Planning By Son of Perdition

Jesus prayed for his disciples how none
of them were lost except the son of
perdition. Jesus knew from the beginning
who would not believe and who was going
to betray Him. Jesus did not lose Judas
Iscariot since Judas did not believe in
Him. Judas did not recognized he was lost.

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world,
I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none
of them is lost, but the son [G5207]
of perdition [G684]; that the scripture
might be fulfilled.

Strong's G5207 - Huios = male offspring,
a descendant, a son

Strong's G684 - Apoleia = perdition,
destruction, waste, damnable, to die,
perish, pernicious; Strong's Lexicon
usage includes: destroying, perishing,
utter destruction, ruin; complete loss
due to utter destruction

Was this a failure of Jesus in terms of
not being able to save Judas Iscariot?

No. Why?

Because the ministry of Jesus was designed
to save us from our sinful lower nature.

Judas chose to hide among the followers but
he did not slip through unrecognized as he
was a fulfilment of holy scriptures.

Psalm 41:9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom
I trusted, which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

and again, in the New Testament:

John 13:18
I speak not of you all: I know whom
I have chosen: but that the scripture
may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread
with me hath lifted up his heel against
me.

Judas did not want to lay down his own
life, pick up his own cross and follow
Jesus as a believer.

How did Jesus view Judas Iscariot?

John 6:71
He (Jesus) spake of Judas Iscariot
[the son] of Simon: for he it was
that should betray him, being one
of the twelve (apostles).

What did Judas Iscariot want from Jesus?

Judas Iscariot decided to 'conveniently
betray' the LORD right after a woman
poured costly oil over the head of Jesus.

Jesus defended her action when he said
she did a good work and she would be
mentioned whenever the gospel was preached.

I suspect Judas Iscariot wanted to convert
her precious ointment into cold, hard cash
but then later steal it out from the cash
treasury moneybag reserved for the ministry.

Also, he may have wanted for himself the
fame and recognition associated with the
ministry. Perhaps he didn't like the fact
that this woman somehow stole his good
fortune because she was heralded by the
LORD with eternal praise.

It was within this soil of envy, jealousy,
greed and contempt that the heart of Judas
Iscariot was twisted into finding a convenient
way to betray the LORD.

I can well imagine how his ultimate plan
was to set up a convenient situation where
no one would actually know it was him who
had betrayed Jesus.

He wanted the social circumstances to appear
as proof that he was the innocent one in order
to cover up his tracks so that nobody was the
wiser.

Satan planted his seed of murder in this soil
of Judas.

Luke 22:3
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

That's when Judas immediately left the upper
room with no one knowing what he was really
planning to do except the LORD.

John 13:27-30
Then after he had taken the morsel,
Satan entered into him. Jesus said
to him, "What you are going to do,
do quickly." [v28] Now no one at the
table knew why he said this to him.
[v29] Some thought that, because Judas
had the moneybag, Jesus was telling
him, "Buy what we need for the feast,"
or that he should give something to
the poor. [v30] So, after receiving
the morsel of bread, he immediately
went out. And it was night.

How did this son of perdition become the most
unique figure in Christian history? He became
more so than anyone else in all of Mankind due
to his planned betrayal.

Mark 14:21
"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." 

Judas Iscariot is the only disciple that fits
this description, and it would have been better
if he was not born as the son of Simon the
Zeolot.

One day soon we will see a modern counterpart
to this son of perdition seeking to betray all
the Jews although he will appear innocent of
any betrayal through manipulated circumstances.

Congenital Inheritance

The overall arc from the beginning, within the Judeo-Christian faith framework, identifies how all of mankind was subjected to an all encompassing alteration not original to the Maker’s design. However it occurred, we now have a steady state of potential alteration that is primarily congenital to our current condition.

Medically speaking, congenital problems are defined as those issues present at birth. Such potential malformations, deformations or anomalies were inherited from previous generations. Such inherited conditions might become evident or realized due to genetic alterations. The vast untapped potential for these congenital traits to become manifested may or may not depend on external interactions that can trigger a reaction. These potentials, on the other hand, can also remain inactive without manifestation since they can recessively remain dormant.

The lower nature, out of which comes from our corrupted existence, is ever present within each of us and involuntarily opposes or strives against the perfect law of liberty found in His Love. All mankind, therefore, has inherited these congenitally derived lower natures that can manifest itself in a variety of ways.

The fallen or lower nature has been categorized as the sinful flesh. This is where the term ‘sinner’ has been defined of which it is certainly all-inclusive. It is a human condition regarding the very nature of our existence. Pointing to someone else and saying they are sinners is quite literally the kettle calling the pot black. It’s all the same. No one is exempt, nor can anyone avoid the lower nature. It is this state of being that influences all of our potential as we exhibit those unique abilities we have inside of ourselves. We need our lower nature to live, survive and experience life without having an eternal life fellowship with our Maker.

