Gethsemane

Gethsemane

The implications for betrayal are best understood in the Garden of Gethsemane. The realization that someone you loved violated your trust can be quite agonizing. For Jesus, Judas’ preordained act of betrayal, sealed Jesus’ fate and brought finality to His earthly mission. In this unique case, betrayal was an instrument employed by God, and was never intended to be weaponized by humanity. But then again, humans do have free will.

Long ago, in a test of love and obedience, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismael.  While the sacrifice upon the altar never did materialize, the intended lesson for humanity would follow some time later. Indeed, the Father so loved His creation that He sacrificed His only Son upon the cross to prove His love for us.

Jesus may have agonized about His destined demise but He never faltered in His mission. Jesus, like each and every one of us, was handpicked by the Father. While our mission in life pales in comparison to Jesus’ calling, we are all, in some way, prophets of God. Our journey begins long before we darn a coat of flesh and bone. The fetus is simply the first manifestation of our prophetic mission.

Jeremiah 1:5 -  "Before I was born in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Betrayal is all around us. Humans will sacrifice their integrity, their morality and their souls in order to betray someone else. The karmic lesson in an act of betrayal is best understood in the Garden of Gethsemane, and more foreboding than the Garden of Eden. 

Jesus was humanity’s fetus. Need we abort Him a second time? Do not follow the path of the jew, for Jesus was not a jew.

Thank you,
Joseph Pede