If God sent Jesus to die for us, what was the point in Judas betraying Him?

There are a lot of ways of interpreting all of this. Whether the story is true or fiction has little to do with interpreting it.

I never considered predestination to negate free will.

Judas could have freely decided to betray Jesus yet his decision could have been inevitable.

As I see Judas had to betray Jesus and Jesus had to die to fulfill their purpose. Each person is a free agent from their own viewpoint but in the big picture they all have roles they have to fulfill.

Read a bible

Assuming the basic premise here (which is to say, that the bible story is fact), we have to accept a few other things.

1. There is a God, and he is active.
2. Jesus died for our sins, and that really was his entire point of his first life.
3. There is free will (As otherwise, your question would be moot).

This said, it could possibly have been from a number of things. First, would be that an active God would realize what exactly dwelt in Judas’ heart, and would have preferred to have it happen to Jesus, and as such allowed the temptation in such a way as would benefit humanity. Another theory is that Jesus knew exactly what was going to happen, but did not turn himself in because it was not yet time, and he had to allow everyone to play their role (the temptation, the denial, ect.). Overall, though, it can not be known. These are the best reasons I’ve rationally come to, with that set of assumptions.

Through many dark hour I’ve been thinkin’ about this That Jesus Christ Was betrayed by a kiss But I can’t think for you You’ll have to decide Whether Judas Iscariot Had God on his side

….. ~ Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side ©1963

She probably has… but the answer to her question is probably not in there.

Why thank you, Angelee :P

Watch Jesus Christ Superstar. It s gives you a more realistic look.

No problem.

Jesus couldn’t turn himself in. If he did then it would presume he was guilty. And Jesus couldn’t be the ultimate sacrifice if he appeared guilty. Not to mention it represents that judas, one of the twelve disciples (12 of Jesus’s closest brothers) betrayed Jesus…, in which we as Christians, ones supposed to be the closest to Jesus, a representation of Jesus, betrays Jesus all the time so in that light we all are judases (if that’s even a real word…. If not I just made it one.). Plus I think if judas betrayed Jesus it gave the Pharisees more fuel to the flames.

Judas wasn’t the only betrayer, Peter denied Jesus 3 times during the fixed trail.

If that doesn’t help then I’m sorry, we could ask God in heaven when we get there. Job once asked God why and all God said was you don’t know my plan, I do so be quiet..

The point was to make the story more interesting. Nothing like a good double-cross to make a peice of fiction a little more dramatic.

Judas Iscariot is a person of interest, little is written about him in the Bible, but what he did by betraying Jesus makes us all curious, whether believers or non-believers. I think Jesus knew that Judas was going to betray him. In fact, Jesus made a public statement before His apostles that Judas would betray him. (see John 6:17)…… We can all speculate different theories on the issue but I think Judas made the decision himself for what ever reason I don’t think any of us know except Judas himself. It is very hard to comprehend why someone would betray someone we loved so dearly, but that betrayal was more devastating for Jesus as Judas was his friend…… I think some people would mock this assumption, but I really think Judas’s betrayal is a lesson for all for us, it is a lesson well learnt when it comes to choices, we all are capable of betraying someone we love. The evil in Judas’ heart is something we all feel from time to time, the anger we feel when things simply don’t go our way.

Jesus said that these thing had to happen to fulfill scripture. see Matt 27:9

I think Judas did what he did because he believed in Jesus’s power & divine authority. He wanted to “force his hand” and make him use his power to overthrow the Roman imperialists thus restoring a Jewish supremacy with Jesus as a rightful King..

It shows man’s sinful nature, and since Jesus prophesized it, it came true, that proves Jesus was right. But I guess really only God knows for sure, that is just my opinion ….

haha this amuses me

Then why people hate judas?