stretched several 100 meters was completely decimated. Nothing, I mean absolutely nothing was left. 1000s upon 1000s of white shells exposed, even the baby oysters had been pried out. I can only imagine how many 100s of years perhaps 1000s of years those oysters had survived there only to disappear forever. 1996, the greed, the carelessness and the total abject disregard of the rules was on full display. To this day, it still infuriates me. There was no need for it, the baby oysters were just taken, no care about tomorrow, all they thought about was the here and now.

A few years ago I was at Phillip Island near Melbourne Australia., the last remaining colony of a particular type of penguin. there were about 500 people there watching most were Chinese..and I counted 15 times in the space of 45 minutes that the PA system announced in Mandarin that they should not take flash photos of the penguins (they came in from the sea at dusk) otherwise they became easy prey for hawks. well guess what happened. They were like a swarm of bees with flashing cameras as the poor penguins ran to hide. I confronted one of these guys and asked him: "did you not hear the announcement why you should not take flash photos?" he said oh sorry sorry and proceeded to take photos... the people in mainland china, the product of the revolution represent the dregs of society. The Taiwanese in my experience are completely different. People should understand this is not racism. it is a matter of marxist culture combined with Chinese hive mentality and general lack of respect for nature. And yet they suffer no consequences...

In a lot of online games, chinese cheaters are extremely common. Its like they actually see it as winning.

My dad had a patent and product that was replaced by a national retailer for the MiC version. In six months they asked Dad to supply them again as the others were not fit for purpose.

I used to work for a major American multi-national. About seven years ago we decided to move a product we'd previously made in the EU to China instead. An engineer flew out, saw the amazing, pristine, factory with white-coated girls inspecting every part. Within a few months we had pulled out to use the European supplier again. Apparently the whole Chinese quality inspection facility had been a sham: it was set up to get the business!

Several years ago the brand new Fiona Stanley children's hospital here in Western Australia had to be shut down and decontaminated when insulated roof panels supplied by a Chinese company were discovered to contain asbestos...

At this point, I honestly use the time taken up by the promos to just sit there and think "How can it be worse than what I was already imagining???" I actually just zoned out in amazement just now while you did your ad thing. Your candor is truly priceless, my friend. Priceless. Thank you for getting this info out there.

I was gifted a hair dryer last Christmas that was made in China. It has the UK safety label on it but sparks flash behind the buttons when I alter the settings. Ffs China I can't buy anything from you without fear of death 😂

This is what happens when a culture is completely unfamiliar with the concepts of morality, human rights, contractual obligations and principles.

I was on vacation in Thailand before covid. There was a Chinese tour group at the same hotel. You would think the Chinese tour group was starving the way they cut in line and grabbed multiple plates per person of the water melon. It was crazy!

In the USA back in the 60s and 70s most everyone knew the running joke; if the item was marked "Made in China" it was crap and would break after 1 or 2 uses. It is no different now.

Been some time now that I watch your news , thanks a lot for the enlightenment. It’s a great journalism work 🙏

I used to work with the FDA and Chinese were notorious for violations. Remember the melamine contamination of milk?

I have a house-share Airbnb; I was very baffled as to why my guests from China put dirty/unwashed dishes back in the cabinets. Now I understand: Because, I asked my guests to clean up after themselves after they use the kitchen, and perhaps they didn’t have time to clean up after themselves, so they hid the dirty dishes in the cabinets just to give the impression that they followed my Airbnb house rules. That was quite something. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Your videos always leave me stunned. Stunned! You and CMilk are righteous. I really appreciate your work. Thank you🤗

What an eye opener.....thank you

Wetting cardboard used to be very common here in The Netherlands too, until they decided to measure the moisture levels.

What's really worrying is the people who actually look up to this culture of deceit and hope to be like them someday.

Totally appreciate you opening our eyes

Time to start learning how to grow things in my backyard.

Do China do anything that isn't fake / false? Literally anything?

That was pretty damn bold of them to just not have anything for the people attending. How on earth did they think that would not be found out?

Thanks for this report. It's eye opening.

Excellent reporting!!!! Excellent.

It’s all about perception in China. Most times it wants to present a positive one when in fact a lot is brewing in the background.

Cheating, theft, and deception also seems to be the three primary objectives of Chinese foreign policy towards its neighbours

This is disgraceful! I no longer feel any sympathy for people who abuse their Animals like this!

