Who Killed Jesus [Yahoshua]?

 by Joseph Shulam

Intro by Dr. Garrett:    The majority of the article is retained as written by Mr. Shulam. Only a few paragraphs and sentences were edited out due to space restrictions. [Words] in brackets were inserted by myself, but no actual text was changed. Reprinted with permission from Maoz Israel Report.

Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion of the Christ,” has again raised the question, “Who Killed Jesus [Yahoshua]?” This topic always raised a concern in the Jewish community. Historically, every time that Christians ask, “Who Killed Jesus [Yahoshua],” there is a wave of hate and persecution against the Jewish community.

Jews are fearful, with good reason, when Christians discuss who killed Jesus [Yahoshua]. However, I [Mr. Shulam] wish to bring up the issue from a different point of view to the question, “Who Killed Jesus [Yahoshua]?” The one who planned and executed the murder of Jesus [Yahoshua] is none other than God the Father [Elohiym YaHVaH]. It is He who premeditated, predicted, prepared, timed, and approved the death of the Messiah hundreds of years ahead of the historical event. Look at the following passage in this light: ” . . . the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 [KJV].

Note in this verse that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world. This means that God [Elohiym] had prepared and premeditated the slaying of the Lamb of God [Elohiym] that takes the sins of the world before the world was created. There were no Jews in existence at that time who could have had any hand in this plan.

The Jewish people, played a role in this drama – for the sake of the Gentiles, the sake of the nations, who were all worshiping idols before Jesus [Yahoshua]. Look at the following texts: “I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!” Romans 11:11-13 [KJV].

Is it not clear that the Gentiles have received an incalculable and inexhaustible benefit from the fact that some of the Jewish people (the leadership, both religious and political) have rejected Jesus [Yahoshua] as the Messiah? So, why, during these last almost two thousand years, have the churches persecuted the Jews and blamed them for the death of Jesus [Yahoshua]? The Gentiles ought to be the first to rejoice and say, “Thank God [Elohiym] that by the rejection of Jesus [Yahoshua] by many of the Jewish people, we have received salvation!”

I can state with certainty that the Jewish sources are clear the Sanhedrin judged Jesus [Yahoshua] to be killed. The evil leadership was mostly Hellenized Jews (the Sadducees [& Pharisees] in the Sanhedrin) handed Jesus [Yahoshua] to the Romans. But it was Roman hands that held the hammer that nailed the nails in the hands of Jesus [Yahoshua]. It was Roman hands that wrote the words on the sign that hung over the head of this Galilean Jew, “Jesus [Yahoshua] of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”

Instead of our pointing the finger at each other, the recollection of the death of Jesus [Yahoshua] and the resurrection of Jesus [Yahoshua] on the third day, ought to cause all of us to take the personal responsibility for our own sins that keep inflicting pain and suffering in the world and also on the One who died for our transgressions and upon Whose shoulders our sins have been loaded, Jesus [Yahoshua] of Nazareth – God [Elohiym] and Man.

I pray that Mel Gibson’s film will be so powerful a witness and so true to the (Holy) Scriptures that people from every part of the world will be touched by it and will want to turn to God [Elohiym] and accept the work of redemption that was accomplished by Jesus [Yahoshua] on the Roman Cross. I do hope and pray that God [Elohiym] will use this film to touch the hearts of men everywhere and that instead of provoking hate and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world, that this film will promote “Peace on Earth and Good Will toward Men.”

Mr. Shulam is the Director of Netivya Bible Instruction and Pastor of the Messianic Jewish Congregation, Kehilat Ro’eh Israel, in Jerusalem [Israel]     http://www.netivya.org.il

Written & published by Mr. Shulam © March 2004

Reprinted by Dr. Garrett © 5-2004, 1-2005, 2017

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