The secret hero archetype of Judas
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Like a twist worthy of Hollywood movies, Judas turns out the be the good guy.
It is in vogue. In the hit play "Wicked", the Wicked Witch of the West is an animal rights activist, Snape is in love with Lily Potter and lastly, Angelina Jolie will play Malificent in a movie that puts the vile character in a positive light. This century opens with a new human breakthrough in awareness, vileness has feelings and trying to do good in their own way. This is the perfect decade for the Gospel of Judas to come out of its hiding. The people are ready to accept that we could be totally wrong about somebody like Judas.
In the country where I was from, there is a song about Judas that goes,
"Ng si Hudas ay nadulas,Tatlong Babas ang nalagas." (When Judas slipped, three hair strands from his chin fell off.)
It means absolutely nothing but that. But the silly song, sung mostly by drunks, is testament to how much respect Judas inspired from the predominantly Catholic people of the Philippines.
The canonical view is Judas is a traitor, and Jesus knew of his trickery and allowed him to succeed because it is G-d's will. In the newly translated Gospel of Judas, it turns out that Judas was in fact not the traitor but the most obedient apostle of all. He was willing to take the blame. The story of the crucifixion of Jesus indeed, from a plot standpoint would not have been the same had Jesus walked up to the Sanhedrin and volunteered to be crucified. No, that is like surrendering. The Son of Man deserves a better exit from the world (or entry into the archetypal realm depending from your perspective) than that. Jesus, as portrayed by this newly revealed gospel is Gnostic in theme. Gnosticism is steeped in Jewish Mysticism and has beliefs that closely resembles Vedic beliefs. The Gospel of Judas reads more like an early book about cosmology than anything else. In one very complex teaching Jesus says:
"The multitude of those immortals is called the cosmos--that is perdition-- by the Father and the seventy two luminaries who are with the Self-Generated and this seventy-two aeons. In him (or in the cosmos) the first humans appeared with his incorruptible powers. And the aeon that appeared with his generation, the aeon with whom are the cloud of knowledge and the angel is called EL."
It is interesting that Jesus relates cosmos to the word perdition. Anyone familiar with the second law of thermodynamics would have goosebumps. In contrast to the four gospels canonized by the Council of Nicea, the Gospel of Judas portrays Jesus to speak more in cosmic terms instead of earthly terms. He was portrayed to have understanding that were unreachable to the apostles, well, that is except for Judas.
Jesus according to this gospel, engineered his own death and asked Judas to be the one to hand him in. It was a difficult task because he will be condemned by everyone as a traitor. But according to Jesus, at the time of the World to Come, his "star will shine the brightest." Stars were used in those days as directional guides to the north, south, east and west. So, in this statement, Jesus may be promising that the guiding light of Judas will be the clearest and most visible out all guiding lights. It is a great sacrifice indeed to endure being accused of betraying a great spiritual leader for several thousands of years in order to elevate the name of Jesus to Christ, the Messiah that the Jews are waiting for. The Messiah is said to be the seed of the mystical "I", the G-d-Being in man.
The Gospel of Judas stands out among all recently uncovered gospels in that it is more understandable now in today's context. It reveals a kind of Christianity that is more intelligent, more thought provoking than the parody that is rampant today. The Gospel of Judas is not for those who walk around following spiritual shepherds like mindless sheep, interested only in their fresh grass of the day. They are for the thoughtful and self-directed, willing to plow the earth for seeds of knowledge to grow within them.
The world that can understand it, has come.
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Well I don't know if that was the mission of Jesus. It seems his mission, according to this Gospel is to inform and enlighten. But true true, Judas played a pivotal role in the elevation of Jesus, from enigmatic rabbi to Messiah and even to the embodiment of the Presence of G-d on earth.
There were so many things at play in all that enlightenment. We can almost get 12 different way of Jesus making it to the top. I love your analysis and your hubs. Keep hubbing....and enlightening or lightening the soul or knowledge.
ceciliabeltran Great hub. I LIKE IT!
Concerning the Judas story .. I have never been able to look past the simplicity of the words written in RED.
It is clear, even in the KJV, that Jesus COMMANDED Judas to go and do what he MUST do.
