What does Judas' kiss symbolize?
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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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It signifies the seperation between God and man no longer exists.  Man has access to God directly and not through priests, as was the custom in Jesus' day.
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If this is a reference to the Gospel of Judas, which reads that Judas and Jesus had worked it all out that Judas would turn Jesus in to the Romans in order to facilitate his death and sacrifice, then yes, Judas was shafted by the councils that decided what Christian canon would be.
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The 'sign of the cross' THREE TIMES does have a general appearance of  writing "666" - verrrrrry interesting! But what does it mean?
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For the first part it is simple ...\nThink about this: we are all God's creation and one way or another we carry on God's will. One of the assets given to us is free-will, the will to do as we choose. God's purpose now is to guide us on the right path, but it is us who must walk it. Judas did not know God's will at the time, it was much later that people were aware of what Jesus' death actually ment.\nThe fact that God intended it doesn't excuse Judas' act. It was Judas' choice to betray his teacher and this alone makes his act evil, just like any treason. God doesn't mind-control anyone. He chose to betray Jesus to the romans, thus he is a traitor and his treachery is ten-fold since we are talking about the Son of God (something Judas really believed or he wouldn't be an Apostle).\nAlso the fact that he's a traitor doesn't mean christians should hold a grudge against Judas. After all, he was forgiven for his actions did lead on the right path.\n\nAs for the accusations against the Jews, whatever they had done then, it's all done and it subscribes to the same things I've said above.
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Cocytus, the bottom circle of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy, is depicted as an ice-covered lake.\n\n Cocytus is the ninth and lowest circle of Hell and is frozen by the flapping wings of Lucifer, or Satan. Dante described it as being the home of traitors and those who committed acts of complex fraud. It is divided into four descending "rounds," or sections\n\nCaina, after the Biblical Cain; traitors to blood relatives. \n\nAntenora, after Antenor from the Iliad; traitors to country. \n\nPtolomea, after Ptolemy, governor of Jericho, who murdered his guests (1 Maccabees); traitors to guests. \n\nJudecca, after Judas Iscariot; traitors to masters and benefactors. \n\nLucifer is at the center of the circle, and is depicted with three mouths. One mouth gnaws on Brutus and another on Cassius, the leading conspirators against Julius Caesar, and both are chewed feet foremost with their heads protruding. Judas is chewed head foremost in the centre mouth.
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Brarup. c.1500. Brarup Workshop. (M-K 04-087) Betrayal. North wall, bottom. Left, Peter puts sword in sheath. Malchus lies on ground, lantern at feet of Christ. Christ, with cross nimbus, left hand touches Malchus' ear. Judas embraces and kisses Christ. Soldiers, right, in plate with swords, ax, battle hammer, spear and club. \n\nhttp://ica.princeton.edu/images/mills/04-087.jpg\n\nAlso:\nhttp://ica.princeton.edu/images/mills/11-088.jpg\n\nhttp://ica.princeton.edu/images/mills/09-037.jpg
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Its supposed to be the mark of the devil
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The thumb and index finger actually make a cross +, and therefore we show our love of the cross by kissing it!! The other three fingers represent the holy trinity, The Father, The  Son, and The Holy Spirit!
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The mark of the beast is the fact that people are going to worship the devil when he comes pretending to be Jesus. When one is taken away in the field and the other stays, this means that the person that is taken away because she goes to worship the false Jesus.\n\nRevelations  13:11 \n"And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."\n\nThe two horns represent power like the Lamb (Jesus). But, he spake as a dragon (devil).\nBasically he looked like Jesus, but, spake like the devil. This is how people worship the devil. Because the devil is pretending to be Jesus.
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"For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born." \n\nMark 14:21 \n\nDoes that really sound like someone you want for a role model?  The gospel of Judas was excluded from the Bible for good reason; it was not the inspired Word of God, and is therefore heresy.  The Bible clearly warns against this.\n\n"I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;"\n\nRevelation 22:18
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The Bible clearly indicates that Judas was not saved. Jesus Himself said of Judas, “The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born” (Matthew 26:24). John 17:12 also says concerning Judas, “While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost  except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.” At one time, though, Judas believed that Jesus was a prophet, or possibly even believed He was the Messiah. Jesus sent the disciples out to proclaim the Gospel and perform miracles (Luke 9:1-6). Judas was included in this group. Judas had faith, but it was not a true faith, or at best it was a very shallow faith. Judas was never “saved” but for a time he was a follower of Christ.
