Judas Iscariot syndrome...the first Social justice activist.
“Ought not that box of perfume had been sold and the money given to the poor?”(not that he was concerned about the poor but that he stole from the money box).
Christ’s response: “She was preparing me for my burial.” A poignant response, given Isariot’s coming betrayal of Jesus. Oh what Christ must have seen at that moment....Iscariot’s heart and his coming betrayal. I have to wonder if Christ’s voice betrayed a bitter irony, his eyes a trace of resigned sadness as he saw hell reaching for Iscariot’s soul! We can see the irony in hindsight...over 20 centuries later; the irony of the response and counter response shouting at us across time, cross and empty tomb. Just this story alone convinces that Christ is alive and is God in flesh!
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