Was Judas Jesus’ hero and most trusted disciple?
Discussion in 'Religion Archives' started by Greatest I am, Apr 5, 2013.
Remember that Judas was Jesus’ banker or treasurer.
Without the so called betrayal, Jesus would not have died for us.
Yet scriptures show Jesus persuading Judas to do what he would not ordinarily have thought of doing.
Judas believed that Jesus was not to die as the old prophesies said that he would live and lead.
Was Judas the hero of Jesus’ drama or was he a villain?
Was the story of Judas strictly spiritual or was he a real character?
If real to you, was Jesus sent here to live or was he sent to die?
The Jewish tradition says Jesus was to live and lead and Judas’ depression induced suicide says that he thought the same.
Was Judas a good man doing Jesus’ will or was he a traitor?
According to Lou Baldin...Judas the man is only an allegory for Judea the nation.
Also depends on if you agree with the Catholic Church who threw out the Gospel of Judas as non-canon. It paints a much different picture, with Judas as the one Jesus was the closest to, and he wasn't a traitor so much as the one entrusted in doing what it took to make the prophecy happen.
All of scriptures are allegory and myths so there can be many viable scenarios.
That is why they were written as is from MPOV.
I found this interesting for both Paul and Judas.
The doctrine of atonement does not have its origin in the gospels of Jesus...but rather Paul and later theologians, who never even met Jesus.
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus makes two things clear.
1. That he did not consider himself to be consubstantial with God.
2. That he did not WANT this fate of crucifixion.
So don't trust your friends specially with money.
The flesh is weak but His spirit and obedience and loyalty were strong which Judas did not have.
I read Judas Thaddeus, and Judas Iscariot were written as the same men by early Christians, does anyone know about that? Thanks.
The Judas story was simply intended to demonstrate the issue of betrayal and where greed can compromise loyalty to another. This is a valuable lesson/reminder for all of us - is material wealth of greater value than that of loyalty and trust. In this matter the Judas myth does a good job and is often referenced in modern literature as an example of an ultimate betrayal.
I see no reason to complicate the lesson with unnecessary speculations and twists.
We will never truly know but believe by faith just what's truly written.
Yet the story shows him waiting for the authorities.
All he had to do was leave the area.
Looks like he wanted to die.
That is why Christianity kept it simple. For those without the ability to think.
Never mind that it is not scriptural or makes no sense the way they read it.
Then again, Christians have no clue as to how to read scriptures in the first place. That is why it was outlawed for so long.
Yes. Literal faith in a book that begins with a talking snake and ends with a seven headed monster. And they are all real. LOL.
It would be funny if it was not so pathetic.
Leaving the area would not guarantee his liberty.
Remember, he asked God to "take this cup from me".
Above all, he wanted to follow the will of God...and must have decided that crucifixion was his divine destiny.
This does not then imply however that he believed in some 'doctrine of atonement'...later conjured up by Paul and other theologians.
I don't care where it was dreamed up. It is immoral.
If you think Jesus would have hung around when he could have just walked away then our logic and reason do not match.