“Betrayer In the Midst of 12”
“Betrayer In the Midst of 12”
Blessings folk!
Jesus and His twelve disciples were having a quiet evening meal.
It was the beginning of Nisan 14, Passover.
It was the day of preparation.
The room had been/would be/in process of being ritually cleaned.
The food was procured to be prepared for later in the day.
The sacrificial lamb would be killed at 3 pm.
None knew that Jesus would be the ultimate sacrifice that day.
Jesus reveals a devastating truth…
Mar 14:17-21
When it was evening He came with the twelve.
As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said,
“Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.”
They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”
And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.
“For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”
A betrayer was in their midst.
But, betrayal related to what?
“Theological” understanding?
Plans for the next “road trip”?
It would be one eating with Him.
A close friend.
They were grieved, save one.
They inquired, “surely not I?”
Jesus told them directly.
It was one of them, one of the twelve.
The one who dips with Him in the bowl.
Jesus declares that this is as prophesied.
But woe to him that betrays.
It would be better that he never existed.
Many will there be who have a fraudulent faith.
Many will there be that operate in the spirit of the betrayer.
Many will think they are moving the Kingdom agenda along, yet they are betraying.
Be not them.