Speaking of Judas, last Sunday, I watched National Geographic's The Gospel Of Judas. This ancient text has been found way back in the 70s in Egypt but was only received by capable individuals during the 90s. Like what The Last Temptation of Christ portrayed, The Gospel Of Judas proclaims that Judas was an obedient follower of Christ's wishes rather than a betrayer.
With this new information, there's no doubt that it sparked controversies and opinions from scholars and common people. If proven authentic by the Church (i.e. if), it would totally revolutionized what most people think about Judas.
As for me, whether Judas was asked by Christ to betray Him or not, I already made up my mind about him. He was destined to play the role of the betrayer. For without him, Jesus will not be crucified and the world won't be saved from its sins.
That would lead us to question whether we are here on earth just to be mere players to God's will or we hold our own future. Because if Judas was meant to play the role, then it was already written? So would it mean that our fate as human beings have been also written already and we are just mere followers? So where does free will comes in now? Oh... That would be a different subject to discuss.
Anyway, in line with this, I thought that it'd be unfair to think that Judas went to Hell for betraying Christ. How could he be when he was just doing what he was meant to do? Ah... The answer I got from Mr. Alejo (the boss of the school where I taught before) was that Judas did not go to Hell for what he did. Instead, he went to Hell because he killed himself 'cause he could not forgive himself. But then, isn't it written that Judas will do such thing to himself? Thus, only fulfilling the prophecy? Or it was his free will who did such act? Where do we draw the boundaries now on what is destined and what is not?
Do we ever get the answers to all the questions we have in our mind?
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