Judas had no choice
As you say; The world that can understand it, has come.
God has taken our blinders off.
As it is written is Psalms; God will blind their eyes that they not recognize their Messiah when he does come.
I think that he did that a second time. (138 AD)
I think that you know what my thoughts are concerning the Beast of Rev. 13.
The 42 months are almost over and it is loosing its power. Our blindrs are dropping off. ... slowly but surely.
This is the generation that is given our sight back.
Just in time to see Destiny at the door and prophesy fulfilled.
I don't know if that is a blessing or not.
Ceciliabeltran I very much enjoyed this hub - thank you. It is full of sharply insightful and well-informed comment and makes sense on many levels.
If we are to believe the writings placed within the Bible, KJV or any other 'version', then it would, of course, make sense for Jesus to be betrayed and for a disciple to do the betraying; whoever it may have been. Someone would have to be the 'villain' and without such villainy then the 'story' could not be convincing for anyone coming after in the 'new' religion. Someone had to do it and I for one have always felt that Judas got a 'bad press' and requires some sensitive understanding!
The whole story and Jesus' many wonderful statements in His short appearance on the 3D world-stage, hide many demanding and deeply esoteric messages for us, especially in these days of dramatic and fundamental change.
I often wonder if what has been written so long ago may not have suffered from distortion and perhaps even a little deception. The Bible and its many wonderful stories place us, the readers or followers of The Word of God in a place of 'separation' from Him (or Her) and not in conjunction, as an integral, though forgetful part of all that is - in Him.
The betrayal of Jesus certainly seems to 'fit', like a puzzle-piece, into the fabric of the needs of such a momentous and important story for all of Mankind, placing us as guilty and sinful and betraying and far 'beneath' God's Heavenly existence.
Yet I cannot help but wonder if Jesus Himself, being both The Father AND The Son would truly have need of attending to the perception of death on the Cross simply that we might more easily believe in Him and follow His Word.
God would already KNOW who we truly are and an inseparable part of Him - it is WE who have forgotten - not Him. If He ever chose to live on Earth as 'man' He would surely not have had to 'die' publicly to convince us that we are His children.Perhaps it was not Judas who betrayed Jesus but US in our failure throughout the millenia to know who WE are - the Sons and Daughters of God.
In 'our' Christian prayer, The Lord's Prayer, we are, from children, taught to repeat the words, 'Our Father, who art in Heaven' ... and 'Thy Will be done'. This places God somewhere else apart from us and that we have no free-will to choose what we do in our lives and therefore must simply follow the 'word' of the Bible or the Church.
I believe we have that free-will choice and that God lives within us always, that He is NOT separate from us - and it is our free-will choice to look inside our own selves and remember who we are that truly is our mission.
The story of Jesus' betrayal and therefore His death(the real Jesus that is) may be a deception created by those who compiled the Bible many years later (as was done) in order that we might always feel ourselves to be separate from and unworthy of God's Love and thereby placing us in a position of almost helpless weakness rather than uplifting empowerment.
If we are 'outside' God and have been party to His 'death' this places us in a terrible state of sin (no matter that He 'died for us' to cleanse us of this sin). I prefer to believe the empowering belief (and this is of course only MY opinion) that we have everything of God within us and that when we 'awake' to
this knowing we realise that He has always been with us and within us and we with Him. We are one and the same. As He said to us, 'ye who have seen me have seen the Father. He knew this - and came to let US know.
I'm not sure He had to die to convince us - or be betrayed by anyone. But those who controlled the power of the Church MIGHT have wanted us to feel this way.
Just my opinion Ceciliabeltran and I sincerely hope I have not offended you in my expression of this opinion.
Hi Amorea,
The problem of all things bible is that there is a confusion with metaphorical logic to actual logic. Though I don't understand exactly why you think I would be offended by your opinion, I do understand that you are confusing my review of the Gospel of Judas with my opinion of the role of Jesus.
From a plot perspective, the need for an anti-hero serves the purpose of the climax. This is literature speak. This is how myth reaches that aspect of our psyche that is interested in that recurring story. This is how it holds our attention and capture our hearts.
