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disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter
motioned to this disciple and said, ‘Ask him which one he means.’ Leaning
back against Jesus, he asked him, ‘Lord, who is it?’ Jesus answered, ‘It is the
one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the
dish.’ Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of
Simon”
(John 13:13-26).
How often have we heard about Judas and felt the anger the Apostles must
have felt. Probably not very often, but consider this: With the greatest of
intentions Judas betrayed Jesus. Judas wanted a political victory, just as most
other Hebrews. Judas witnessed the spiritual power within Jesus, so it must
have seemed logical that once the arrested Jesus, they would not be able to
hold Him. He thought Jesus would overcome and defeat the. After all, that
is what the Hebrews wanted; they anticipated deliverance from their foes.
Judas was deceived; he was wrong. And, as a matter of fact, all twelve
betrayed Jesus in some way. In a similar manner, we are always subject to
deception, thinking we are serving correctly. Until we know precisely what
Jesus meant, we only believe we know and fall short. To fulfill the scriptures
and prophecies Judas has to betray Jesus, and the actual fault of Judas is he
did not accept forgiveness.
Consider today those who have been ordained by their religion; they too
think they serve Jesus, perhaps similar to what Judas thought. If the clerics
are accurate in their service, Jesus’ testimony would not be required, and the
world would be in perfect order as it could be. The daily sacrifice is
abolished, precisely as Jesus and Daniel prophesied. The abolishment must
be good and for a positive reason, but a warning too. What God honored
heretofore as holy becomes an abomination; God cannot honor a pretense
of Holiness, nor accept a betrayal of feeding the sheep under false
pretenses. When any ritual is insensitive to the needs of souls who
participate, and serves under the pretense of helping, it is an abomination.
The condition of a proposed Christian world, and the state of humanity,
speaks for itself, so justice must prevail. God will not be mocked; we/they
can use a staged process of washing one another’s feet, but the act is of little
consequence if your heart is not sincere and true. This abomination causes
desolation, and the scriptural texts address a solution, while exposing the
problem. The desolation is now a course of action for the faithful, and
deliverance is the issue–a voice of one crying in the wilderness, so others
may find and profess what Jesus meant by what He said…