What is the Gospel of Judas all about??
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It is about false Teaching. They are using that to confuse and mislead people. The true Gospel is about Jesus christ.
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No, Judas was set up to make it appear that he betrayed Jesus. He was framed.
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All of us know one thing which is “LUST”or in another sense it is “GREED”, but I think both are nearly the same.\n\nLets see what bible says about a desire.\n\n“DESIRE WHEN BECOMES PREGNANT GIVES BIRTH TO SIN”.\n\nWe see that desire is the beginning of a Sin, it is the root of a sin. So when we have a look at the character of Judas ASCARIOT we find out that he kept all the money and arranged everything he was kind of a manager. But another thing he always took something from the money from himself, we see he was greedy and greed is the strongest of all desires. When this desire grew it changed into a great lust “THE LUST FOR MONEY”, and day by day it grew and grew and ONE DAY HIS LUST BECAME SO STRONG THAT IT SOLD THE CHRIST.\n\nAs we know it before when desire becomes pregnant it gives birth to a sin so his greed his desire for money made him mad, sin overtook him in the shape of desire. \n\nIt is very much symbolic because there was a fruit(something which we gain) in heaven for which man sold himself to Satan. And here in case of Jesus, Judas also took something shiny and good looking because in the garden of Eden Eve Saw. MANY PEOPLE ASK ME WHY DOES JESUS SAY HIMSELF AS SON OF MAN? THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT ADAM AND EVE SOLD THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO SATAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND JESUS WAS ALSO SOLD BY JUDAS ASCARIOT TOTHE HANDS OF SATAN FOR CRUCIFICTION BECAUSE SON OF MAN ARE SOLD TO SATAN FOR PUNISHMENT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND HE WAS GOD(JESUS IS GOD AND MAN AT THE SAME TIME), SO HE DEFEATED DEATH AND BROUGHT SALVATION FOR US.\n\nGenesis 3:6\nAnd when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.\n\nWhen we see Judas also had something in his Sight which looked good the “THIRTY SHILLINGS”. SO THE SIN OF JUDAS ASCARIOT IS DESIRE(GREED AND LUST) WHICH SOLD JESUS. \n\nAnd I think questioning the text means nothing because we know what is the meaning because we believe that JUDAS ASCARIOT BETRAYED HIMSELF BY SELLING JESUS, JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT JUDAS WAS GONNA DO. JUDAS ASCARIOT WAS TESTED BY HIS OWN DESIRES AS IT IS SAID IN THE BIBLE THAT WE ARE TESTED BY OUR DESIRES. \n\nJUDAS'S DESIRE SHOULD BE BLAMED AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT CONTROLLING HIS DESIRE. THE BLAME ON HIM IS NOT WRONG.\n\nGOD BLESS EVERYBODY
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The Supreme Gospel is contained in one verse-John 3:16\nThe main theme of the Bible is salvation .In old testament it was by the law.\nIn new testament it is by grace,through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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As Judas leads the procession up the Mount of Olives, he feels sure he knows where to find Jesus. During the past week, as Jesus and the apostles traveled back and forth between Bethany and Jerusalem, they often stopped in the garden of Gethsemane to rest and to converse. But, now, with Jesus possibly concealed in the darkness beneath the olive trees, how will the soldiers identify him? They may never have seen him before. Judas provides a sign, saying: “Whoever it is I kiss, this is he; take him into custody and lead him away safely.”\n\nJudas leads the great crowd into the garden, sees Jesus with his apostles, and goes straight up to him. “Good day, Rabbi!” he says and kisses him very tenderly.\n\nHe led a great crowd, including Roman soldiers and a military commander. The mob had clubs and swords as well as torches and lamps, which they would need if clouds covered the full moon or if Jesus was in the shadows. The Romans probably would not recognize Jesus, so, according to a prearranged sign, Judas greeted Christ and in an act of hypocrisy “kissed him very tenderly,” thus identifying him.
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the plot:  a man gets caught up in a quest to find the "holy grail. Murder, deceit and high states adventure.\n\nThe underlying theme: The Bible is baloney and Christ was a married mortal man and not the Son of God. \n\nIn numerous places in the book scholarly looking persons with fancy degrees go into speeches about how the Bible is a bunch of bunk. To the average person they seem like powerful arguments but in reality NONE of the arguments (some could say blasphemies) about Christ hold up to the facts of History.\n\nWhats Real?\n\nThe names of places, artwork, historical figures, the names of documents like "Q" and the "gnostic gospels"\n\nWhat's false?\n\nEverything else, the conclusions and "facts" presented about the above people, documents, and artwork.\n\nThe book took great liberty with history (AKA LIED) in order to create a scenereo where the Christ of the Bible could be turned into a regular person. \n\nThe book says that a church council gave christ his deity a few hundred years after the fact; when the gospels were written well before that coucil was even a thought. The book also draws heavily on the errors and traditions within the Roman Catholic Church to attempt to discredit the bible. While the Roman Church did bring in pagan idols (re Icons, praying to saints) This does not alter the integrity of the Bible, but merely of the Church, since these things are in violation of the 10 commandments(ye shall have no other gods before me)\n\n\n(spoiler: (from book - i borrowed a copy)\nOne of the characters turns out to be a descendant of Christ, thus "proving" Dan Brown's point.\n\nAt the end, Langden (main character) bows and prays over the bones of Mary Magdaline\n\nEven most critics are giving the movie bad reviews\n\nBottom Line: \nAs a Christian, I cannot justify sending money to a person who tries deceitfully to destroy the Christ I worship.