I'm a carpenter, and I noticed in the last several years that purchasing 'brass' plumbing parts, they are a curious gold/brass color; turns out, these parts are a softer amalgam brass, then anodized to a nearer brass color tone. they are inferior parts and being sold in a myriad local hardware store, especially the big ones--HD and Lowes, more to the point, products marketed and sold by 'Everbilt' and 'Apollo'. These parts look like brass to an average Joe, but there shit; they look like that knock off gold that middle class Arabs and Indians like to wear cuz they cant afford actual gold jewelry.....you know the guy, he works at your local ma-pa store.

As an Australian it scares me how blatant the ignorance to the deceptive culture from the Chinese government is. The people just want to live normal lives but their government says '"No, eat a sparrow"

I like this guy. He has lived and breathed China for 15 years near enough. He can speak the language. And importantly is a realist.

Expats living in Hong Kong will tell you that once it was handed back to China the standards of politeness and honesty took a noticable dive once the mainlanders started pouring in.

I watched Asian games there was so much bias in judging spacially in sports like boxing against foriegn players. Also I also got shocked by the opening ceremony but now I know.

The amount of toxic chemicals & oils the paint they’re using has to be loaded with is unspeakable. I can't imagine what would happen to your body if you ate this so-called food on a regular basis.

Absolutely true. I am in the UK and manufacture farm food. I recently purchased 500kg dextrose which is made in china. Initially, my suspicion was, it seemed not the same, but when I tasted it was sweet. I thought that's ok, and used it in my product and manufactured few thousand of my jams. I then had complaints from my customers that it doesn't taste the same. It tastes of chemicals. I was shocked. Now I understand, they fake foodstuffs. This is very dangerous. I hope there was more regulations and Chinese food products have to be banned in Europe.

Very good to hear that go's on in China. I was given a car jumper lead to start a car when the battery go dead by a friend. One day I needed to use it ,but it didn't work. So I used the one in my wife's car. One day I decided to check out why this jumper cable didn't work. I cut through one of the cables to see what it was. The copper cable was not copper ,it was a silver colour ,it was sprayed with a spray that looked like copper. 😂😂😂❤❤❤ like you show. But there is a lot of good things that are made in China and the prices are very good. I like the lights,lED lights ,torches, some tools.

Awesome update

When I was playing tourist in Italy, the Italian guide would refuse or ask for a lot more money to guide Chinese tourist groups. I have seen some of the most rude, gross, selfish, uncivil, shameless behavior from Chinese tourist. I remember after a tour there was dinner in an outdoor restaurant in Florence and I could still hear the owner yelling at the tour guide "You cheated "ingannare", you did not say your group are Chinese". The owner will not let them in the restaurant and ban the tour group leader for life. In my travels I've also witness the rudeness, shamelessness, and filthy behavior of Chinese tourist.

Ever since watching this type of content, I am actually afraid to eat anything grown/made in China. Same goes for anything else that goes on or in my body. I just feel that as a group, they can not be trusted not to poison me.

They have decimated lots of African trees minerals and some coasts have no fish left

"If you can cheat , then cheat " Perfect slogan for people without any kind of moral values .

My brother had to work there for a while. I tried to warn him about these sorts of things, but he didn't want to believe me.

On a positive note, there seems to be a movement, partially encouraged by Covid, to source and produce products in the home country. I am hoping this will continue until we don't have to depend on China for anything.

I'm super poor but when I get a paycheck job there's two projects I'll pay for: these guys and the guardian U.K. News. These two men are REAL JOURNALIST saving capitalism.

The only channel i watch to know about China and Chine news. Thank you my friend for your hard job and bring to us the true. Cheers from a portuguese living in Uk 👍🏻

In 2011 i worked in China, in shanghai, together with 3 young Chinese men, and at a lunch one day i was sitting and tell them how life was in my country, in Scandinavia, and after some time the 3 guys look at each other and say with a loud voice, "oh, i am glad i do not live there!" After that i never told them anything about my country, and they didn't ask either, a few days later i was sitting and talk to some western guys living in china, (they had Chinese wife and children etc) they said life for Chinese people was very hard and they had to struggle to manage, why those guys was so pleased not living in Scandinavia i do not understand

I just came back from a holiday in Taiwan. Wow, what an amazing place and such a polar opposite. The most kind and wonderful people. It truly shows how a governing force makes or breaks a society.

thank you for your life saving and useful information.

Jordan Petrson said that in China knives in your own homes are chained to the bench and people are microchipped and welding machines have facial recognition it allows you to use it.

