2006-11-29 00:54:40 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How would we know where he will go? Only God knows for sure.
2006-11-29 00:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by Sunspot Baby 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No Judas went to Hell. Jesus calls Judas a devil Himself in John 6:20. But he didn't go to Hell because he killed himself but because he rejected Jesus Christ. It was Gods will that Jesus would pay for the sin of mankind on the cross, but it was also his will that Judas come to Him. Jesus came to this earth for all men not just certain ones. Jesus will, and it is His desire, to save anyone that comes to Him seeking salvation ( Described in depth here - salvationhttp://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps-english.html ) . Although Judas walked with Jesus he rejected Him the whole time. He was always worried about how much more money he could steal from the bag.
2006-11-29 01:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by amhopih 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This issue concerning Judas crops up often and most people get it wrong concerning his role and his subsquent fate.
God did not choose Judas to betray Jesus, Judas made this free choice of his own will,he was of the secret zealot class of the Jews and was not a dependable man,as he often stole from the purse that the Apostles needed to buy food etc.
he tried to force Jesus hand by turning Him over to the Sanhedrin and although he may well have regretted this later, he committed suicide rather than ask for forgiveness, and so was lost.
2006-11-29 01:05:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would make sense if he went to heaven, wouldn't it? He was only doing what he was supposed/destined to do, like a puppet on a string.
It would be like a coach of a football game telling a man: "Go out there and break the quarterback's leg." Then when the guy goes and does what he's told, the the coach not only cuts him from the team but makes sure he's expelled. Not very just...or even vaguely acceptable.
One of the many weak points of the Christian faith. Judas did what needed to be done for Jesus' martyrdom, and Christians around the world revile him instead of thanking him for doing "God's will".
Go figure.
2006-11-29 00:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just because God knew that Judas would betray Jesus, does not mean that He was being directed of God. Therefore it was in Gods plan.
God knows someones heart, knows if they will choose wickedness. However, He still allows us to choose.
Judas chose whom he would serve. Furthermore, he realized what he did, and committed suicide for it. If the Bible is the Truth (I believe it to be), then Judas was not forgiven, nor did he repent, nor did he believe Jesus was God, so he did not go to heaven.
2006-11-29 01:18:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was not God's will that Judas betray Jesus for the Bible tells us that "with evil things God cannot be tried".
Judas evidently had been a disciple who found favor with God and with Jesus;his very selection as a apostle indicates that.
However Judas misused his gift of free will that Jehovah has given to all his intelligent creation and became completely excuse ably corrupt
He had become a greedy practicing thief(John12:2-7)
The scriptures tell us that "Satan entered into Judas" likely in the sense that the traitorous apostle gave himself into the will of the Devil,allowing himself to be a tool to carry out Satan's to stop Christ showing his avarice.(Luke22:3-6)
On the final night of his earthly life,Jesus himself said,actually about Judas:"It would have been finer for that man if he had not been born."Later,Christ called him "the son of destruction".
According to the Bible there is no defense for Judas Iscariot.
2006-11-29 01:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by lillie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You've got an upside down view of how Judas's betrayal fit into God's plan. God didn't want Judas to betray Jesus, but it was necissary. He wanted Judas to choose to obey Jesus and to follow Jesus faithfully, but someone had to give in, and Judas was the weakest link, so to speak.
Let me give an example: A security consultant is hired to find the security leaks in a corprate firewall. This firewall protects the top secret information that the corporation doesn't want anyone to know. The corporation doesn't want the security consultant to break into the system, but it's necissary for the consultant to find the cracks. They also don't want to consultant pull out any information from that database, but it's necissary to prove he was in there. They also don't want him using decpetive tactics on their employees, but it's necissary to try and break into the system.
2006-11-29 01:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sifu Shaun 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judas was the one who carried out the betrayal, but he had free will. Someone was going to betray Jesus; it did not have to be Judas.
Did he go to heaven or hell?
Jesus said of Judas, it were better for him that he had never been born.
If he had gotten to heaven how could it be said that it were better that he had never been born?
2006-11-29 00:59:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
God's previous knowledge is not an obligation for men to act in a certain way. For example your parents or friends may know how you would act in a certain situation because they know you. would that mean their previous knowledge was kind of obligating for you to act a certain way? God informed us through His prophets how things will happen so that when they happen we know it is the truth God was teling us about. This previous knowledge was not an obligation for Judas to betray Him. Besides, He had time to repent. He could simply go & say to Jesus I am sorry, I am a sinner, I didn't know what I was doing. On the contrary, he went & hang himself.. I am afraid He lost all his chances in this life & sorry to inform you that He has no place in God's eternity. ( heaven)
That is why God kept on telling us repent, repent, repent. It is not to make us feel miserable, it is just because it is our chance in this life to mend things before it is too late.
2006-11-29 01:03:00 · answer #9 · answered by Theresa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you sometimes wonder if the bible writers (and readers...and spiritual leaders...) took some liberties and assumed it was God's will that precisely Judas would betray Jesus? God would know someone would do it, but to predict it to be Judas many years in advance would be like condemning someone before they were born, and would a loving God do that? I wonder....
2006-11-29 00:59:09 · answer #10 · answered by *babydoll* 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has never been proven, what happened to Judas. Some say he hung himself, some, that he jumped off a cliff, and his guts burst open upon impact. But these stories are just speculation.
2006-11-29 01:10:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