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I found the language of the show to be quite interesting. Fore instance, during the first half of the show, they kept asking the question: "Is it real?" This isn't really what they meant, what they meant was "Is it old?" To me, they were implying that "real" = "true".\n\nThey also did not mention several Gnostic beliefs that would have discredited the movement in many people's eyes. You remember the scene at the last supper when they talked about Jesus laughing because the disciples were worshipping the wrong God, that the God who created the universe was actually an inferior God that was not worthy to be worshipped. What they didn't say was that Gnostics believed that this was the God of the Old Testament, so they ignored the Old Testament.\n\nAnother thing that stuck out to me was the phrase "When Jesus appeared on the Earth." Because they believed that the material world was evil, they had what is known as a Docetic view of Jesus. That is, that Jesus only appeared to be human, because God would have never become human and contaminated himself with the material world.\n\nI strongly agree with the speaker at the end who said that the Gospel of Judas provides valuable historical information about the history of Christianity and the movements within it. It shows us that there was never one single Christianity being practiced.  People have beein arguing about who Jesus was since a few minutes after he died.  With that being said, I do not personally believe it provides a historically accurate picture of the characters of Jesus and Judas.\n\nFinally, they seemed to think the fact that there were many Christianities unique. I have to disagree with that. There are many different versions of the Christian faith today, with different holy texts, etc. The book of Mormon is a prime example.\n\nIf you read the other Gnostic texts, you will find they have a lot in common with the Gospel of Judas.  For instance, both the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Thomas elevate one of the Disciples above the others.  The Gospel of Mary Magdalene does the same thing for Mary.  None of the four canonical gospels does this for their author.\n\nAnother thing that absolutely amazes me is that we have 4 gospels that tell very similar stories.  There are some minor differences in the order of events or the events included, but they are consistant for the most part.  One new gospel is found that offers a different story and many people jump on that and say, "Wow!  This is the real story."  It just doesn't make any sense.
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If ppl believe other Gospels....they should also take Gospel of Judas into consideration...
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Um, there IS a gospel of Judas, and it says NOTHING about Judas being the Messiah. You can read it for yourself at the link. What's with the disdainful way you phrase your questions? I know it has little to do with beliefs, because I've met many a respectful and tolerant atheist and agnostic on this site.
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There are no hidden 'facts'.  A few years ago we had the movie Stigmata revealing a hidden Gospel.  It turns out to be the Gospel of Thomas, readily available at any Barnes and Noble.  The Church certainly did a good job of suppressing that one.  Dan Brown 'unearths' the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, a Gnostic Gospel similarly in print for many centuries.  I have a copy myself.  It is in a Collection titled "Hidden Gospels".  It has not been suppressed.  It is simply not believed by mainstream Christians.  Most recently we have the Gospel of Judas.  This is another Gnostic Gospel condemned by early Church leaders at least as early as 180 A.D.  These are all historical documents that have been known to scholars for many years.  They have been on the dustheap for all those years simply because they haven't been seen as credible by any reasonable historian or theologian.
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Judas killed himself as one supposes he realised his sin and thought he was beyond redemption.  If as the Judas text suggests, Jesus put him up to the sin, why would Judas then kill himself.
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It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it.  Even Jesus knew that at the time.\n\nHe told Judas to go do what he had to do.
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I heard that it is a search for the holy grail, which is supposed to be the cup from the last supper, but the author of the book suggests that it is a box with some manuscripts in it that proves that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and had a daughter named Sarah.  It also says that many gospels were written but some council decided to use the four (Matt. Mark, Luke, and John) because it was the only ones that said Jesus was the son of God.  There is much more to it as well, but those are the ones I remember.\n\nIt is considered fiction but I heard that Dan Brown said that the fiction part is the murder and overlying story of the book, but he said that everything about Jesus was true.  I don't believe it.
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I know and to be a gospel it had to be written by one of the disciples or their assistant.  The gos[pel of Thomas, Judas etc, were NOT written by them.  The stuff that people will believe!
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The gospel of Judas exists, in fact it was written about 180 A.D. However it was written by a group of heretics called Gnostics who believed that Jesus was only a man and not God. \n\nThe Christians of both that time and this do not believe the gospel of Judas is true or that it is inspired by God (Scripture) like the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.\n\nIt definitely will not have any effect on my faith.
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I loved this portrayal of both Jesus and Judas. The song that Judas sings right after the death of Jesus is so moving; it makes me cry everytime. This portrayal of Judas is also somewhat close to the portrayal of Judas in the recently discovered "Gospel of Judas", at least from what I've heard about it.\nPlus, King Herod's song is just fantastic. "Walk across my swimming pool" now that is something even Jesus would laugh at!
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If the Gospel of Judas was a proper Gospel then it would still not corrabote - as Jesus WAS crucified - but the difference was that Judas is made out to be the hero - as it frees Jesus' spirit from his body - which apparently was the mission.\n\nHowever, this just is not consistent with the fact that Jesus healed people - if the purpose is to free spirits from the flesh then while heal the flesh (and He still does today - see my question on miracles).\n\nBut given that it was written by the Gnostics 200 years later then no.  But it does provide an interesting insight into the Gnostics beliefs.