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Why does it have to be an extreme? Why not live for the Gospel? If you have a burden for the Jewish people, share the Gospel with them. If they do not accept Christ, then they are bound for the Judgement.
God will chose who He will chose. He will reject whoever He rejects. Our opinion DOESN'T MATTER! Nothing that we do will affect His plan. BUT, we are called to share the Gospel.
Have you read Galatians 4?
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
The current Jerusalem is not the chosen people, but the same as Ishmael(father to Islam). God has a plan for that area, but only He knows which people are His people.
God will chose who He will chose. He will reject whoever He rejects. Our opinion DOESN'T MATTER! Nothing that we do will affect His plan. BUT, we are called to share the Gospel.
Have you read Galatians 4?
24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
The current Jerusalem is not the chosen people, but the same as Ishmael(father to Islam). God has a plan for that area, but only He knows which people are His people.
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Most Europeans are Christians.
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Hinduism and Judaism are the oldest religions.
Buddhism came from India.
Jesus Christ was a Jew.
Buddha was a Hindu.
Most Indias are Hindu.
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Most Europeans are Christians.
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Brahma and Abraham: Two Names For the Same Creator God | India First-Hand
Brahma and Abraham: Two Names For the Same Creator God | India First-Hand
Similarities Between Brahma and Abraham
Hari | September 10, 2009 | 4 comments
About four years ago a Jewish friend of mine and I were discussing the similarities between our names. His name is Ari and mine Hari. I knew that Vishnu, Krishna and Buddha (and many other gods) where called Hari at one point or the other. I also knew that Hari can refer to the color of the sun and the color of Soma (ritual drink). But I did not know of a connection between my name and a Hebrew name. So is it sheer coincidence that our names are almost identical except for one alphabet? I started reading a few books on the origin of languages and soon realized that many words and names (across many languages) are indeed identical largely because of the common origins of these languages (like Indo-European). So Hari, Ari, Harry, or Henri (pronounced aw-ree) are one and the same.
It is at the same time that I started reading Anacalypsis (Part 1 and Part 2) by Godfrey Higgins. Godfrey Higgins (1772 to 1833) was a Cambridge educated British archaeologist and a prolific writer. Higgins was a member of both the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. This book Anacalypsis published in 1833 (after his death) goes into great detail about ancient religious rituals, beliefs and customs. Higgins points out that Judaism (the religion of the Jewish people) actually originated in India and the Jews are people who migrated from India westward. It has to be pointed out that India during his time is not the same as India of today (ancient India also included Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan). Another claim that Higgins made is the word Abraham is just a variation of the word Brahma.
The belief that Judaism and Vedic religions have strong connections or that Brahma and Abraham are probably one and the same person is not something new. Flavius Josephus who lived in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century mentions in his book “Antiquitates Judaicae” (Antiquities of the Jews) that according to Greek philosopher Aristotle “these Jews are derived from the Indian philosophers, they are named by the Indians Calani (verse 1:22)”. Antiquitates Judaicae is also the first book that mentions the word Jesus Christ in it (many historians believe that the two passages about Jesus Christ was inserted much later to present independent historical evidence for Jesus which otherwise does not exist). He is a mythical character just like any other diety.
Magasthenes (who wrote the famous book Indika) was sent to India around 300 BCE by Seleucis Nicator. He mentions that Jews were an Indian tribe called the Kalani (I encourage you to read Indika. Unfortunately many parts of the text have been destroyed. Some sections of the book are available in English online. It is an amazing account of India written by Magasthenes nearly 2300 years ago). Voltaire (1694 – 1778), the famous French writer and philosopher also believed that Abraham was a Brahman priest whose ancestors left India to spread their beliefs.
Abraham (Hebrew), Ibrahim (Arabic) and Brahma (Sanskrit) have a lot more in common than one might think. Abraham was also known as Abram. Ab or Ap means father (senior person) in many languages including Kashmiri. According to the Bible (Genesis 17:5), god changed Abram’s name to Abraham. It is interesting to note that the word Abraham (patriarch of the Jews, Christians and Muslims) has no literal meaning in the Hebrew language. Brahma is the Vedic god of creation. According to mythology Brahma’s consort is Sara-swathi (interestingly Abraham’s wife is Sara). In some versions Saraswathi is also considered the wife of Vishnu (the Bible gives two stories of Abraham’s relationship with Sara. In Genesis 20:12 Abraham indicates that Sara “yet indeed she is my sister, she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, as she became my wife”). So Sara could be wife or sister just like Saraswathi.
Many of the sects (or castes) that where important to the formation of the Abrahamic religions are also found in India. They are Asuras (Assyrians), Khassis (Kassites), Hattiya or Khetti (Hittites) and Kesari (Cesari, Cesar or Czar). The case of the Asuras is interesting. Asuras or the Assyrians as they where known in the Middle-East are named so because they are sun worshipers (Surya means Sun in Sanskrit). Now you know that the country Syria (or Surya) is the land of the sun!. Assyria is the place where the myths of the Abrahamic religions are set. Many Christians in India particularly in Kerala believe that they are the decedents of the Assyrians Christians who came to India in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century. This claim is probably not true as the Asuras already had a strong presence in India. The conflicts between the Asuras and Devas are mentioned in the Vedas (experts believe that the Vedas could have been written anywhere from 3000 to 1200 BCE).