Winston, I remember almost every one of your examples. I remember one of the first was lead in crayons which obviously are used by children. I could go on for 10 pages about trade with China. A complete disaster. When I talk with Americans about the horrors of trade with China they look at me like I have a third eye. I was 22ish when all this started. "If we help them get out of abject continuous poverty they will see that the U.S. can be a friend and we each don't have to be 'nuclear armed' enemies. We can all trade and prosper." So much for a nice idea. I now tell Americans, "After 50 years of trade with China, not one good thing has come from it." We have lost jobs, wealth, technology, and world security & even personal safety. Gotta stop lest I go into ten pages. I really, really, enjoy the work that you and Laowhy86 do ! ! ! So interesting and eye opening. Both the good & the bad.

They're basically fooling people. Why would you disguise things, unless you wanted to fool them into thinking you had something better, than what you have? It's deceit, at is worst.

Winston rocks!! I completely stopped buying anything off eBay. I’m done with Chinese manipulation.

Cardboard collectors are a big problem here in South African citys. Here in eThekwini (Durban Metro) they congregate in city parks where there are ponds or natural streams and rivers to wet the cardboard. Yes, we encourage recycling but not in our watercourses and although there have been repeated attempts to provide them with designated areas to operate in, they don't use them because either they don't have access to flowing water and certain groups start to take over and control access to the site. Not only does the glue in the carboard pollute the streams but they strip off any plastic and dump it in the watercourses. Biggest problem is that their activities kill of the vegetation which stabilises the river banks and is exacerbated by the cardboard buyers who the drive into the parks and along the river banks in trucks. The result is the erosion and collapse of the river banks during storm and flood events which has a domino effect on properties and natural watercourses downstream which are supposed to protect the catchment systems.

i live and grew up in a post-communist country and i've heard a lot of these kinds of stories from my parents and grandparents, so these stories aren't all tha shocking to me. though i imagine for people of the west it must be quite wild. i think my favorite story is about how the train stopped mid-way bc someone stole the train racks to sell them at a scrapyard.

This seems to be true as far as my direct experience with Chinese folks. I always thought Chinese visitors to the USA would be courteous and well mannered. I was taking a trip from NC to NY to see my sick little sister about five years before Covid hit. There were about 20 Chinese visitors staying at the hotel. When my wife and I went down for the continental breakfast, the Chinese crowd actually went through before everyone else and took ALL THE FOOD!!! If they could have taken the industrial coffee machine they probably would have. I saw a guy with three plates of food just stacked up on each other. Their rooms must have been a mess to clean with all that food, silverware and dishes. And they did this while I was yelling, "Hey! Save some food for everyone else"! The management was afraid to say something because they didnt want to be politically incorrect. I've seen some rude shit in my life, but that experience took the cake.

I'd pay more for items made anywhere but China but you can't even find some products that are from anyplace else. It's frustrating.

Your videos have taught me to never trust anything from China without verification. A paper tiger indeed.

In the old days in China the times were different, they believed in Budda and they practiced morality. This was killed in the Chinese revolution in the 50's.

"Not every Chinese person is dishonest". Correct, it's not even everyone in the CCP, BUT it's enough that honest Chinese people are in the minority and when you meet an honest Chinese businessman or official, it's notable!

Thank you so much for sharing. I had no idea about these deceivers omg 😮

Great video. Thanks.

it's true - the super rich chinese university students here in yorkshire wait patiently to follow the 'low price fairy' as she goes round the supermarket putting yellow price reduction stickers on short expiry date food. they call each other on the phone from one isle to the other when they don't have space in their basket to take absolutely everything

"It was all fake", is their country motto at this point.

Great job Serp

I've curtailed my buying. I try now to figure out where my stuff was made or grown

I worked in Asia for 32 years. Interacting with them was very stressful. They don’t seem to not be able to try and trick you for what they want. Devious would be a word most descriptive.

Cardboard wetting 🤣 I work at a large scrap yard & we always get people that soak down the seats in vehicles or pack a refrigerator with ice & think we don’t already know how much these items weigh before they pull onto the scale. Anytime the weight is obviously off I walk out to the scale, open items, feel the interiors of vehicles & give them 2 choices. Remove whatever it is that alters the actual scrap weight OR get off the scale & drive off the property permanently.

Very informative video

I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times. 78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways. 81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times. 88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the ungodly wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified. 99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations." 102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the ungodly or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." 2 Esdras 2:31 ,,''''''''''''