Jesus Christ, the Almighty Creator in Sama Veda
I am the Lord, and besides Me, there is no Saviour - Isaiah 43:12 (NIV)”
For seven and a half years he researched (studied) all palm leaf manuscripts and Vedas available in the temple to discover the answer to the question “Who is the one who can take away all the sins I have committed?” He learnt that the Vedas clearly says that without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. In Sampoorna Mahabharatham it is said “Rathha purotchanam paava vinasam”, meaning that TO REMOVE SIN, BLOOD SHOULD BE SHED. In the second division Thandiya magapiramanam of Sama Veda, a manthra says “prajapathirthe vaepiyam, athma naam yagnam, krutvaa prayachith”, meaning “THE RULER OF THE PEOPLE WILL DO YAGNA AND GIVE HIS OWN BODY AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT TO REMOVE THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE’. Prajapathi means the Creator Lord God. That is why “Vedic Scholars” say that ONLY WHEN THE HOLY CREATOR GOD BECOMES A SACRIFICE CAN SALVATION BE ACHIEVED. Similarly it is said in another mantra in the Thandiya magapiramanam, “Sarva paapa pariharo, raktha purokshana mavasyagam, thath raktham paramathmeina,
pushyathaana baliyagam” which means if we need deliverance from all sins (sins that are done through ears, mouth and eyes, sinful desires which arise in the heart, sinful thoughts, sinful deeds etc.), then according to the Vedas blood must be shed. So he began to search the scriptures to find out which God had shed his blood as sacrifice to remove man’s sins. He was greatly surprised to find a mantra in the Sama Veda, “lihviyaa koptharam mahakyavvathinaa koriyanthi havyayaana pariyathaaseen” meaning THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE AN AVATARAM (DIVINE BIRTH) WILL BE BORN OF A VIRGIN IN A CATTLE SHED. The Sama Veda testifies that the person who is to be born will be a divine person (avatara purushan). Who is this divine person mentioned in the Sama Veda? As he was trying to find the answer to this question, one day as he and his disciples went to buy certain puja items, he heard through the loudspeaker the words of a song being sung by some men and women.
“Aren’t you the Saviour who was born of a virgin in cattle shed, born as a man to take away sins? Isn’t Your blood, which was shed as a sacrifice on the cross, a propitiation for the sins of the sinner?” On hearing this song he was overjoyed that he had found the answer to the riddle for which he had been searching for the past 7-½ years. Rejoicing he went towards the direction from where the song came. There, standing before a huge crowd a pastor was preaching about Jesus. He listened to it for more than half an hour. At the end of the meeting he met the pastor and asked him questions and heard the answers and he also received a new Bible. He read that Bible many times for 2 ½ years and was greatly amazed. He found the answers to all his questions in the Bible and also understood clearly that there is no one else in the world but Jesus who has the authority and power to forgive the sins of mankind. He told the elders in his family, relatives and also the elders in the temple about Jesus that He is the one who can forgive sins and that besides Jesus there is no one else who can give salvation. “Salvation
S. THAYAPPAN 99 is found in no-one else; for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12)”. When they heard it they all came together menacingly to hit him. One day early in the morning during the abisheka puja in the temple instead of reciting the usual slokas he started telling about Jesus in whom he had become rooted, who had filled his heart with light. Forgetting himself and unable to control his enthusiasm, he spoke about the greatness of the Bible and about the true salvation which only Jesus can give, since Jesus is the only one who gave himself as a living sacrifice for our sins. He preached all this through the temple microphone until 10.00 am in the morning.