As surprising as this may be to some; it should be known that the historical JC wasn’t a Christian but a Jew. He was born into a Jewish family and followed all Jewish customs and traditions. The first 12 disciples and the 120 followers who gathered in the upper room on the day of Pentecost were all Jews; not Christians. On the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down upon Jews and not Christians. Paul (Saul) who was called to go to the Gentiles was a Jew. His Jewish name was Saul and his Gentile name was Paul. He and others like him only much later became known as Christians (little Christs).
The 1st century devotees of Christ were known by others as the ‘Followers of the Way’. These devotees didn’t follow the tradition of Christianity as we know it today. They didn’t celebrate Christmas or Easter. So what is Christianity? It is the European tradition of later century (3rd century onwards) followers of Christ, a tradition and custom not akin to the Old Testament or New Testament. Both Christmas and Easter were pagan festivals to other gods. These festivals were redeemed by missionaries who went to share their faith with these pagans. Hence Christmas and Easter were included into the tradition of following Christ. So Christianity is Christ + European tradition and in some cases only the European tradition without Christ. Therefore it becomes imperative to distinguish between Christ and Christianity. Christianity is Christ in a European dress. The blue-eyed and golden haired Christ is European; not even Jewish.
The cosmic Christ transcends all cultures and can incarnate Himself into all cultures because He died and rose again for all nations, peoples, tribes, languages and cultures. His desire is to incarnate Himself into each and every type of people ie. into each and every culture. Therefore when Christ comes to N India He comes not as the European Christ but as the Hindustani Christ. The Hindustani Christ cannot be blue-eyed and golden haired; He is brown-eyed, black haired, brown skinned and in a sanyasi dress (saffron robes). He is the Maha Rishi of the Himalyas, the valleys, plains, plateaus and the seas. He is the Sadguru; the true Guru who came to fulfill the cry of our for-fathers who cried “take me out of untruth and show me the truth, take me out of darkness and let me be in the light, set me free from this bondage of death and give me immortality.” The Sad Guru says “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. I am the Light of the world. He who walks after me will not walk in darkness but have the Light of Life.”
ऊँ Sri Yeshu Sadguruve namaha
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The comment in where you stated that Christ came to India as Hindustani Christ and so on for all the other countries. How is that idea supported by scriptures? Jesus was the Jewish Messiah who came for the lost sheep of Israel. He came as Jewish Messiah. We as Gentile are grafted into the common wealth of Israel and fellow partakers of promises and covenant according to Romans. Jesus kept the whole Torah and taught his students to do the same. Like he said be holy as I am holy and a Student is not above his master. My question to you is this, are we suppose to look like the Jewish messiah and his tradition or is he suppose to look like us and our tradition? India has many great traditions; however, whenever a tradition contradicts with scripture than we are not to sacrifice our morals for our country. Like Jesus said, I desire obedience rather than self-sacrifice of our moral standard.
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