1) With regard to Christianity, there was a lot of manipulation concerning political, economic and social reasons, mainly with emperors Theodosius and Constantine, as History tells us;
2) I consider that in these three statements we find the essence of the teachings of Christ:
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." --Matthew 6:33
“The Kingdom of God is within you”- Luke 17:21
“You are Gods” – John 10:34 (Christ cites Psalm 82.6)
3) The Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH means “I AM”.
4) A person says, for instance, “I am engineer, I am Indian, I am tall, I am this, I am that”. “I am” is the basis; “I am” is permanent. The accretions are transitory. “I am” is God – I am that I am.
5) Sri Ramana Maharshi calls our attention to be in the feeling “I am”. Our attention must be turned to the feeling “I”. “Who am I?” “If “I” is held, all else disappears. It is enough, but only for the competent few”. This feeling “I”, “I am”, is within us. The pure “I am”, without accretions, is God. Intellect cannot measure IT. Intellect is contained in IT. IT is infinite. You are That (Tat Twam Asi).
6) Jesus is Yahushua. “Yahu” is the Tetragrammaton YHWH, I AM; “Shua” is the verb “to save”. That is, I AM is what saves, I AM is the salvation; That which saves is I am.
7) It’s immaterial whether there was or there was not the historic figure of Jesus, because Yahushua – “I am is what saves”.