Matthew Chapter 26 Part 1
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Matthew Chapter 26 (Fulfillment Around the Corner) Part 1
Matthew Chapter 26 (Fulfillment Around the Corner) Part 1
Intro:
James wrapped up Matthew chapter 25 last Sunday which closed out Jesus’s teachings to the disciples on the Mount of Olives from chapters 24 and 25,
James did a great job explaining Jesus’s teachings over how we can’t work our way into heaven, and how hell was created for the devil and his angels, our outcome God leaves up to us with our free will, He has given us the ticket to salvation through Jesus Christ, but it is our choice on what we do with it,
There is only 2 types of people, those who are with God, and those who are against,
There is No median, and I think that is something we really need to pay attention to, we have all heard the phrase, “luke warm” christian, and that is a dangerous line to be on,
Just like the disciples, they didn’t realize the good works they were doing unto others which Jesus said is works unto Him,
Those good works were a byproduct of their faith in Him,
I wanted to re touch on that because in this lesson we are going to see a very similar situation but with a different perspective of importance,
Matthew 26:1-5 The Plotting Against Jesus (Mark 14:1-2, Luke 22:1-6, John 11:45-57)
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
So Christ has just finished His teachings to the disciples about the end of this world age, and the signs of His second coming, His return,
And you will notice that James and I have started separating chapters into section, it helps show turning points of context, and throughout Matthew, we see that when Jesus finishes His teachings, Matthew does a good job at documenting that,
“Jesus had finished all these sayings” that phrase is showing a turning point,
Chapters 24 and 25, we have seen prophecy being foretold,
Now we are going to see the transition from prophecy to fulfillment,
Christ knows how this plays out, take a look at verse 2,
Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Jesus couldn’t have been anymore clearer on this fulfillment of prophecy that must come to pass,
the feast of Passover is 2 days away,
then He says, “the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified”
Who is the Son of man?
We know that is Jesus right? We’ve seen this all throughout the book of Matthew but I really want to dig deeper in the scripture with it,
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
So here, we see that the Son of man has the power to forgive sins and heal the sick,
Now lets go to Matthew Chapter 12
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath day,
The Sabbath day is the 7th or holy day set aside by God,
What exactly does that word “Lord” mean?
G2962 - Lord : Koo’-ree-os : Supreme in authority
So the Son of man has the supreme authority of the holy day set aside for God and worship,
Now lets look at Matthew Chapter 13
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
So here in the parable of the weeds, we see that the Son of man has the power over judgement by commanding His angels to gather the wicked,
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
The Son of man came to minister and to serve unto others and be the sacrifice for (few)?
No, MANY
I want us to recognize and really hone in on the characteristics of the Son of man, Jesus Christ, because this is who He says will be crucified and betrayed,
Jesus is talking about himself, and the disciples know this from Matthew chapter 16 where He asks them
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
The disciples clearly recognize that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of man, the Son of the living God, and all the characteristics and authorities we just went over are descriptions of The man that is telling them when all this will take place about Himself,
Looking back at Matthew 26:2,
Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
we see “after two days” - Jesus is explaining when,
I know James hit on this phrase last Sunday as well,
“the Son of man” - He is identifying the “who” and recognizing Himself with His prophetic title,
“is betrayed” - He knows how He will be handed over,
“ to be crucified” - He identifies the outcome directly,
There is a very important word here that we HAVE to recognize, does anyone wanna take a guess?
The word “IS”
That word is a definite, Jesus didn’t say He might or could be betrayed and crucified,
He said IS meaning this WILL definitely come to pass,
So these next 3 verses are a parallel that Matthew is giving us here, while Jesus is explaining prophecy coming to pass to the disciples, at the same time verses 3, 4, and 5 are taking place,
Imagine this like Matthew giving us a cut scene to show what is going on behind the curtain,
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
Subtilty meaning by deception basically,
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
So the chief priests and elders of the people are literally planning out this prophecy at the same time Jesus is explaining to the disciples of it come to pass, that is why Matthew is explaining what is going on behind closed doors,
One thing that we stand firm on is that you have to let scripture interpret scripture,
Looking at the book of Matthew as a whole, He has been progressively revealing this moment, we are right around the corner from the most important and historical sacrifice that has ever taken place and will ever take place,
Matthew 16:21 Jesus explains this event very broadly,
Matthew 20:18-19 He gives us a little more detail, to now the exact event is right around the corner,
There is something here in this parallel that we need to really pay attention to,
These three groups that are meeting in private represent religious leadership of the nation,
These groups are making plans to kill the Son of man subtility and remember they are meeting about this in private,
While they are meeting about this and planning it out, at the same time, Jesus is explaining to the disciples that He already knows the plan,
There is something deep happening here we have to look at on a different level,
Letting scripture interpret scripture we can clearly see that God’s plan operates above all of this,
Acts 2:23 helps explain this,
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
This verse here are holding together 2 truths to what is taking place here in Matthew,
The Acts of wicked men acting according to their own corrupt intentions,
and that God had already determined the purpose of redemption through Christ’s death
It is important to not confuse God’s foreknowledge with God being the author of the wicked actions and intent of man.
