DID THE MESSIAH REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO BETRAY HIM?
Coming back to the issue of Judas, did he have to involve
himself with the imminent and unavoidable demise of the son of God? The answer
is a blunt NO.
Even though his involvement made it extremely easier for the
priests to hastily arrest Jesus, unjustly prosecute him through false charges
at an eerie time of the night and ultimately see to his unfortunate execution,
it was totally unnecessary for the man to betray the Christ. The Priests would
still have carried on their already hatched diabolic plans to kill him since
they were being incessantly tormented by the teachings of Jesus that simply
exposed them as hypocritical and wicked sons of their father, the devil. They
were just looking for a convenient time to implement their wicked intentions since
they feared the crowd who held Jesus as a prophet.
Thus, Judas’ betrayal couldn’t have come at a better time.
That was an opportunity they were looking for. It was an icing on the cake. It
just made things simpler for these hateful religious leaders who capitalized on
Judas betrayal to locate and seize the Christ at a convenient time without
having to deal with the agitations and resistance of the crowd.
In fact, Judas was NOT destined to betray Jesus. Indeed, no
one is predestined by God. God just has the ability to see the future and the
consequences of human actions.
Judas’ actions were totally uncalled for in the whole
equation.
To illustrate, it is like a man who has been sentenced to face the death penalty in the court of law. On his way out of the court obviously escorted by law enforcers, then he was shot by an angry and disgruntled man in the court room. What do you think would happen to his shooter? Would the Judge pardon him because the man he killed was already sentenced to death? Obviously NO. Natural Justice would dictate that the shooter be immediately arrested, later tried and sentenced for murder.
To illustrate, it is like a man who has been sentenced to face the death penalty in the court of law. On his way out of the court obviously escorted by law enforcers, then he was shot by an angry and disgruntled man in the court room. What do you think would happen to his shooter? Would the Judge pardon him because the man he killed was already sentenced to death? Obviously NO. Natural Justice would dictate that the shooter be immediately arrested, later tried and sentenced for murder.
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