“Rabbi! Kiss…”

December 29, 2017

“Rabbi! Kiss…”

Blessings folk!

Jesus had come with purpose.

Now it was time to complete it.

Jesus had just told His disciples…

“It is enough…
The hour has come…
Behold…
The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners…
Get up…
Let us be going…
The betrayer is at hand.”

Who was the betrayer?
What were they to do?

Read…

Mar 14:43-46

Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying,
“Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard.”

After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

They laid hands on Him and seized Him.

Judas!
One of the twelve.
He was the betrayer.

While Jesus was still speaking to the disciples, Judas appeared.
He came with a crowd.
An armed crowd.
Note where the armed crowd was from…
Yep.
The religionists…chief priests, scribes and elders.

As planned, Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss.

Judas was “feeling his oats”.
He was commanding…instructing…
“Seize Him”.
“Lead Him away under guard”.

Where did Judas receive this authority?

I suspect the religionists were just letting him play the big role.
Soon they would dispose of him.

Judas feigned love…”Rabbi!”…then the kiss.

Then the laying on of hands to arrest.
Then the seizing of Jesus.

So many do the same today…
Feign a relationship with Jesus…when they have none.

Do not make that mistake.

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