The hatred and corruption of man was there own,
We see that here in Genesis chapter 6
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
God’s purpose here in Matthew was to use even the evil intentions and actions of man to accomplish the sacrifice for salvation,
and to show another detail that just furthers this, again let scripture interpret scripture,
These men don’t want to kill Jesus on the feast day, the Passover,
they’re scared that it will cause an uprising of hatred and rioting in the crowds and multitudes,
Jesus says to the disciples “after two days is the feast of Passover”
Their private plan was not during the feast, God’s prophecy says this is exactly when it will happen is during the Passover,
It isn’t an accident that this prophecy takes place EXACTLY during the Passover,
Exodus chapter 12 teaches us that the blood of the Passover lamb marked out those who God spared for judgement,
Paul even gives us a direct correlation in 1st Corinthians,
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
This entire book of books and Psalms and hymns all lead to the greatest plan God has put above the table,
CHRIST IS OUR SACRIFICE, CHRIST blood is what takes the place of the Passover lambs blood in order to mark out those who God spared for judgement,
Christ is the Passover from this prophecy being fulfilled for FOREVER,
I say all that to say this,
Jesus isn’t being unwillingly plotted against that is outside of God’s control,
He knows what is to take place,
He even teaches it to the disciples,
and He still moves forward, and does so knowing exactly what awaits,
God’s plan is always the most high, even through the wickedness and corruption of men and principalities of darkness, just because there is wickedness doesn’t mean God is not in control,
Sometimes God allows certain things to come to pass even of wickedness from men, because there is a greater grace and love and plans of such happening above the table that we can’t always see,
and something else that really speaks to me here is that every time you think you have something planned out, remember, that God’s plans hold the highest authority,
sometimes the troubles and the trials we go through aren’t just from the wickedness of the world,
God may be allowing these things to happen to set up a greatness,
God isn’t playing checkers, He plays chess, and it’s above the table that we can’t see, and that is the importance of faith and trust in our supreme ruler,
and this section we just covered is historical proof of just because wickedness by man is in effect, this doesn’t mean God is not in complete control at all times,
If God wasn’t in control here in Matthew, and the chief priests plan was,
Jesus wouldn't have been deceived and killed on Passover, therefore we would have no sacrifice for eternal salvation,
Jesus Christ IS the Messiah meaning He IS the anointed one through God’s plan and grace being higher than all other,
Which leads us to this next section,
Matthew 26:6-13 Jesus anointed at Bethany (Mark 14:3-9, John 12:1-8)
So we have just seen the coming of Jesus’s Crucifixion coming on the feast of Passover which is in the next couple of days,
In this next section we are going to see a woman anointing Jesus and the act of it explained by Christ himself and the reactions of the disciples, so let’s get into it,
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
So here in Matthew we shift back to Jesus and the disciples being in Bethany now, and remember Bethany is near Jerusalem, we have saw previously Jesus being welcomed into this home as sort of His “resting” place after events,
this is the house of Simon, and he is described as “Simon the leper” but Simon didn’t have leprosy anymore, back in Matthew chapter 8 we saw Jesus heal him after His sermon on the mount,
Some people read this as “see Simon is ceremonially unclean, and Jesus couldn’t be there if He is going to be the Passover because then He would have been ceremonially unclean”
We went over the ceremonial laws on Wednesday night bible study about cleanliness
But Matthew is just identifying which Simon this is, this is the Simon that Jesus cleansed of leprosy in Matthew chapter 8 specifically verses 1-4,
Again, let scripture interpret scripture, Jesus clearly healed him of his sickness, this is just Matthew identifying who Simon is,
Don’t let that distract you because we see in this section that the focus isn’t on Simon, this is just description,
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
So this woman, comes in carrying an alabaster box which is smooth stone that is somewhat translucent, a very decorative box in other words,
and it is filled with just ointments,
No, this very decorative box is filled with “VERY PRECIOUS” ointments,
We are going to go to Mark here for a second, because Mark does a very good job at describing this same event from a different perspective,