Although these connections where understood by those living at those times and by historians and writers for thousands of years they are still unknown to the vast majority of people on the earth today. We think that we live in an age of knowledge and information but we fail to realize that we are also loosing knowlege day by day. Many people also do not want to expose themselves to the idea that their religions or beliefs or gods may not be as unique as they once thought. Many who follow established religions normally dismiss these claims as hearsay and as something based on thin evidence. Most of what we call religion today is hearsy and based on very little physical evidence. But we should not fear the unknown or changes to the status-quo. As Tagore said “where the mind is without fear, the head is held high”.
Hari | September 10, 2009 | 4 comments
About four years ago a Jewish friend of mine and I were discussing the similarities between our names. His name is Ari and mine Hari. I knew that Vishnu, Krishna and Buddha (and many other gods) where called Hari at one point or the other. I also knew that Hari can refer to the color of the sun and the color of Soma (ritual drink). But I did not know of a connection between my name and a Hebrew name. So is it sheer coincidence that our names are almost identical except for one alphabet? I started reading a few books on the origin of languages and soon realized that many words and names (across many languages) are indeed identical largely because of the common origins of these languages (like Indo-European). So Hari, Ari, Harry, or Henri (pronounced aw-ree) are one and the same.
It is at the same time that I started reading Anacalypsis (Part 1 and Part 2) by Godfrey Higgins. Godfrey Higgins (1772 to 1833) was a Cambridge educated British archaeologist and a prolific writer. Higgins was a member of both the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. This book Anacalypsis published in 1833 (after his death) goes into great detail about ancient religious rituals, beliefs and customs. Higgins points out that Judaism (the religion of the Jewish people) actually originated in India and the Jews are people who migrated from India westward. It has to be pointed out that India during his time is not the same as India of today (ancient India also included Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan). Another claim that Higgins made is the word Abraham is just a variation of the word Brahma.
The belief that Judaism and Vedic religions have strong connections or that Brahma and Abraham are probably one and the same person is not something new. Flavius Josephus who lived in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century mentions in his book “Antiquitates Judaicae” (Antiquities of the Jews) that according to Greek philosopher Aristotle “these Jews are derived from the Indian philosophers, they are named by the Indians Calani (verse 1:22)”. Antiquitates Judaicae is also the first book that mentions the word Jesus Christ in it (many historians believe that the two passages about Jesus Christ was inserted much later to present independent historical evidence for Jesus which otherwise does not exist). He is a mythical character just like any other diety.
Magasthenes (who wrote the famous book Indika) was sent to India around 300 BCE by Seleucis Nicator. He mentions that Jews were an Indian tribe called the Kalani (I encourage you to read Indika. Unfortunately many parts of the text have been destroyed. Some sections of the book are available in English online. It is an amazing account of India written by Magasthenes nearly 2300 years ago). Voltaire (1694 – 1778), the famous French writer and philosopher also believed that Abraham was a Brahman priest whose ancestors left India to spread their beliefs.
Abraham (Hebrew), Ibrahim (Arabic) and Brahma (Sanskrit) have a lot more in common than one might think. Abraham was also known as Abram. Ab or Ap means father (senior person) in many languages including Kashmiri. According to the Bible (Genesis 17:5), god changed Abram’s name to Abraham. It is interesting to note that the word Abraham (patriarch of the Jews, Christians and Muslims) has no literal meaning in the Hebrew language. Brahma is the Vedic god of creation. According to mythology Brahma’s consort is Sara-swathi (interestingly Abraham’s wife is Sara). In some versions Saraswathi is also considered the wife of Vishnu (the Bible gives two stories of Abraham’s relationship with Sara. In Genesis 20:12 Abraham indicates that Sara “yet indeed she is my sister, she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, as she became my wife”). So Sara could be wife or sister just like Saraswathi.
Many of the sects (or castes) that where important to the formation of the Abrahamic religions are also found in India. They are Asuras (Assyrians), Khassis (Kassites), Hattiya or Khetti (Hittites) and Kesari (Cesari, Cesar or Czar). The case of the Asuras is interesting. Asuras or the Assyrians as they where known in the Middle-East are named so because they are sun worshipers (Surya means Sun in Sanskrit). Now you know that the country Syria (or Surya) is the land of the sun!. Assyria is the place where the myths of the Abrahamic religions are set. Many Christians in India particularly in Kerala believe that they are the decedents of the Assyrians Christians who came to India in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] century. This claim is probably not true as the Asuras already had a strong presence in India. The conflicts between the Asuras and Devas are mentioned in the Vedas (experts believe that the Vedas could have been written anywhere from 3000 to 1200 BCE).
Although these connections where understood by those living at those times and by historians and writers for thousands of years they are still unknown to the vast majority of people on the earth today. We think that we live in an age of knowledge and information but we fail to realize that we are also loosing knowlege day by day. Many people also do not want to expose themselves to the idea that their religions or beliefs or gods may not be as unique as they once thought. Many who follow established religions normally dismiss these claims as hearsay and as something based on thin evidence. Most of what we call religion today is hearsy and based on very little physical evidence. But we should not fear the unknown or changes to the status-quo. As Tagore said “where the mind is without fear, the head is held high”.