Shalom EliYah, below are my comments or answers to your questions:

Shalom ImaHebrew,

I liked your article and it mirrors much of what I believe. The main focus of what was written points to how sin is turned into righteousness as a result of sinners killing Messiah (they accomplish the righteous requirement of the Torah--Rom 8:1-4, because they are walking according to the Spiritual fulfillment of the Torah). I'm not sure if I have ever read you stating your beliefs this way.

One area I'm not so sure on though is whether we should say that we crucified/impaled Yahushua. I understand how you feel. But this is the power of the Gospel (the Cross) to turn sinners from their sin. Who would continue in their sin knowing they would be guilty of the body and blood of the Master, if they do not turn from their sin? The writer of Hebrews tells us that falling away, back into sin, crucifies Yeshua anew. Reasonable logic should indicate to you that our sin is what placed Yeshua on the cross. Along with the fact that the Torah never required the animal to kill itself or for Yahweh to kill it...the sinner was to kill their sacrifice.

The verse in Acts 2:23 seems to point more toward the leaders being guilty of this more so than all sinners. Acts 3:12-18 shows the men of Israel were guilty of murdering Yeshua, along with the leaders. Acts 4:27-28 also shows not only the leaders and the people of Israel, but also the Gentiles were guilty of murdering Yeshua. His sacrifice was not just for those people living at that time, His sacrifice was for ALL of us. And the righteousness that comes as a result of our sin, is the fact that our sin did kill a sacrifice that was willing to be offered.

And then Paul indicated that this wouldn't be a good thing to be guilty of:

1 Corinthians 11:27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Master in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Master.

I guess in one sense we all had a part in it, in that our sin brought about the need for His offering. But various places indicate that He willingly offered Himself:

Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Messiah also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to Elohim for a sweet-smelling aroma.

And at the command of the Father:

Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in His hand.

So in light of these things I would like to see more scripture to support the thought that all sinners killed him. You may be right, but I would be interested in more scriptural support. I think what I have written above should at least give some support that Yeshua did offer Himself, and we, in our sin, did lay our hands upon His head, and did slay Him. As I said, the animal was not required to kill itself, but the sinner was required to kill the animal. The purpose of this is to let the sinner know there were consequences for their sin. Your sin, my sin, everyone's sin caused the suffering and death of a totally innocent Lamb, and that should have great impact.

The other points in your article I would agree, though I might want to be more specific in defining what it means to be returning to the condition of "sinning willfully."

Many whom I consider to be brethren fear greatly that they have entered this condition at some point in their life and wonder if their salvation is secure. I would understand that Yahweh goes a long way with a person before they reach the point at where it is no longer possible to receive His grace. "Sinning willfully" is not sinning with a weakness or an inadvertent sin. Sinning willfully is KNOWING that you are sinning (whether it is a weakness or an inadvertent sin), and you are in complete agreement with it. A believer truly recognizes their sin (either through self examination or through someone coming to them) and then struggles to overcome that sin. When a believer no longer struggles to overcome, and they do not care about Yeshua suffering so, then they are sinning willfully.

EliYah