WHY THE CROSS IS THE SYMBOL OF JESUS CHRIST AS THE COSMIC PURUSHA

WHY THE CROSS IS THE SYMBOL OF JESUS CHRIST AS THE COSMIC PURUSHA

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HIS HOLINESS BHAKTI ANANDA GOSWAMI

Hare Krishna ! Yagna Purusha Yupa Dhvaja Vishnu Yashas (Yahu-Shua /Jesus) Ki Jaya !

Dear Vaishnava Devotees,

Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.

At The End Of Every Saha Material World Universal Kali Yuga/Age Lord Vishnu Descends As The Sin-Conquering Savior Vishnu Yashas Or Kalki Avatara, And This Descent Is Described In The Catholic Christian Tradition As The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ. But, At The Beginning Of Every Cosmic Manifestation, The Second Person Of The Godhead, Lord Baladeva, Who IS The Servitor Lord Vishnu, Original Spiritual Master And Savior Of All Devotees, Sacrifices Himself As The Prajapati Of The Universe, The Cosmic Purusha, For The Creation, Maintenance And Redemption Of The Entire Cosmic Manifestation.

The Rishis (Compare Hebrew Roeh 'Seers') Assist Him At His Self Sacrifice, And The Remnants Of His Sacrifice Become The Food Of All Beings.

Commemoration Of His Sacrifice Becomes The Central Rite / Act Of Worship In The Whole Universe. His Consecrated Body / Remnants / Sesha Or PURUSHA-IDA / Prasadam Are The 'Remnants Of His Sacrifice' Sacramental Food Of The Twice-Born, The 'Born Again'. All Of The Devas And Social Varnas And Ashrams Are Born From His Sacrifice. From His Head The Brahmanas Are Manifest, From His Arms The Kshatriyas, From His Belly The Vaishyas And From His Legs The Shudras Are Manifest. Thus The Varnashrama Dharma Sacramental 'Mystical Social Body' Of The Pura Or Polis Of POLIEUS / Purusha Is The Primal Cause Of Theocentric Human Civilization And All Sacramental Social Life.

The Vedic Sacrifices All Began With This Cosmic Self-Sacrifice Of Purusha Yupa Dhvaja, And Ultimately Commemorated His 'Once-And-All-Sufficient' Self-Offering. Thus Purusha Or Yagna Purusha As 'Self Sacrifice Personified' Was Called Yupa Dhvaja ('Stake-Flagged') Because The Instrument Of His Cosmic Sacrifice Was The Sacred Axis Mundi Yupa Stake, Cross Or Post/Stambha To Which He Was Fixed In The Primal Purusha Sukta Hymn, For His Cosmic Sacrifice.

Thus In The Vedic Sacrificial System, Sacrificial Victims Were Fixed To A Post, Pole, Stand Stanu, Stambha 'World Tree' Or Cross Called A Yupa, In Memory Of Purusha's Cosmic Sacrifice. Since He Was Sacrificed On The Cosmic Yupa Axis Mundi Or 'Cross Of All Creation', He Was Called Yupa Dhvaja....Or The One Whose Eternal Emblem Or Symbol (Or 'Heraldic Device' For His Flag / Dhvaja ) Was The Instrument (Yupa Post) Of His Cosmic Sacrifice.

All The Vedic Sacrifices Related To The Purusha Sukta Were Intercessory Or ATONING In Nature. Thus Vedic Kings And Brahmanas, JUST LIKE THE JEWS Would Perform Great Vedic Sacrifices To Atone For The Sins Of The Nation. This Was Still Going On In India When Shakya Muni Buddha Promoted His Ahimsa Doctrine To Stop It. In Fact A 'SCAPE GOAT' Type Of Vedic Rite Was Recently Performed In Nepal, To Cleanse The Nation Of Its Bad Karma For The Assassination Of Its Royal Family.

The Apostolic Catholic And Related Christian Worship Of Jesus Christ As The Second Person Of The Godhead Self-Offered For The Salvation Of The Whole Universe, Is The Worship Of Baladeva, The Original Spiritual Master As Yupa Dhvaja, Who "Takes Away The Sins Of The World". Thus The Sacramental Social Body Of Christ In Catholicism Is Related To The Mystical Social Body Of Helios/Eli-Yahu Polieus / Purusha Yupa Dhvaja Or Yagna Purusha, And The Eucharist Is Lord Jesus Polieus/Purusha's Maha Prasadam.

As The Second Person Of The Godhead, He Is The Original Spiritual Master And The Savior Of All Universes. None Come To The Father But Through, With, In And By Him.

So, Please Don't Blaspheme Lord Baladeva As Purusha Yupa Dhvaja, And Don't Ridicule His Christian Devotees For Worshiping Him In His Sign Of The Yupa Or Cross, According To The Ancient Vedic Tradition...As Yupa Dhvaja.

He Is The Cosmic Redeemer Form Of The Original Spiritual Master, Who Has Taken Away The Sins Of The Entire Cosmic Manifestation ! To Really Behold His Cross / Yupa Is To See The FINAL END Of All The Universe's Sins, Absolved And Forgiven By The Cosmic Redeemer Lord Baladeva As The Yagna Purusha Who Alone "Takes Away The Sins Of The World".

In The Cross / Yupa Of Lord Baladeva As Jesus Purusha, All Things Past And Future, Human And Divine, Are Finally Reconciled IN HIS SELF-SACRIFICING LOVE.

There Is No Question Of Getting God's Mercy Without His Mercy, As HE IS THE GODHEAD'S MERCY IN PERSON/PURUSHA.

Bhakti Ananda Goswami Aka David, An Aspiring Devotee Of Lord Baladeva As Yupa Dhvaja, Jesus / Yagna Purusha