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In all of history there has been one figure that has been condemned as the ultimate traitor, his name is Judas Iscariot. Judas is best known as the man who betrayed Jesus, having him brutally murdered on the cross, and because of this his soul was condemned to hell forever. Though, if the situation is to be reevaluated Judas’s treachery could also be seen as an act of grace, it is because Judas deceived Jesus the entire world is saved. Without Judas in the equation there would be no way for mankind to enter heaven. If Judas can be forgiven for betraying Jesus then one of the main truths that the Church was built on has to change. By looking at this story in a different light it can be seen that Judas is humanities real savior and with his redemption the Church looks like a less credible leader.
To understand the magnitude of what Judas did it is important to realize how close he was to Jesus. Judas was chosen to be one of the twelve apostles, these were the men Jesus called on to perform miracles with him and be in close relations, in fact with the newly discovered Gospel of Judas it is written that Judas was Jesus’s favorite apostle. Judas is mention in all four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and each one of them call him “the betrayer” when they first mention him. He served as treasurer for the apostles, which meant he carried the moneybag. John says that he was also dishonest and that he often stole money out of the bag whenever he wanted it. The next time Judas is mentioned is in the upper room at the Last Supper when Jesus tells his disciples that one of them is going to betray him. One of the disciples asks who it is Jesus replies “It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the di...

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...t Judas is one of the apostles; it says that he is Jesus’s favorite! Unlike the other disciples, Judas understands Jesus’s true message and that all of his flesh and bones are lies. Jesus tells Judas, "You will sacrifice the man that clothes me” (Gospel of Judas). When Jesus says this he means that Judas is going to have him killed, which actually will liberate him because he will finally be free from the material work therefore liberating the real Christ inside of him. This is what is so interesting about the Gospel of Judas, Christ is actually ecstatic that he is going to die and he thanks Judas; this turns Judas’s actions from treacherous to favorable. Because this is from a Gnostic source Churches refuse to acknowledge it, though it does bring up a point that Judas may have really been helping Jesus get out of a world that he was not meant to live in anymore.

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