Everybody is like, "Judas is a very greedy and bad man and therefore deserve the judgement he got." Why must he betray the saviour of the world? Yet from my experience and observation, it is clear that there are more Judas among those who despise him than then. He didn't act the way he did because he really hated his master or think Jesus actually deserved to suffer on the cross and died.
In fact, suffering and death of Jesus affected him more than any Apostle or disciples of the Lord. when it was obvious he was going to die it dawned on him he has made a mistake. Everyone knows the story. He tried to salvage the situation, but it was already too late. The embattled Apostle got depressed and did the needful. According to his feelings then, leaving the scene was the needful. Judas never betrayed his master, it was a miscalculated business deal. In the remaining part of this article, we shall discuss the real truth about Judas' action, betraying Jesus.
Judas was a businessman
No present-day businessman will see an opportunity and will not take it. Judas was a very fore-sighted businessman who saw opportunity to make money in everything that happens whether good or bad. He conceived the idea to sell Jesus to the Jews, the moment He (Jesus) escaped being stoned to death at the gate of the temple. He (Jesus) told the scribe that He will pull down the temple of God and rebuild it in three days. The angry phrases who thought he had blasphemed got hold of him and had wanted to stone him to death, but he left them. Nobody knew how he managed to leave that premises. It really amazed not just the phrases, but the apostles too. This kept ringing bell in Judas head. "This our master must be a very powerful man," he thought. "how possible is it that he escaped that angry mammoths". The respect he had for his master increased in lips and bound.
So when the offer came, he quickly accepted it. If the master did it the other day, he will still do it again. It is time to deal with those mean fellows. They keep hitting on his master all the time. They call him evil spirit possessed man; a thief and a blaspheme. Even though he has come to save them from their many sins. Since the offer stated that he is to show them who is the Jesus among the group, that's all, he decided to do it his own way. He thought Jesus was going to vanish and the money would be his. Who among you will have your good boss' killers walk into a trap and won't help them go deeper? I know even if another person sees such evil and didn't do anything to save you, you will term them, fellow conspirators.
As a businessman he was, Judas may have been mingling with the Pharisees, if not why must it be him among other apostles that the offer was made. He may have been buying fish from the creeks including his fellow apostles who were fishermen and sell to the general public. By so doing, he was a more sociable Apostle than the rest.
So next time Judas is discussed, don't see him as that greedy and wicked man who betrayed his master and our loving Saviour. He never meant evil for Jesus. That was a business attempt that failed. What is your take on this? Hit the comment box and tell us what you think.
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