Originally posted by moonbus
Borges put it so much more eloquently than I could. It goes something like this:
If Jesus was omniscient, then he must have known the very first day he evangelized him that Judas would eventually betray him. Poor Judas; he was only playing the part his master and mentor had laid out for him. Jesus could have picked someone else to be his dubious disciple; ...[text shortened]... here. I find it an interesting line of reasoning; not that any devout Christian would accept it.
No, Judas did not die for Jesus, he died for a crime he did and then could
not live with the guilt of it. He lived in a world where unlike Peter didn't
have a place or someone to go for forgiveness. It was there, Jesus died for
sins of the world, the thief on the cross asked for forgiveness and received
it, while Judas who lived in this world stealing from the common bag had his
own desires and selfishness all the way through to his bitter end. He
thought only of himself, he stayed with in himself and looked no where else,
and it cost him his life when he realized how worthless he was on his own.
Kelly