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God sent his son, Jesus, to die for our sins. The past and the future ones, if we commit them or not:

"God's Son had to become a human being so that he could suffer and die in our place to pay the ransom. That is the meaning of Christmas. Hebrews 2:14 puts it like this, "Since the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death." In other words, the reason Christ took on human flesh was so that he could die and in dying pay a ransom and free us from the power of death. "

God sent his son to save us from himself (I mean from divine condemnation, the wrath of God):

"John 3:17-18, "For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already."

So, if it was all already planned the whole thing. Jesus had to come and suffer and die ... it looks like Judas was set up from the beginning as well.
Somebody had to be the traitor after all! Why or why not Judas? Somebody had to be the one carrying the eternal shame of traitor and being lynched and burnt in fury... without a traitor, the whole story would be off!

Think about it. While all the other apostles were chosen to spread the word and be loved, Judas was picked to be the scapegoat. Certainly that man named Judas was not the only one in the whole land capable of betrayal, but he got the golden ticket to be the one everybody would know as traitor forever.

I kind of pity him. Maybe he is not what everybody is set to think and he did in fact choose the role? Without Judas there would be no salvation, so maybe Jesus and Judas had a secret arrangement? Jesus called Judas on the corner and explained him the whole deal and Judas took upon him to sacrifice his name and memory for centuries so the outcome would be what we know of today? He may have thought that in face of Jesus sacrifice, his would not be so bad? And poor Judas set off to fulfill his role as the man who betrayed Jesus, because somebody had to do it.

If the history called for a traitor from the start, I think he got the worst deal among the apostles.

ILustKarl, you're just another silly atheist that cannot reconcile the following things... god has a plan (fate or destiny) and we all have free will. Judas had free will, and he chose to betray Jesus. God knew he would do this, since he is omniscient and knows everything and he has a plan. To a logical person it sounds like these statements are contradicting one another. The answer is to let go of logic and have faith. Pray harder.