2004.02.1.01 If The Jews Did Not Kill Jesus We Have a Problem Created by James3 on 8/17/2019 7:23:08 AM If The Jews Did Not Kill Jesus We Have a Problem
Greetings,
In the last few days I have received several emails about the movie "The Passion" and about anti-Semitism.
Amongst these emails was a proposal that the director of "The Passion" should add the statement:
"During the Roman occupation, 250,000 Jews were crucified by the Romans, but only One rose from the dead." at the end of the movie.
The email indicated that the director had accepted this recommendation.
The purpose of this document is to point out that the above proposal contains fundamental errors and to propose an alternative approach.
The fact of the matter is that, in the simplest possible terms, if the Jews did not kill Yahshua {Jesus} then he was just another Jew killed by the Romans and all Christians and others who believe that he was someone much more important are deceived and without hope!
It was the death of Yahshua {Jesus} NOT his resurrection that purchased our redemption and provided salvation NOT his resurrection.
That death was ONLY significant if:
1. He had lived a sinless life and could fulfil the Scriptural requirement for a "lamb without spot or blemish".
2. He died at Passover.
3. He was put to death at the instigation of the High Priest of the Jewish People!
This is the ONLY way that Yahshua {Jesus} could fulfil the prophetic symbolism of the sacrifices appointed by Moses AND the only way that he could introduce a New Covenant.
The issue with anti-Semitism is NOT that the Jews killed Yahshua {Jesus}, it is that Christians and others who claim to believe in what Yahshua {Jesus} did do not understand the spiritual laws that apply and that he HAD TO DIE and that he HAD to die at the hands of the Jewish people!
Yahshua {Jesus} WAS a Jew, he came first and foremost FOR the Jews and only secondly for the rest of mankind.
The issue for anti-Semitism is to be THANKFUL to Yahshua {Jesus} AS A JEW for his sacrifice and to recognize that it could not have happened any other way and THEN accept that those who are not Jews have been grafted into the Olive tree of Israel (Romans 11:11 to 26) and start to express our appreciation and love to those who were there in the first place!
Following is scriptural analysis to support the above.
1. The Jews DID Kill Yahshua {Jesus} and It HAD to Be That Way
In Acts 3:12-19, Peter, speaking to Jews clearly states that they killed Yahshua {Jesus}:
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
13 The mighty one {God} of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the mighty one {God} of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Yahshua {Jesus}; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom Yah {God} hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
18 But those things, which Yah {God} before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that the anointed one {Christ} should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of Yah the eternally self existing {the Lord};
(KJV, names adjusted)
Clearly from this it is apparent that it was the Jews who demanded that Yahshua {Jesus} was put to death even though Pilate had found no wrong in him.
It is ALSO clear that this had been foretold by the prophets. It was ESSENTIAL that Yahshua {Jesus} died otherwise he would not have become the sacrifice for our sins.
There are other verses that indicate that Pilate was prepared to let Yahshua {Jesus} go and that it was the Jews that demanded that he be put to death.
For example:
Matthew 27:17-25
17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Yahshua {Jesus} which is called anointed {Christ}?
18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Yahshua {Jesus}.
21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Yahshua {Jesus} which is called anointed {Christ}? They all say unto him, Let him be impaled {crucified}.
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be impaled {crucified}.
24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
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Pilate clearly and repeatedly says that he finds no crime in Yahshua {Jesus} and the Jews repeatedly demand his death. The Almighty even gives Pilate's wife a dream to confirm that there is no sin in Yahshua {Jesus}.
It was vital that Pilate pronounce Yahshua innocent. If Yahshua was not innocent then he was just another criminal and the death penalty was warranted. His death was only of eternal value IF he was entirely innocent, which he was and which Pilate confirmed. In order to be the Eternal Passover Lamb it was vital that Yahshua {Jesus} was without sin.
It was equally vital that the Jews took the blood of Yahshua {Jesus} upon themselves and upon their children. This was a prophetic statement that replicated the sprinkling of blood by Moses at the time of the Mosaic Covenant, consider Exodus 24:8 "And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Yah the eternally self existing {the LORD} hath made with you concerning all these words." (KJV, names adjusted)
If the Jews had not taken the blood of Yahshua {Jesus} upon themselves and upon their children, which was an essential prophetic symbolic act, then they could not subsequently have participated in the New Covenant.
2. The High Priest Was Acting Prophetically When He Acted to Have Yahshua {Jesus} Put To Death
Another aspect which seems to be lost to most people is that the High Priest was a prophet and that the Almighty had TOLD him that Yahshua {Jesus} HAD to die!
