Did judas go to heaven?

Question

because he took his life because he betrayed jesus

Answer 1

While this is a question that no one *really* knows the answer to, I will take a stab based on what I've learned (acknowledging still that God knows the heart of a man, not me, and it's not up to me to judge anyone's salvation or lack thereof).

First of all, Judas' suicide has little if anything to do with his salvation. The Bible is totally mum on this issue so I say best we be too.

Secondly, Peter also betrayed Christ. Obviously a betrayal of Jesus doesn't automatically send a person to Hell. We have all done this, maybe not in such a grandiose way, but everyone has denied or betrayed Jesus at some point. Jesus can and will forgive us.

The issue from scripture here is that in the New Testament, there are TWO words for 'repentance'. One is the salvific kind --- metanoia. It means, literally, 'the turning of the mind'. In other words, to change your mind about something and turn on the road you're on and go the other direction. The other word means more like 'remorse'. You can feel remorse for your sin but not change your mind and change your direction about your sin. Know what I mean? The kind that Judas had, in his death scene is the word meaning remorse. If that is the only kind of repentance he had, I think it's iffy that he went to heaven. I base this on scripture. However, again, GOD is the judge of his heart, not me or any other human.

So the real answer is --- we don't know.

Answer 2

No dead person, apart from Moses and those who were resurrected at the time of crucifixion of Christ, is in heaven. All are waiting for the resurrection when Jesus will come the second time (John 11:24, 1Thes.4:16).

As for Judas, I don't think he'll make it. Only God knows for sure.

Answer 3

No, Judas did not go to heaven, not because he took his own life, but because he did not go back to Jesus and ask for forgiveness- Jesus would have restored him, just like He restored Peter after he denied Him.

Answer 4

My guess would be that he didn't. Judas played his role by betraying Jesus Christ, but by the same token, he became so swallowed by his own sin that he allowed it to consume him and he committed suicide. Since God can have no part of sin (hence, why we need Christ in the first place), it's highly doubtful that Judas made it to Heaven due to his own sin.

Answer 5

We don't know ultimately why Judas took his life, or what his state of mind and heart were at the last. But taking one's life is a sign of dispair--a lack of hope--rather than trust in God's goodness, mercy, and Providence. But even in that situation, God knows we're fallible and He still shows mercy. In the end, only God knows Judas' heart and as previous answerers said, only He knows where Judas is.

Answer 6

God only knows that but i dont really think he did though not only bc he betrayed Jesus for the bible says that if you betray him he will betray you but bc he took his own life which is a sin too.

Answer 7

No.

This passage describes the great Hellish beast that is gnawing on Judas. It's kind of comic-book - Judas has his head in the beast's mouth, and his feet are dangling. LOL!

"How passing strange it seem'd, when I did spy
Upon his head three faces: one in front
Of hue vermilion, th' other two with this
Midway each shoulder join'd and at the crest;
The right 'twixt wan and yellow seem'd: the left
To look on, such as come from whence old Nile
Stoops to the lowlands. Under each shot forth
Two mighty wings, enormous as became
A bird so vast. Sails never such I saw
Outstretch'd on the wide sea. No plumes had they,
But were in texture like a bat, and these
He flapp'd i' th' air, that from him issued still
Three winds, wherewith Cocytus to its depth
Was frozen. At six eyes he wept: the tears
Adown three chins distill'd with bloody foam.
At every mouth his teeth a sinner champ'd
Bruis'd as with pond'rous engine, so that three
Were in this guise tormented. But far more
Than from that gnawing, was the foremost pang'd
By the fierce rending, whence ofttimes the back
Was stript of all its skin. "That upper spirit,
Who hath worse punishment," so spake my guide,
"Is Judas, he that hath his head within
And plies the feet without."

Since this is a book, it is of unimpeachable authority.

Answer 8

Judas didn't perish because he took his own life. He was already lost. The scripture indicates that he probably did perish not only based on several common scriptures that I will leave to other folks to share but on this passage.John 6:70-71

"Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve."

So as the Gospel of judas folks like to proclaim, it is true that Jesus chose Judas but it was because He knew Judas was a devil and would never believe. He was therefore chosen because of his evil unredeemable nature and because he would be able to turn Jesus over to the Pharisees.

This is similar to God hardening Pharoah's heart. To rightly understand this, we have to know that God is the discerner of hearts and that He foreknows who will never believe. Jesus did not cause Judas to forsake Him but he knew that he had it in him to do so.

Let me amlify this idea with the following. When we study the Bible we must clearly understand that those who follow the teaching of the antichrist can at some point (if they go too far) be forsaken of God. This is tough for me to handle but consider this...2Thes 2:9-11

"[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: "

Now this tells me that those who drift too far from God will be given strong delusions by God so that they believe lies. I often wondered why God would give up on someone like this and worse cause them to fall into a state where they believe lies for the rest of their life. This principle is also taught in Romans 1 as a "reprobate mind". I believe the answer to this mystery is that God gives false teachers delusions so that their error is crystal clear to the rest of us and we are not influnced by their message. Isn't odd how cults who start with a simple error always tend to drift further and further away from God over time?

Now back to Judas...
Jesus chose Judas because he knew Judas was a "devil" and was able to do that which was necessary to fulfill the prophecy. The scripture does not say this but spiritual principles could make us question whether God gave Judas delusion to amplify his nature. Even though it appears that Judas did snap out of it in the end. he probably did not really feel bad about Jesus, he probably felt worse for himself.

As AW Tozer said...
"Whether you feel good about yourself or bad about yourself it reveals you have an unhealthy preoccupation with yourself"

Hope this helps !!

agapefromnc

Answer 9

Lu 22:3
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Romans 9:
17: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for * * this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
21:
* Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to * * make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

Answer 10

How did the gospel of Judas get written if he hung himself shortly after christ's crucifixion. Seems like a buncha hokum to me. but some morons will believe anything they are offered, as long as its NOT the Bible.

No, the bible says that decievers and betrayers are not given entry into the kingdom of heaven.