As for G-d, Jesus and their one-ness, their goals. Well, in truth, how on earth could any one really understand what that is about except through personal opinion? There is no need for us to all agree with one concept of G-d's purpose. G-d's purpose, from our own perspective is nothing more than an elevated projected mirror of our own.
I do really want to thank you for the passionate way you enriched my hub with your ideas.
It is not coincidental that your view on this is very interesting and close to something I have argued with others about. Juda(h) or Juda(s) role is/was always depicted as a traitor or thief.
It is often neglected that his connections deep within the Sanhedrin were at about the same depth as S/Paul~ given the nature of the time frame. It is also noted that His history is not mentioned, yet the others are -fisherman, tax collector, etc.
It would be difficult for many to see Judas' commitment to Y`shua and the depth of his knowledge of what was to come. The only absence from "court" was just before the Taking in the Garden.
He, in essence, was the villain-hero. Was he under orders by Y`shua? "...what you must, do quickly". That is interesting --given it sounds more authoritative than the assumed "i know what you did or will do" scolding. Was Judas promised EL? Yes. Did he receive it? Yes. His hanging was before the resurrection. So, he was no less worthy/entitled than the others.
Again, he represented one of the Twelve Tribes. (anyone care to guess which Tribe?)....
As always, Cecilia, engaging and provocative!
~James
He was promised EL? Its loaded James. Without the OHIM, it certainly makes me nervous. But then what you're saying is EL can be handed to a person, not EL-Y but EL.
It makes me reach back into the first time I've been stung by this bee to fathom what this means.
But some sources, (his son, mainly) say that he was not hanged. He lived died in old age.
Cecelia,
I am going to add more articles on the EL factor shortly, which --with any fortune-- will elaborate further. I should put this into a book...lol. The Seven Realities.
But yes, EL can be handed down and was. The Y encompasses, begins/ends all things, upholds. It is the code of Creator. As I will show, the "outstretched arm" on the Sixth of Days is identical to the First of Days.
PS, Judas was of the tribe of Judah. That is extremely significant.
Happy Saturday!
Hi James,
I would love to read it! I understand where you going about Judas. I had a conversation like this with a Shaman one day and he did say that the apostles were metaphors for the tribes. He did linger on Judas with a twinkle in his eye but left it at that.
It danced around in my mind for a couple of days and was going to investigate when Campbell and his Thou art That derailed me.There are some Babylonian EL myths that were particularly interesting in that that EL actually is also the snake. The EL tricked the Babylonian Adam into eating the fruit of the tree of duality. So I am eagerly awaiting your book and your articles.
The actual Gospel of Judas, which has been authenticated as well as any of the other gospels, (First-Second century Current era) There is more to be revealed about the associations of the various disciples to the Messiah. Just as there is more to be revealed about the associations of Yeshuah to the Hebrew people. Promises have been made, and all will be kept. Even Judas walks in Paradise.
Actually I was struck by the descriptions of the people in "that aeon" because it sounds like the people you see and hear talking now.
Oh but now that snake is thought to be a worm hole. Ancient Aliens is a very good series to watch. There is also mention of that in Blue Apples.
@Druid, what promises and who said them?
Yes I read something like that about this snake thing. But you find with these interpretations they kind of all fit different scales of reality and maybe because it just repeating patterns all over says but that's just my thinking given that Fractals seem to be the rule of most things of nature and mathematically they do recur at infinite scales.
Sorry, can you put that in layman's terms. I have no idea what you just said.
That was the layman's terms. See Mandelbrot set.
Okay, What is a scale of reality? What does it measure? What kind of fractals?
Well, scale of reality . the reality of atoms, cells, humans, ecosystems, universes. different scales. they tend to repeat after a level of multiplication, they organize back into where they started. like the twig is the tree and is the forest and so on and so forth. you could probably look it up, there was a pbs show about it. so it seems that things that applies here on earth has a counterpart out there in space and in the subatomic side.
Thanks you, Now I understand. As above, So Below.
absolutely, that would be a simpler way to put it. ;)
This was absolutely fascinating and something I hadn't been exposed to before. Thanks so much for writing it.