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Yeah it sucks to be Judas.  To me it is an interesting question.  If he hadn't betrayed Jesus His salvation plan might not have taken place (at least the way it had been prophesied), but I think Judas' role is given too much credit.  Jesus had spoke before thousands of people and was well-known to most of Roman Palestine.  He had a large following and his entrance to the city a week earlier was celebrated.  But all Judas really did was tell the Jewish leaders where Jesus would be, then identify Him with a kiss.  I am sure that they could have found Jesus on their own had Judas decided not to betray Jesus.  His kiss may have been because it was dark in the garden.  \n\nAlso, Judas did not make Jesus die on the cross.  I doubt if Judas originally realized what would happen when he gave up Jesus.  When He did He killed himself.  It was prophecied that Jesus would be betrayed, so that asks the question... did God make Judas betray Jesus in order to fulfill prophesy or did God simply know Judas would make that decision himself.  If Judas is burning in Hell because God made him betray Jesus that would seem horribly unfair to me.  \n\nBut hours before the betrayal, Jesus called Judas out and told him that he would betray Him that night.  Judas went and did it anyway which makes me think he did it of his own free-will.  He betrayed his friend (and leader) for 30 pieces of silver (which was not a fortune).  Christians blame Judas because of his character.  The crucifixion coud have occurred without his betrayal, but the way he betrayed Jesus makes him a despised figure.
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It depends on who you ask. Some would say that it is just a piece of paper. Some would say that it represents the ultimate public commitment to your partner. Biblically, it represents a divine bonding that brings a man and a woman together forever. Many other things. What does it symbolize to you?
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Your question made me do some research because it truly got me thinking about the bible book of Jude. I found this paragraph from a bible encyclopedia\n\n2 But who was Jude? The opening words tell us that the letter was written by “Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James, to the called ones.” Was Jude, or Judas, an apostle, since 2 of Jesus’ original 12 apostles were named Judas? (Luke 6:16) Jude does not speak of himself as an apostle, but instead he speaks of the apostles in the third person as “they,” manifestly excluding himself. (Jude 17, 18) Moreover, he calls himself “a brother of James,” evidently meaning the writer of the letter of James, who was a half brother of Jesus. (Vs. 1) As one of the “pillars” of the congregation in Jerusalem, this James was well-known, and hence Jude identifies himself with him. This makes Jude also a half brother of Jesus, and he is listed as such. (Gal. 1:19; 2:9; Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3) However, Jude did not make capital of his fleshly relationship with Jesus, but he humbly placed the emphasis on his spiritual relationship as “a slave of Jesus Christ.”—1 Cor. 7:22; 2 Cor. 5:16; Matt. 20:27.
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I don't believe this so called "Gospel of Judas". I don't doubt that it exists, or that it was written when it was supposedly written, but I do believe the writer skewed the text to reflect his/her thoughts and that it is not an accurate account of the facts. Yes, Judas betrayed Jesus and yes it was a part of the grand design that God had planned for the salvation of man. I don't think Judas necessarily betrayed Jesus because Jesus told him to though, I think Judas didn't realize at the time of the betrayal that it would end in the crucifixion of his Lord. That's why Judas tried to get the Pharisees to take back the 30 pieces of silver and why he ultimately committed suicide. This is simply another example of how satan tries to confuse the truth and turn people away from God.
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The 3rd Century Judas gospel presents a different interpretation of the live of Jesus and how Judas follow his destiny. It is a work created to support other ideas. But who wrote it?\n\nNot Judas, he committed suicide after Jesus was risen from the death. Yes, Judas was there just before Jesus ascended. But Judas did not belief and he commitment suicide. (You can find that in the Gospels from the first century.) A very different picture that Judas Gospel presents.\n\nSo we have partial information the Judas Gospel that does not fit in the new testament. Why? It is a hundred years after the new testament was codified.\n\nWe have another document from the third century near where other documents (Gnostic) were found. Gnostic may be a different interpretation of the new testament, but do not follow main Christian thought. Gnostic means "by knowing".