John 11:49-53
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Yahshua {Jesus} should die for that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of Yah {God} that were scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
(KJV, names adjusted)
John 18:12-14
12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Yahshua {Jesus}, and bound him,
13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
(KJV, names adjusted)
The fact that, at the time of Yahshua's {Jesus'} trial, Caiaphas misinterpreted the reason for Yahshua {Jesus} to die is irrelevant. The Almighty had clearly told Caiaphas that Yahshua {Jesus} HAD to die. So Caiaphas, on the basis of direct revelation from the Almighty, and therefore with deep conviction, did all that he could in order to ensure that Yahshua {Jesus} was put to death. He HAD DIVINE REVELATION!
How can any man dare to condemn Caiaphas for that?
3. The Jews Did NOT Kill Yahshua {Jesus} He Gave Himself VOLUNTARILY - In Fact He Was Responsible for His OWN Death
Hebrews 9:25-28
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So the anointed one {Christ} was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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Here it is apparent that Yahshua {Jesus} sacrificed HIMSELF. He was without sin. There was no way that the forces of darkness could put him to death. He voluntarily endured all that he endured and at ANY TIME he could have opted out!
Yahshua {Jesus} confirmed this before his death, consider Matthew 26:52-54:
52 Then said Yahshua {Jesus} unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
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Here Yahshua {Jesus} makes it absolutely clear that he could opt out at any time. He was without sin, there was therefore no basis on which he could be put to death.
But the SCRIPTURES HAD TO BE FULFILLED.
Yahshua's {Jesus'} death was appointed at the beginning. It was appointed at the time of his conception, it was appointed thousands of years before his birth. The Jews and Romans's of Yahshua's {Jesus'} day were SIMPLY THE INSTRUMENTS of the will of the Almighty in the matter.
How can anyone then blame the Jews?
4. Yahshua {Jesus} HAD to Shed His Blood In Order For There To Be a New Covenant
Hebrews 9:11-24
11 But the anointed one {Christ} being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of the anointed one {Christ}, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to Yah {God}, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living mighty one {God}?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Torah {law}, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which Yah {God} hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the Torah {law} purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For the anointed one {Christ} is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of Yah {God} for us:
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This passage makes it absolutely clear that it was necessary for Yahshua {Jesus} to shed his blood. Without doing this there would NOT BE A NEW COVENANT.
1 Peter 1:1-2
1 Peter, an apostle of Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ}, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of Yah {God} the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ}: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
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Specific reference is made to the blood of Yahshua {Jesus}.
1 Peter 1:17-20
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of the anointed one {Christ}, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
(KJV, names adjusted)
The blood of Yahshua {Jesus} is referred to as "precious" and it is stated that Yahshua {Jesus} was "foreordained before the foundation of the world".If the blood is precious, how can one condemn the Jews or the Romans for taking the actions which allowed it to be shed?
If the death of Yahshua {Jesus} was foreordained before the foundation of the world, how can one condemn the Jews?
I John 1:7-9
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ} his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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The blood of Yahshua {Jesus} cleanses us from all sin. How can one condemn those who were responsible for the actions necessary for that blood to be shed?
Revelation 1:5-6
5 And from Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ}, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto Yah {God} and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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Yahshua loved us and washed us with his OWN blood. Again, it is Yahshua HIMSELF who chose to shed his blood for us. The Jews were merely instruments, ordained by the Almighty. What business has any person in condemning the Jews?
Hebrews 13:11-12
11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Yahshua {Jesus} also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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Yahshua {Jesus} chose to sanctify the people with his own blood and chose to suffer outside the gate.
Hebrews 12:24
24 And to Yahshua {Jesus} the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
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Hebrews 10:29
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of Yah {God}, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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The blood was necessary for us to be sanctified.
Hebrews 10:16-20
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith Yah the eternally self existing {the Lord}, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yahshua {Jesus},
20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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Entry to the holiest of holies is BY THE BLOOD OF YAHSHUA {JESUS} and through his flesh. His blood HAD to be shed!
Colossians 1:15-20
15 Who is the image of the invisible mighty one {God}, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the assembly {church}: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his stake {cross}, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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Yahshua {Jesus} MADE PEACE THROUGH THE BLOOD of his stake {cross} to reconcile all things unto himself.
Ephesians 2:12-18
12 That at that time ye were without the anointing of the Spirit of Yah {Christ}, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yah {God} in the world:
13 But now in the anointing of Yahshua {Christ Jesus} ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of the anointed one {Christ}.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto Yah {God} in one body by the stake {cross}, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
(KJV, names adjusted)
It is the blood of Yahshua {Jesus} that draws us to the Almighty AND it abolishes the wall of partition between Jew and Gentile.