Thank you Stan!
ceciliabeltran: Congratulations! It is so good to see that finally someone beside my self sees Judas as the chosen saint that he truly is. I too have stated this in my Hub on Judas defending him even with scripture. See KJV. MATTHEW: 27:3 which even proves that Judas repented of his mistake. I am one of the few who know that Judas and Jesus were very close and had secretive talks about the crucifixion, talks of secret information the other Apostles never knew. I fully agree with you that Judas Gospel as well as the Gospels of many of the other writers like Thomas and Mary Magdeline should surface and be authenticated and maybe added to the teachings of Christ and His Apostles, like maybe (new testament 2)
I applaud you for being so brave as to bring out this delicate subject that would totally damage Roman Catholicism to bits. It flies in the face of the Catholic church that thinks it knows everything.
God's Holy Spirit is the only one who could have revealed all of this to you as He did to me.
Hi Dave Mathews,
It was a special in the National Geographic Channel. I am actually surprised that not enough people know it. There are a lot of books that emerged after the gospel came out. One them asserts that the son of Judas claims that his father removed himself from the circus after the death Crucifixion of Jesus and did not kill himself at all. That was a speculation. He actually died an old man outside of Jerusalem. We always have to take biblical stories with a grain of salt. Most of them are medium for a higher message and should not be taken literally but for the value of what they stand for. I also think the Roman Catholic Church is a reflection of where we are.
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Hi Jeremi,
I was late in answering, I do have some perspective about revelation that I have not written about. But I personally think these are cycles of revelation more than just one big one.
I also believe that there are some things that are cyclimatic. And some that I do not.
Prophesy is a complicated read!
Take fore instance.. the four horses of the apocalypse.
When they are sent out to inflict their hardships upon the earth. Scripture doesn't mention their being recalled from their mission, ...ever.
But concerning the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem?? At the time of these prophesy ? Either the temple had not been destroyed yet, .. or .. it was rebuilt at some time after that prophesy.
I do not think that it will be built again
(second time). Because of the timing of the crucifixion and the end of days for that Hebrew Nation that these prophesy were given to ... For at that time Jesus and god become the temple.
The seal judgments, trumpet judgments and vial judgments seem to be three similar but distinctively different sets of judgments that were directed at three different groups of people, at three different times in history.
At least that is the way that I understand it.
Hi Jeremi,
Once again, arguing archetype as history is a very tricky business. Angels, Horsemen, Trumpets are all symbolic of something more primitive and essential than man's history. It is not time locked for time in the realm of the consciousness (or the realm of heaven if you prefer to speak that way) is not the same as time as we experience it in the physical world. We can argue the second temple as an actual temple or something else..."destroy this temple and I will build another one in three days"...do you get it?
The Book is just more real and more interesting if you get to the seed of what it is trying to say instead of pretending that the metaphors are actual things we will see in their magical form here on earth.
Strain to penetrate the symbolism. It's all over the bible. Connect the symbolisms used and what they actually mean in well, Jesus speak. You'll see.
You are right on with your comment.
I think that is why everyone should back up and start all over at the beginning; as far as attempting to understand prophesy is concerned. And proceed with caution.
2000 years of mankind interpreting them have lead us out into the swamp, everyone pointing in a different direction.
Oh believe me it is way beyond 2000 years. Jesus himself is interpreting something that has existed before .... err..."the man that clothes" him.
The point is Jeremi, the rich interpretation of these texts are just but mirrors of where we are in our human understanding of a reality that transcends our own.
Thinking out loud again. (spontaneous stupidity ?)
Have read the hub and comments several times.
It seems that parts of scripture appear to and just might be an absolute truth on a number of prospectives.
Accepting this fact as fact is a dangerous situation for the general public.
We should not perceive this to give credence to multitudes of supposed truths.
That being said, I still go with the general precepts expressed in this Hub.
Hi Jeremi,
I am truly confused by what you said. "Absolute truths on a number of prospectives" does not make sense to me. Or "Accepting this fact as fact". I truly am perplexed.
For one thing, absolute truth is beyond us precisely because of the perspectives. We are created to view the world from a limited perspective, our own. What should we accept as fact? And lastly what are the supposed truths?
On the whole I don't know what you are referring to in particular.
PaperNotes 19 months ago
Without Judas, I suppose Jesus' mission to save the world from sin will not be performed.