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Spikenard is broken up into two descriptions,
It is G3487 and G4101 in the Strongs,
Spike, and Nard
Spike translates to trustworthy and genuine,
and Nard translates to aromatic,
it is basically a rare perfume/essential oil used for medicinal and ceremonial purposes,
Even today, it is good for aromatherapy, and used in lotions and stuff,
Take a look at Mark 14:5
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
So here in Mark this spikenard is documented to be worth more than 300 pence which was 300 denarii,
a Denari, which we covered before, was the Roman silver coin worth about 1 days wages in this time,
So this box of oil this woman poured over Jesus head was worth about 300 Denari which was about a years worth of labor,
This was not to be taken lightly, it was very very valuable,
His head being anointed is significant as well,
We’ve went over anointing with olive oil, and the importance of it, the olive oil specifically,
But for a simplified reason, why is anointment important?
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
There is healing properties,
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Anointment also shows consecration, declaring something Holy or setting apart for something spiritual and for God,
This woman is anointing Jesus setting Him apart for Holiness,
You may ask, “well Jesus already was Holy right? He is the Son of God,”
Of course He is Holy,
This act is simply showing Jesus being Honored, set apart for Holiness and preparedness,
Remember what He is being prepared for, The most Holy and Sacred sacrifice that has the highest importance from now until forever,
and remember, the disciples are here with Him while this is taking place in the house of Simon,
Before we go into this next verse,
What is the phrase we see repeated from Jesus to the disciples anytime they begin to doubt?
“O yea of little faith”
Pay attention to the disciples here,
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
Remember what we saw last Sunday with the good works Jesus recognizes from the disciples that He says they have done unto Him, by helping others,
Keep that in mind as we go over this,
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Now,
The disciples see how valuable this oil is, and they see at is this woman has just wasted it,
But we need to look at it for a second through the eyes of the disciples, They see this act through a practical lense,
They see the value of the ointment and how it can be sold to help the needy,
They weren't responding out of selfishness, they are thinking about taking care of others which is a commandment from Jesus right?
They aren’t sinning against God here, they just are completely missing the significance of this very act for this moment,
The disciples see the value in the oil,
But the woman sees the value in JESUS,
Something I want us to think,
Just because something may seem wasteful, or extravagant through a worldly lens,
Doesn’t mean it isn't highly valuable through the God’s purpose,
What we have to remember, is that Jesus isn’t rejecting their acknowledgement towards helping the poor here, He is just revealing to them the significance of what He is about to accomplish,
James went over this last Sunday, you can’t work your way into heaven,
Look at Jesus’s response to the disciples here,
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
So what the disciples claim to be a waste, Jesus calls an act of good works,
The disciples see this as what more could be accomplished with the money they could've gotten from a value,
Jesus is showing them a relation of this act by asking them what it meant in relation to HIM,
Not that helping the poor isn’t important, but that His death approaching is something that this woman recognized and it shows how unique and sacred this moment is
This woman is recognizing the glory and holiness of Christ and what is about to take place,
Again, the mindset of the disciples is showing good works through their faith, but you CAN’T work your way into heaven,
Jesus’s sacrifice is the ticket into heaven,
look at Jesus’s explanation here,
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
What does Moses say in Deuteronomy 15 when addressing God’s laws to the Israelite's?
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Jesus isn’t contradicting God’s law,
Taking care of the poor is still an important act to not be looked over, but there will be continued opportunities to help them,
Where as Jesus, the Son of man, God in the flesh,
His physical days on Earth and with the disciples are coming to it’s end.
He is bringing their attention to the same mindset from the woman here,
the holiness and sacredness and uniqueness of God in the flesh approaching.
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Whether this woman fully understood the distinction of what her Acts were here or not,
Jesus clearly states that her Acts were to prepare Him for His burial.