Given that the Jews were responsible for the shedding of this blood in order that Jew and Gentile might be brought together into one faith, how can anyone condemn the Jews for killing Yahshua {Jesus}?
Romans 5:8-11
8 But Yah {God} commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, the anointed one {Christ} died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to Yah {God} by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only so, but we also joy in Yah {God} through our Lord Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ}, by whom we have now received the atonement.
(KJV, names adjusted)
We are justified by Yahshua's {Jesus'} blood and saved from wrath. How can we condemn those who were the Almighty's instruments for his death?
5. Yahshua Stated That He HAD TO DIE
Luke 22:19-20
19 And he [Yahshua {Jesus}] took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
(KJV)
Here Yahshua {Jesus} himself makes it clear that he has to die AND makes two prophetic statements that are necessary to link his death to the ordinances and sacrifices of Moses.
If Yahshua {Jesus} had not stated that his body was given for us, it could not have represented the grain offerings of the Mosaic Covenant. If he had not stated that his blood was shed for us as the blood of the NEW Covenant his blood could not have represented the blood of the Mosaic Covenant.
Yahshua {Jesus} clearly stated that he HAD TO DIE in order to introduce the New Covenant AND he clearly stated the prophetic significance of his death as a fulfillment of the Covenant given to Moses.
This being so, how can any person partake of the Covenant sacraments, the bread and wine, and then hate the Jews?
John 6:53-58
53 Then Yahshua {Jesus} said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
(KJV, names adjusted)
Yahshua {Jesus} makes it absolutely clear early in his ministry that he came to die and fulfil the prophetic symbolism of what happened during the Exodus.
6. Yahshua {Jesus} Had To Die the WAY He Died In Order To Take the Curse of the Torah {Law}
Galatians 3:13-14
13 The anointed one {Christ} hath redeemed us from the curse of the Torah {law}, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Yahshua the anointed {Jesus Christ}; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
(KJV, names adjusted)
Yahshua {Jesus} HAD to hang on a tree (stake / {cross}) in order to fulfil this Scripture. The Almighty appointed this at the time that He spoke to Moses and stated that cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree that Yahshua {Jesus} should DIE IN THIS WAY!
How can anyone blame the Jews OR the Romans for the way that Yahshua {Jesus} died?
7. Yahshua's {Jesus'} Resurrection Resulted From His LACK OF SIN
Finally, in the context of the proposed statement for the ending of "The Passion", it is important to note that Yahshua {Jesus} was resurrected, NOT as a consequence of some mysterious power at work but SIMPLY BECAUSE HE HAD NO SIN and therefore DEATH HAD NO HOLD on him.
All others must await the Day of Judgement before they are resurrected. Yahshua {Jesus} had no sin and therefore death had no legal right to hold him. SO, HE WAS RESURRECTED!
This was only possible, firstly because he was born without an earthly father and therefore did not inherit any bloodline curses and secondly because he had been prepared for this role since before the foundation of the earth and therefore knew Satan's ways and was able to resist them.
In essence, the TWO GREATEST MIRACLES regarding Yahshua {Jesus} were:
a) That he lived on earth for thirty three and a half years without committing a single sin.
b) That he CHOSE to stay on the stake {cross} when there was no legal basis for him to remain there such that NOT EVEN THE ALMIGHTY could force him to stay there a minute longer than he CHOSE! And he did that through LOVE!
Given that Yahshua {Jesus} loved the world with such great love, how can any person who claims to have faith through Yahshua {Jesus} hate the Jews or anyone else?
8. Conclusion
There are numerous other Scriptures that could be presented to further substantiate these points.
The answer to anti-Semitism is that Christians and others who claim faith in Yahshua {Jesus} examine the massive planks in their own eyes, stop judging the Jews and others and walk in forgiveness and love towards ALL of mankind.
Anti-Semitism is a manifestation of the error and arrogance of Christianity, it has NOTHING WHATSOVER to do with anything the Jews have ever done!
9. Suggestion
If the director of "The Passion" would like to say something with a view to defusing anti-Semitism, perhaps the answer would be something like:
John 3:16-17
16 For Yah {God} so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For Yah {God} sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Yahshua {Jesus} gave up his life of his own free will.
This being so, we appeal to every person who sees this movie to reach out in love to every other person on the planet and to turn from violence and hatred.
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