i saw a house. my eyes could not comprehend its size. the suggestion there is is that now you re going to receive divine revelation and that now the heavens will open and reveal something. i have explained to you the mysteries of the kingdom. and he s illuminated by jesus to understand that what he has to do is a necessary part of god s will. he s not a betrayer. he s not motivated by money or malice or jealousy or or anything else except the obligation to obey jesus. judas steps into the cloud of light, that is into the place where he will be spiritually enlightened. judas. judas is transformed by the vision. he now understands that he is
we have jesus, this charismatic, messianic figure in town. we have a major jewish festival, and the romans on top of it are watching. the romans are worried that it is going to explode any moment. fearing the romans would punish them for any unrest, the jewish high priests decide to take action against jesus. the scene is set for the greatest betrayal in history.
part of a sacred mission. jesus wanted to be sacrificed. he asks judas to betray him, and judas says, why me? jesus tells him, because you are the closest to me. i beg you to do it. he understands what s happening. he s helping jesus. he knows that because of what he has to do, he s going to be hated forever. judas is doing what jesus wants him to do. look, god sent jesus to die for the sins of mankind. someone has to betray him. someone has to fulfill this mission. jesus is saying, i have to die on the cross in order to do what i was sent here to do.
judas that s going to lead him to fall away from jesus and to lose faith in jesus and ultimately to betray jesus. the new testament gospels tell of a critical moment here, two miles outside jerusalem. the village of bethany is named in the gospels as the place where jesus stayed during the last week of his life. the gospel of john places the scene in the house of lazarus, the man jesus raised from the dead. just a few days before his crucifixion, a woman came to jesus and anointed his feet with expensive ointments and perfumes. mary anoints jesus with pistic nardis, the chanel no. 5 of antiquity, and she uses a whole pot of it, a whole year s
bread. forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who s indebted to us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. judas iscariot, the man who betrays jesus in the most infamous act of treachery ever. judas is the embodiment of all wickedness, the most villainous person in human history. evil, demonic, the lowest of the low.