I think Judas repented

[marie glen]

Yes I think Judas repented! This word number 4698 (internal organs) can mean deep emotion, ?visceral emotion?.. Which made me realize(!) why else did he destroy/kill himself! And also, to me, it makes the Lord?s ?Father.. forgive them. ..They know not what they do? take on ever deeper, richer depths.

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/acts/1-18.htm

[Ross]

Just as some are chosen for good stuff, Judas was allotted to this task.
Some study seemed to indicate that Judas was a Pharisee- which would explain going into the temple as freely as he did.
Also indicates that the pharisees saw Jesus as a threat to their way of life as being dramatically changed- resistance to change can be huge.
So this task had to happen; should we then demean Judas, or feel sorry for him being given such a task?
His action afterward does indicate a regret. Maybe he will receive a double blessing for being given that job.

The study of allotment shows fairness of the plan and the exactitude of that plan before the world began so that no man can take any credit for the work of God and Jesus for our future inheritance. Hence the significance of the short straw.

Interesting that Peter denied Christ 3 times, to the level of denouncing Him- yet he became a leader.

Those words having different meaning seems to be why there is the need for spiritual discernment which only comes from Christ.

Col 2;3 "In Christ is hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."

[joeteekay]

Good comments Marie Glen and Ross.

The mainstream Christian belief of the fate of Judas Iscariot is that he is burning forever in hell fire because of his appalling deed of betraying Jesus Christ. Most people would without second thought, consider it reasonable and just for Judas to burn forever in hell for betraying the Son of God.

Readers of this forum who believe in UR understand the truth about hell and what happens after death. Judas Iscariot is dead in hades (the unseen), totally unconscious. No human no matter how evil, will burn forever in hell after dying.

Christ said many awful things concerning the son of perdition, but not one of them conflicts with His purpose or power to save him eventually together with all mankind.

Long before Judas was born, David, by the spirit of God, made several very definite predictions concerning him (Psa. 69:25;109:8). Judas could no more help himself than a piece of straw in a tornado. Not a person could have done differently, had he been in Judas' place. Judas was in God?s Hands as the Potter, and was made a vessel for dishonor, as was the Pharoah.

After the millennium, at the resurrection in front of the great white throne, he meets Christ as Judge. But as Savior He is still unknown to Judas. Judgment does not save the one judged. The afflictions he endures during period, between his resurrection and his second death, give him no claim on God or His blessing. Salvation is only of God, through Christ.

But this is not the end of Judas. Hence, once more, he will enter death -- his second death in the figurative lake of fire -- until the consummation comes. There is no knowledge in the death state, hence, for Judas, the period of the second death has no conscious existence. The afflictions and mental torment he endures during his short temporary life, between his resurrection before the white throne and his second death, give him no claim on God or His blessing.

All sin, and every evil deed, must be judged and condemned, and the appropriate penalty inflicted. The only escape lies in the deliverance which is in Christ Jesus, and this is only for believers, not for unbelievers who appear before the great white throne. Sin must be judged, not simply for the sinner's sake, but for God's.

The judgment of every creature is a necessary preliminary to salvation and reconciliation.

It is not for us to judge Judas or to determine the severity of his afflictions. We may rest assured that the One Who sits upon the white throne will not mete out a mite more or less than what is right, not only in His own eyes, but before the whole universe, and Judas himself.

Let us rejoice that the judgment of Judas is in the hands of One Whom we all can trust. He knows Judas, and is able to sympathize as well as condemn. Thank God that He is the Judge of all!
And at the end of the eons, at the consummation he will be brought to immortal life through the salvation of God, through Christ.


God's Word is true. Death shall be abolished. All mankind shall be saved and justified and vivified. All creation shall be reconciled. And Judas will not be left out.