Knowing that the people would be very displeased with their involvement in his capture, they leaked information to the Roman authorities, letting them know they would have their support should they wish to take him. The Roman authorities offered a lofty prize for anyone willing to betray Christ.

There was one ‘follower’ of Jesus, whose heart was dark and full of greed. His name was Judas Iscariot. Judas heard of the prize offered for the betrayal of Jesus and he went in search of a Roman Guard. They made their deal and Judas told the guard that he would be waiting outside the city gates near sundown and that he would indeed take them to Jesus.

That evening of the Passover, Jesus and His disciples left the city and went out into the garden of Gethsemane. They sat, as they usually did, for their lessons and prayer. Jesus lead them in prayer as he always did. Jesus had been informed by a message from heaven that the soldiers would be coming to take him. He knew that his followers would be in jeopardy. He had been given instructions and knowledge on what to do and what would take place. Jesus instructed His people to disburse and hide. He also went and hid himself in a private place. 

Not much time passed before the soldiers could be heard approaching the garden. Judas Iscariot lead them to the location where Jesus had instructed his people to meet that evening. He was mildly surprised when he found no one present.

“Wait here,” said the soldiers, “and we will go and find him.” They disbursed in all directions, leaving Judas alone at the place where he had intended to betray his Lord.

Judas had not been alone long when he noticed bright lights from heaven and the sound of wings and wind all around him. He cowered under his cloak as he tried to hide his face from the angels. He was very afraid and ashamed as he understood that God had seen all he had done.

Judas was still in a state of shock when the soldiers returned. He sat on the ground and as he stood to greet them, they seized him

“Ah, there you are, Judas said that you would be here, and now we see he was correct!”

Judas tried in vain to protest. “But, I am Judas, what is this mistake, what are you saying?”

The soldiers roared with sarcastic laughter. “Look how he begs!” They taunted him.

They shackled him to their horses and drug him back into the city where he was thrown into a dungeon, whipped and tortured and eventually crucified on a cross outside the city gates.

‘Instead of Christ’

Because he was ‘against Christ,’

The angels in the garden had been sent to refashion the face of Judas to make him look like Jesus.

This was confirmed when the mother of Jesus, called Mary, was seen at the foot of the cross and when it was said to her, “Woman behold thy son.” Her response was to declare that indeed, this was not her son.

Mary was not weeping for she had beheld the back of the man on the cross and his special mark was not there. She knew it was not him and was comforted by God in her understanding that he had been protected and was still alive.

Word spread among the people that Jesus was indeed still alive. The Roman authorities were very distraught to think they had crucified the wrong man and so they opened the tomb on the third day in order to prove to themselves and the people that they had crucified their Christ. When they entered, they found no body whatsoever in the grave. The tomb was empty.

Jesus was seen later that same day in the streets of Jerusalem and very shortly thereafter was taken, body and all, up into heaven.   

Jesus remains alive to this day, and will return to usher in the kingdom of God on earth, for he truly is the Messiah.

So, what happened to the body of Judas?

Well, his face became a hideous disgrace and he was taken in chains to a place where he is being held until he returns to earth as the antichrist.

Though his powers have not been unleashed, his work began at the cross. His betrayal of Christ and his death as an imposter of Christ have lead Christians so far away from the real teachings of Jesus that they will not be recognized as Christians on the day of Christ’s return, but will instead be seen as those deceived by the betrayer of Christ, Biblically known as “the antichrist.”

One of the signs of the antichrist is his ability to deceive even the good among human beings. Holy books say that many believers will be taken astray by him and will fall into his trap. Belief in the death of Christ as a necessary sacrifice is the beginning of this deception.

Continued complacency and focus on falsehood keeps Christians from the real Truth of Christ and his followers. The belief that Jesus ‘died for their sins’ removes accountability. Accountability, for most people, is the motivation for change. The doctrines of ‘original sin and the need for redemption through the death of Christ,’ lead those who would serve God for love down a path of serving God out of gratitude. Gratitude is doing something for God because He did something for you. Serving God out of love, means serving God because you were born with an insatiable need to love Him, no other reason. These teachings which lead to serving out of gratitude then lead Christians to this shallow understanding that ‘God did for me, now if I do for Him, then He will do for me some more!’

This is man’s attempt to bring God to our level. He is not a created being, He is the Creator. He is unique! He has no partners! 

Just a thought for pondering, if as the antichrist would have man believe, Jesus was ‘part of God’ come to earth to die for our sins. Why would death be such a sacrifice when that part of God which came to earth would know what was waiting in heaven for Him? Death is not such a challenge for a true believer, so how much less of one for God Himself?

For those who can use your mind, understand that the idea that God needed a sacrifice in order to be near you is where the Christian doctrine looses the continuity of Truth and the madness begins! No sacrifice needed! God has no needs! He needs nothing from us! He gives to whom He wills, as He wills! We are owed nothing! We owe Him our love and allegiance simply because He created us.

If God is an all powerful, all forgiving, loving God, then why would He need a sacrifice of blood and pain in order to accept His own creations? Why would a God, who is all Merciful, need to cause suffering and death in order to ‘redeem’ His people?

This accepted twisting of Truth, puts God on a human level, making Him subject to the rules and understanding of creatures. God, is all powerful. He makes and causes all things. He controls all things! He rules the universes and beyond! We cannot put Him into the limits of a created being, No! This is not possible!

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