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Makes you wonder isn't it?
a) Davinci Code
b) Gospel of Mary and other Gnostic Gospel
c) Gospel of Judas
Why would all these come during the last 6 decades after the find of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seems like the devil thinks that the Dead Sea Scrolls lead legitimacy to the Bible we have on hand, he need to come out with these to debunk the faith.
Watched National Geographic about the said Gospel. The whole presentation is so screwed towards the authenticity of the find but they never mentioned the truth of the contents. If I find an old story book that is 100 years old physically that does not mean that the content is true.
But this is what the program is telling the viewers.
One thing to note is that the Gospel of Judas is written in the second century, too far away from the actuall events. Even if the find is not the original and could point to the earlier date of the source, the same could also be said of the 4 gospels we now have. It is commonly believed that the earliest manuscript of the 4 Gospels is between 70 to 100 AD. Using the same argument, the source of the 4 gospels could be earlier and therefore more accurate! So no matter what happens, the 4 Gospels that we have are real and since it is written during the lifetime of the eye witnesses, the gospels can be easier verified by them...however I do not think the same can be said of Gospel of Judas.
Other evidences shows why Gospel of Judas is not probable. Why? If Jesus did promise Judas that by betraying Him Judas would be greatest amongst the disciples, Judas would be more than happy to betray Jesus. And if Judas did receive such instructions, would he be so remorseful that he has to kill himself? If through your boss' instruction you did something right would you feel guilty? No! definitely not! So in the same way, if Jesus tells Judas to do a wrong thing (betrayal) it only goes to show some characteristics of Jesus:
a) Davinci Code
b) Gospel of Mary and other Gnostic Gospel
c) Gospel of Judas
Why would all these come during the last 6 decades after the find of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seems like the devil thinks that the Dead Sea Scrolls lead legitimacy to the Bible we have on hand, he need to come out with these to debunk the faith.
Watched National Geographic about the said Gospel. The whole presentation is so screwed towards the authenticity of the find but they never mentioned the truth of the contents. If I find an old story book that is 100 years old physically that does not mean that the content is true.
But this is what the program is telling the viewers.
One thing to note is that the Gospel of Judas is written in the second century, too far away from the actuall events. Even if the find is not the original and could point to the earlier date of the source, the same could also be said of the 4 gospels we now have. It is commonly believed that the earliest manuscript of the 4 Gospels is between 70 to 100 AD. Using the same argument, the source of the 4 gospels could be earlier and therefore more accurate! So no matter what happens, the 4 Gospels that we have are real and since it is written during the lifetime of the eye witnesses, the gospels can be easier verified by them...however I do not think the same can be said of Gospel of Judas.
Other evidences shows why Gospel of Judas is not probable. Why? If Jesus did promise Judas that by betraying Him Judas would be greatest amongst the disciples, Judas would be more than happy to betray Jesus. And if Judas did receive such instructions, would he be so remorseful that he has to kill himself? If through your boss' instruction you did something right would you feel guilty? No! definitely not! So in the same way, if Jesus tells Judas to do a wrong thing (betrayal) it only goes to show some characteristics of Jesus:
- He is not a morally right person. By asking someone to betray another person, it means Jesus condones the act of betrayal.
- Jesus is unfair or he is not just. By giving Judas (or Mary) 'special' knowledge, He would have deprived all of us Christians the true way to heaven. Jesus already said He is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. So by special knowledge we are to be make Jesus teaching untrue. Which also means that Jesus sacrifice on the cross is not worth it in the first place.
- The Pharisees gaved Judas reward for the betrayal. If it is God's instructions why would Judas be so guilt ridden that he wants to return the money to them?
The whole thing started from greed, which turns to condemnation, then guilt and ends in suicide-death. I firmly believe that it is NOT Jesus' wish for His disciple to betray Him (read:Mark 14:21) .Jesus rather that Judas is not born for this very reason. If Jesus promises heaven to Judas for betraying Him, then this announcement at the last supper would not make sense at all!
The Bible already showed that it is not the prefered way God the father to rain down bad things on us human beings. Just read the account of Abraham and God arguing about the fate of the Sodom (Gen 18: 16-33). God says for the sake of ten righteous men, He will not destroy the city. Ten out of the potential tens of thousands in a city! So why would Jesus, who do what the Father wills, make use of His disciples to do bad things?
Jesus is not in the business to do bad to people, let alone instigate another person to betray Him! If we allow ourselves to believe that Jesus asked Judas to betray, then this kind of Jesus I rather not believe in. It shows that He uses the 'dark side' to reach His aim and also has no supernatural power so much so He has to ask Judas to do just that.
Let us be steadfast in our faith and see the circumstances why all these things comes at this time, especially during the time of physical turmoil as well (earthquakes, terrorism, tsunami, social unrest etc etc). Whatever the Lord has predicted, it has come true for there are wars and rumours of wars. And there are anti-christ elements trying to debunk the truth in the Gospel.
Get ready to beam up to heaven really soon.
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