What do we see here that we can take away from this event?
Remember the statement we’ve seen repeated through Matthew from Jesus to the disciples?
“O Yea of little faith”
Jesus prophecied to the disciples His death in
Matthew Chapters 16, 17, and 20,
They still struggle to comprehend His death that He has repeatedly prophesied to them.
But the actions of this woman are compared to the centurion we learned about towards the beginning of Matthew,
Faith
She is acting through Faith while the disciples still seem to be missing the big picture,
Keep your focus on Jesus Christ.
There is also a practicality to this as well,
Not to jump to far ahead, but lets look at Mark Chapter 16
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
This is after His death in the tomb, and they have brought sweet spices to go anoint His body, but guess what, He had already risen at this point
They head to the tomb then we pick up at verse 6 in Mark
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
So Jewish custom at the time was to anoint a dead body for honor and respect and also for health reasons,
they couldn't anoint His body because the Passover took place when? right before the Sabbath, the feast of unleavened bread,
so there was a rushed burial, they couldn’t anoint Him until the next morning, but yet when they got there His body had already risen, they couldn’t anoint Him because His body wasn’t there.
That is why the act of this woman is so significant,
She acted out of Faith from His teachings, she anointed Him due to what was “about” to take place, She believed it
where as the others didn’t act until AFTER His death
Jesus taught the disciples, in Matthew 17 Death, Burial, Resurrection
and why that is important, is because both events are acted upon through devotion and love of Jesus,
Both point to the fact that His burial was real, but temporary,
the reason this woman's story is remembered, is because she acted before His death,
take a look at verse 13
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
This woman wasn’t acting for public recognition,
She simply gave something precious to Jesus at the right time,
Jesus doesn’t say for the woman to be remember, but for her ACTIONS to be remembered in His gospel,
But why?
Because her action show great faith and point directly toward His death, and the timing help point to His resurrection along with the event we saw in Mark 16
Look at Paul’s summary of the gospel in 1st Corinthians chapter 15
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scripture:
This is the main event of the word of God
This woman was simply acting out of Faith in Christ,
this act that was seemingly small taking place in Simon's house by this woman is now a part of the testimony pointing directly to the Main event of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
She shows her true hearts intentions and how valuable Jesus Christ is
We talked briefly again this past Wednesday during Bible study about our works, and our faith,
And how faith without works is dead like we see in James chapter 2
Your works aren't always these great big events you try to plan out,
Your works aren’t about being seen publicly or through competition.
Look at the faith and works of this woman,
Because of the amount of faith she had in Jesus, this act that she performed had nothing to do with publicity or self acknowledgment, her actions of anointing Jesus with this valuable oil showed her true heart and how important Jesus was and her Faith IN Him. So much that He recognizes her Acts and tells them to remember this moment in the testimony.
We went over faith the size of a mustard seed can eventually grow into a giant tree,
Our works for Christ are the same way.
What may seem like the smallest act could completely change someones life,
and again, just like Jesus tells them to remember what she had done, not to remember her,
our works aren’t about us, it is about reflecting Him onto others,
Like my grandfather has taught all my life,
“you would be surprised and how just opening a door, or smiling at someone could completely change there mindset.”
It doesn’t matter if it’s the smallest act of kindness to the greatest, EVERYTHING should be dedicated to God through Faith and recognition to Him. Not ourselves.
And I think that is what we are seeing take place with this woman and Jesus recognizing her actions.
The last section I want to go through today is,
Matthew 26:14-16 Judas Agrees to betray Jesus (Zechariah 11:10-17, Matthew 27:3-10, Mark 14:10-11)
These last 3 verses, we are paralleling back to the chief priests that were meeting discreetly and plotting to kill Jesus.
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Judas, one of Jesus’s own 12 disciples goes himself unto the chief priests,
and the way it is written, again, this isn’t an outsider going unto the priests, this is one of Jesus’s own disciples,
He is close to Jesus and His teachings,
he takes it up on himself to go into the chief priests and look at what he says,
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Judas works up a deal with the chief priests on his own and they agree to pay him 30 pieces of silver for him to deliver Jesus to them.
One of Jesus’s own inside men.
what’s important to pay attention to here compared to what we’ve just covered,
is that the woman gives something valuable to Jesus,
where as Judas asks what value will they give him, in exchange for Christ.
But why 30?
