Judas Kiss Of Death

Auphirah: Be aware of Christians in the church who has the personality of Judas Iscariot. They are same people who will say, “ I love you,” then betray you with a kiss of death because they are workers of iniquity and darkness. Judas was part of the disciples, learning the teachings, praying, seen miracles/blessings and love of Jesus. Why did Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus with Kiss of Death? It is deeper than thirty pieces of silver and we must learn who is Judas Iscariot. How many Believers have been betrayed by Christians within the Church?

Psalm 41 King James Version (KJV)
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

This is very interesting to me because I am going to connect New Testament with the Old Testament!

John 13 King James Version (KJV)
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
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26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Kiss of Judas

Matthew 26 King James Version (KJV)


48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

Judas kiss(below are descriptions of a Judas)

starsee definition of Judas kiss show all noun
as in betrayal
as in duplicity
as in sellout

Synonyms for Judas kiss

noun exhibition of disloyalty
deception
dishonesty
sellout
treachery
treason
double-crossings
double-dealing
duplicity ( look up the definition of duplicity & you will find the Judas Kiss).http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/duplicity?s=t
falseness

Learn the Wisdom from the Sacred Word(Bible).

Zanjan: Maybe you guys got it all wrong. We know Jesus wasn't stupid.

Judas was trusted with the finances, and there is nothing saying he embezzled money so I guess that was the right choice. Would a man in charge of the bank not know how to invest wisely? There is no account of Judas doing anything to displease Jesus throughout His ministry, and there were plenty of chances to foul Him up.

Yet we know other disciples ticked Jesus off a few times. We know anyone, regardless of rank, can fall from grace and many have - no need for Judas to be an example of that.

What if Judas was the sort who'd do and say absolutely anything Christ told him to, no matter what? And what if it were something that would make Christ look great and Judas look bad from both sides?

That kind of person would have to be totally selfless and totally in love to make that sort of sacrifice, wouldn't you think? Which of the disciples could best achieve it at *exactly the right hour*?

What if Judas was merely acting the role of a pathetic turncoat, as bait to flush out the enemies, exposing who they are on the battleground? Q: Do YOU know who your enemy is? A: it's someone who gets in the way of what you're doing. Who was Christ's Nemesis? Every great leader has one. We know it wasn't Judas.

What if this was all just a set up, done in order to carry out God's desire?

Zanjan: Under what conditions could this "what if" be possible?

Well, let's think for a moment about *what* Christ was -> infallible and without ego. The early believers trusted Him, even when they didn't always understand something.

Christ had perfect powers of perception, understanding, foresight and judgment of humans. God knows the souls through and through so, when GOD chose them for Jesus, He did so unerringly. Christ did all things under God's command.

On that night in the garden, the other disciples kept falling asleep. Did Judas? Oh no, he was a busy boy, doing what Christ told him must be done. As Jesus said, He could easily have escaped but that wasn't what God wanted. He could easily have had an army to defend Him but that wasn't what God wanted.

What God wanted was obedience, watchfulness, and non-interference with the course that needs to be taken for the sake of mankind.

Maybe that wasn't the kiss of death - maybe it was Judas handing Christ a sacred gift, sealing his love with a kiss.

Just a thought.

ghostgeek: Good old Judas. Doing what Jesus told him to do.

Didn't somebody write a book about this?

Zanjan: Only what's in the New Testament, as far as I know. Of course, you realize people conveniently skip over the important parts.......wait, they only read what clergy tells them to read. If anything even hints of controversy, they avoid that.

Jesus already answered people's questions about Judas.....and He didn't call him a traitor either. None of the Apostles did. If only Peter had been as obedient! Since we're all so stubborn, God has a way of taking people where they don't want to go.

ghostgeek: Surely it's called the "Gospel of Judas." Referenced in other ancient texts as early as A.D. 180.

Zanjan: People have all sorts of notions about religion and those who are literate have always written them down, the same as we do today. What you're referring to, an ancient document recently unearthed, wasn't written by Judas or preached to anyone.

I'm guessing archaeologists of the future will one day find an old computer in a cave and be utterly surprised by what can be translated.

ghostgeek: Neither were the Gospels in the Bible written by Jesus.

Zanjan: He spoke to them and they remembered - if they had lousy memories, the whole purpose of His mission would have been fruitless.

ghostgeek: Really? Luke certainly didn't claim to have spoken to Jesus. In fact he makes a point of stating that his gospel is based on the testimony of others. No reason to think it was any different for the other gospel writters.

ghostgeek: The fact is, we do not know how accurate those recollections were. Each gospel tells a different story, suggesting some corruption of the facts.

Zanjan: Luke wasn't an Apostle, neither was Paul. Blame them if you don't like the conveyance........they had their own opinions and ways to deliver the teachings but people don't realize that.

None of them ever called it their own gospel - they stated it was "the gospel", according to (fill in the name). You see the caveat, don't you?

ghostgeek: Yes, it was other people who stated that it was "the gospel according to ...", not the chaps who wrote the things. Same with the five books of Moses.

davejackson1960: the gospel according to, is used as an acknowledgement that all the crap was written long after the fact, and was never meant to be anything until some freak found it and turned it into some big revelation, be careful what you write and discard ten thousand years from now you will be ordained as a prophet