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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…

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