Emphasis Preaching Journal
It had been a long...
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It had been a long, cold night. Now, in the wee hours of morning, he approached the welcoming fire. "How did things get into such a mess?" he silently asked himself. "Was it Judas?" No, he didn't think Judas had expected this either. No one had. Maybe Judas even had more faith in Jesus than the rest of them. Maybe he just wanted to force Jesus' hand, make him reveal himself to the world as the Messiah Judas knew him to be, make him get on with the restoration of Israel. Maybe Judas, the betrayer, was himself betrayed, by his own expectations.