30 symbolizes spiritual maturity and transitioning into readiness,
But there is something else with 30 pieces of silver I want us to look at,
Lets go to Zechariah chapter 11,
This chapter starts with God telling Zechariah to be a shepherd of a flock that is doomed for slaughter,
the flock being the people of Israel who were treated poorly by greedy leadership,
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
So what we are seeing here is a pattern Zechariah and Matthews documentation, tieing historical patterns together with 30 pieces of silver being the payment for rejecting God’s shepherd,
There is also one more example I want to look at comparing 30 pieces of silver,
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
So what I want us to look at with this verse, is this Law in Exodus states that if an ox pushes, (push meaning to go against or hurt) the servant, then the ox should be stoned and the master would be payed 30 pieces of silver to compensate for the damage of the ox,
and the reason this is important to note,
This law was put in place historically for ownership liability of their property,
and 30 sheckles of silver was like the “standard” rate for paying for damages by your property
The point tieing this back to Judas’s payment for handing over Jesus for 30 pieces of silver is how
Judas is comparing Jesus’s value to the value of a servant,
Does Jesus serve, but John 1:14 says that He is the word in the flesh,
John 1 states that in the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God, then in verse 14 the word was made flesh and dwelt among us,
Now lets take a look at Phillipians Chapter 2
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Jesus was with God, He is God, and willingly took the form of man.
What we are seeing here is Judah which is Jesus’s betrayer, is comparing His worth to 30 pieces of silver which was the standard rate of liability for a servant,
Jesus’s worth clearly cannot be compared to the price of any currency we have,
Jesus IS the word of God, with God and is God.
I just wanted us to see how Judas and the high priests are valuing Christs’ life here,
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
This is a short verse, but it really changes the overall mindset we are going to see,
it says “from that time” meaning that now there is commitment taking place from Judas to hand over Jesus,
He is looking for the right opportunity to do say showing that he isn’t acting on impulse, but more so strategically.
That shows that it isn’t a “whether” he will betray Jesus, but more so how and when it will take place.
I don’t want to go too far in depth because we are going to focus on it and dig into it when we see the actual handing over of Jesus from Judas take place,
But you may ask yourself, “how can someone who has been studying and following with the Messiah Himself turn to betrayal for 30 pieces of silver”
CONCLUSION,
Judas plays a very important role in the plan of God to come to pass,
and for me, trying to look at this situation from a very UN opinionated perspective,
Luke chapter 22 verse 3 which is a parallel of this from Luke’s point of view, he documents
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
Luke documents this as Satan taking control of Judas during this event,
Now take a look at a very similar statement in John
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
So again, we see this event being described as Satan, the devil planting a wicked seed in Judas, to betray Jesus,
We have to remember, that the plan of God is greater than any other, God can sometimes allow certain things to take place in order for a greater outcome,
I’m not saying that the bible is telling us that this was Satan’s doing in betraying Jesus alone, Judas is still in contempt with this,
Judas has responsibility for his decisions, that is the point of free will.
James chapter 1 verse 14 states,
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Temptation and wicked influence is planted from the wickedness and evil of Satan yes,
But scripture clearly tells us that the person who CHOOSES evil is still morally responsible,
Judas was definitely responsible for his own actions and mindset,
But again, I say this, God knows all,
Jesus has been prophesying that one of His own will betray Him,
Even when they all denied it, clearly God is all knowing and knew how this would play out,
I want to end this Sunday’s lesson with this,
This is going to be a great example for how God sometimes will allow evil in this world to take place in order for a greater outcome that we can’t even imagine,
Some people may say “well wouldn’t that mean God has evil in Him?”
and to me I don't see how that’s the case at all,
In MY opinion, I see that as an all loving God, that just helps prove that He is all knowing, and how the bible perfectly lines up with that, Our faith in Him should be so great that we don’t even question the wickedness in the world,
Whenever we go through tribulations, we clearly see that HE knows things we don’t. So why worry?
If Judas wouldn’t have handed over Jesus, He wouldn’t have been sacrificed for ALL.
I don’t want to seem like I'm saying Judas isn’t in the wrong,
But the plan and will of GOD is STILL held to the highest importance.
Matthew Chapter 26 (Fulfillment Around the Corner) Part 1
Matthew Chapter 26 (Fulfillment Around the Corner) Part 1
