Mankind’s problem is to be great among men and gods. The first sin was TO BE as God. [i] The original sin is then “TO BE” what one is not. The apostles wondered who would be greatest in the Kingdom of God. Jesus had just said, “Blessed are the meek; for they would inherit the earth” (Mat 5:5); then He said, “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Mat 5:19).
Jesus defined greatness. It was not who would pretend
to be Himself, but whosoever shall do the commandments and teach them. The
Commandments were written by the Finger of God.[ii]
That would be Jesus!
God wrote the commandments; Moses did not, and neither has
anyone else. Jesus defined the intent of the Commandments: to love Him and
others as themselves. He defined the “greatest” when He explained the Greatest
Commandment. [iii]
The greatest in the Kingdom of God would not be what people d, but how great
was their love. Loving others is meekness. “Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). What would Jesus
do? Lay down his life for His friends.
Who were the friends of Jesus? Those who followed Him, of
course, but God so loved “whosoever.” [iv]
Even the enemies of Jesus were His friends. Even Judas! David prophesied that in song: “Yea, mine own
familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up
his heel against me” (Psalm 41:9). Speaking of Judas as David saw him, Jesus
said, “I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his
heel against me” (John 13:18).
The promise to Adam was this: “I will put enmity between
thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Gen 3:15). Jesus would be the one to lift
his heel against Satan in the Serpent, but instead Satan in Judas would
endeavor to bruise the head of Jesus.
Judas had it turned around. Jesus would step on the head of
Judas; not Judas the head of Jesus. Judas would be the one to lift his heel
against Jesus. He would portend to be greater than Jesus — heel over head
to reverse the old saying, head over heels.
Judas would try to be greater than Jesus — greater than God!
He would not be blessed because he was not meek, but with Satan in him, he was very
arrogant. Now you are invited to the Last Supper. Her is what you should see: Jesus
may have eaten before the “dessert” so to speak, but He did not eat nor drink
at the real “last supper;” after the meal. A summary of what happened at the
end of the meal follows:
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him… 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me… 26 He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly… 30 He (Judas) then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. (John 13)
Supper had ended, but the last supper would continue. Actually,
Jesus did not eat, so it was not His Last Supper. It, however, was the
last supper of Judas. When he had finished the sop, he immediately went out
into the night. There was no record that he would ever eat again, nor did Jesus
sup with him.
The Last Supper was about who would be greatest in the
Kingdom of God. Would it be the meek or the arrogant? The sin of Judas was arrogance
as his death would mock the death of Jesus. Jesus was betrayed by a kiss, but
more so by what would follow. Judas would die in the same manner as Jesus, and
that is hanging from a tree with his guts spilled out. He would be “Jesus” by
dying as Jesus would die.
God sacrificed His only Son, called “Jesus,” for the sins of
mankind. With Satan in him, the “Serpent” sacrificed his only son with the flesh
called “Judas.” Jesus means “Ya saves” (Ya is Yahweh
shortened). Judas means “Let him be praised” (Abrarim Publications), referring
to Judas.
Jesus was mocked at his death but no one was there with
Judas; there would be no praise for him! On the other hand, whenever Jesus is
denied, Judas is praised. Some of the Muslims deny Jesus and praise Judas. Judas
would be praised on that day and Jesus denied. Peter denied Jesus but did not
deny Judas! Rather than cut off the ear of the chief priest’s “servant,” Peter
should have cut off the ear of Satan, so to speak. Peter should have blessed
the meek servant and cursed the arrogant pretender!
The other eleven apostles served themselves. Jesus served
Judas: “When he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot.” Jesus became
a servant to the one who would blaspheme Him. It was Jesus who was the Meek
One. But for a moment, Judas was king! He was as the High Priest as well whose
servant was there to serve the new priest, Judas. When Judas betrayed Jesus,
for a moment, He was High Priest for the servant of Caiaphas would serve him.
Jesus said something about the last meal of Judas. “When He (Jesus)
had given thanks, He brake it, and said, “Take, eat: this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.” After the same manner also he
took the cup, when he had supped, saying, “This cup is the new testament in my
blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink
this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. (1 Cor 11:24-26)
Judas took of the bread and body of Jesus in accepting the
sop from the hand of God. He had become “as God” just as Satan had warned Adam
and Eve. For a short time, Jesus made Judas the “god.” Indeed, he would become
rich like a king with thirty pieces of silver, but Jesus had the gold given to
Him; for He was the real King!
Judas ate the “blood” and “body” of Jesus. It was to be in
remembrance of Jesus, but for Judas, it would be for the pride and arrogance of
Satan. Judas ate the antidote for sin, and just as Satan served Adam and Eve, Jesus
served Adam’s kind, now with Satan in him just as with Adam. Jesus would
fulfill the Adamic promise when he vicariously stepped on the head of Adam in
the “place of the skull” of Adam. Of course, Adam no longer had Satan in him,
but Judas did. When the heel of Jesus stepped on Calvary, Satan in Judas was
pronounced “as dead.”
Judas, after having God serve him, had his dying wish fulfilled:
“For thou (Lucifer) hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will be like the most High” (Isa 14:13-14). Judas, at his “last
supper” would have God serve him.
Jesus knew what He was doing. He made Lucifer king for a day
just as Lucifer had strived to be. That was not a pleasant thing to be when
Satan still realized that he was only mock king. Then Satan took his own life. The
Devil was alive in Judas that day just as he is in all others of the Wicked
One, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Pet 5:8).
Judas had been the last supper for Satan who would soon
devour his flesh. Satan even had a “take-out meal.” Judas was buried in the
Potter’s Field in Gehenna. He had gone to Hell for Satan to devour eternally.
The point is that, at the last supper, Jesus did not consume
anything or anyone. He served them. The true last supper was for Satan when he devoured
the flesh of Judas. Ironically, the blood and water of Judas joined his flesh
on the ground when his guts spilled out. [v]Where
did Judas go? “Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place”
(Acts 1:25). He did not go where God IS but to his own place in Hell.
Jesus gave His blood and water to resurrect Adam and his
kind. Judas gave his blood and water to safe himself, but that would not be soterial.
It was the blood and water of a fake “savior,” named “Let himself be saved.”
Judas ate the sop served by Jesus that represented the blood
and water of Jesus — the wine, the blood and the water, the Holy Ghost of
Jesus. He also ate the “body” of Jesus with the bread. A “sop” is bread dipped
in drink, in this case the “body” of Jesus dipped in the “blood” of Jesus.
Jesus gave Judas the sop. He died for Judas too, so he
served him as well as He would all mankind the next day.
Satan did not die for Judas, but Judas for Satan. Jesus so
loved Judas that He died for him, and Satan so loved himself that Judas died in
the place of Lucifer.
Both Jesus and Lucifer died on Good Friday. It was not so
good for Judas nor Satan! Satan did not die and neither did Jesus. Jesus got glorious
flesh after His death, and Satan still hunts suitable flesh. In the end, Satan
will find another “friend of Jesus” — the one who mocks Jesus by being in His
image. That person will be Judas revived from Hell, who will be called, “the
Antichrist.”
Judas of Iscariot has great meaning. “Let him be praised, the
“false one.” The Antichrist is the false Christ. Perhaps Judas will be resurrected
to reign again for a little longer than a meal, but for seven years of godhood
and kingship. He will be “as God” for the Great Tribulation.
The Last Supper of Jesus ended in a “toast.” The sop was a
toast to Judas and his last meal. He became the short-lived king and high
priest, for only a day, and Jesus gave him his long-held wish. Jesus toasted him
at the last supper of Judas, when Judas was made a “god” and a “king” for a
day.
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