However, if we wish to find our Maker, then we must redeem ourselves from the corruptible flesh. He has seen from the beginning that we would require His mercy and grace to come before Him with our sin nature. The Father sent His Son to fully pay forward our redemption by nailing the sin of mankind to the cross of Christ. In this way, those who believe that Christ died for sinners in general, and specifically our own sinfulness, are promised both forgiveness as well as new eternal life to bridge the gap between our lower nature and His Holy Supernatural nature. In this way, we have received the spirit of Life and that makes it possible to fellowship with Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Creator's Original Throw Down At Dawn

Isaiah 14:12    KJV
How thou art fallen from heaven
O Lucifer, son of the morning![How] art
thou cut down to the ground, which didst
weaken the nations.

Marin transliteration from Hebrew to English:

Thrown down falling [from] heaven shiny-one
[who was the] son to dawn, [now] howling [as]
cut down asunder wast[-ing] away all the earth
[thereby becoming] frail [and] disable(-ed)
[like the] heathen peoples.

I base my analysis on the following ten
Hebrew words as listed in Strong's:

(1) H5307 - Naphal = to fall, fall away,
fall short, fail, cast down, thrown
down
(2) H8064 - Shamayim = heaven(s), sky
(3) H1966 - Heylel = light-bearer, shining-one
(4) H1121 - Ben = son
(5) H7837 - Shachar = dawn, morning, day;
note: it's different than H6079 - AphAph
= eyelid, of the dawn(-ing), rays of the
sun (fig.)
(6) H3213 - Yalal = to howl, howlings (so as
to cry outloud)
(7) H1438 - Gada = to cut, hew, chop, cut down,
hew down (-off), cut off (-in two), shave off
(-in two), asunder
(8) H776 - Erets = land, whole or all earth
(9) H2522 - Chalash = to be weak, be(-come)
prostrate, disable, weaken, waste-away, to
be(-come) frail, discomfit(-ed)
(10) H1471 - Gowy = nation, heathen, people(s),
non-Hebrew descendents or Gentiles

When I look at the first word, H5307, I imagine
how Lucifer was the first one to fall away from
the LORD.

Lucifer is likened as being the original son
of the first dawn. This gave me a clue when
I read how our first dawn was listed at:

Genesis 1:5    KJV
God called the light day and the darkness
He called night. And there was evening and
there was morning, one day.

The LORD God Creator wanted to govern the day.
He assigned this to Lucifer as an attendant
so as to keep the morning (H1242) as described:

Genesis 1:18-19    KJV
... to govern the day and the night,
and to separate the light from the
darkness; and God saw that it was good. 
[v19] There was evening and there was
morning, a fourth day.

I believe it was the original job assignment
for Lucifer to keep light separate from darkness
in order to maintain the ordanance of the goodness
of the LORD God Creator. He was given the power
to discern the weaknesses and determine how to
provide light that would separate it from the
darkness.

It was during this fourth day, before any living
creature was in existance, that Lucifer was cast
down out howling as he was thrown from heaven to
the whole earth.

Therefore, by logical extention, Lucifer was
assigned the job to creatively reveal all of
the light of the goodness of God as a renewal that
dawned on the minds and hearts of Man.

He was to strengthen the fellowship between
God and Man.

Father of All Lies

All lies arise out of the first Liar who
created the conditions for the original
sin. Deception of Eve along with the silent
disobedience of Adam (lying by omission)
came from the lies of the serpent.
Awareness of sin comes from the Law.
Therefore, the power of sin is the Law.

The consequence of sin is death with
the first death, which is the body is
followed by the second death, which
is the soul.

Sin was originally found in the prideful
boasting of lies made against the Creator.

The Father of All Lies made a covenant with
death and hell by using his lies to spread
sinful lusts to all humanity.

Isaiah 28:15    KJV
Because ye have said, We have made a
covenant with death, and with hell
are we at agreement; when the over
flowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us: for we
have made lies our refuge, and under
falsehood have we hid ourselves.

Satan targets the leaders to capture
them in his lies so as to turn the rest
against the LORD and His Way, His Truth
and His Life.

John 8:44   ASV
Ye are of [your] father the devil,
and the lusts of your father it is
your will to do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and standeth
not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Humanity Not Innocent

The Victims:
We are all victims. Yes, all of humanity.
How are we all victims? We are all victims
as we have all inherited the punishment of
the original sin from our first parents.

Romans 5:12, 19
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned. [v19] For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners,
so by the obedience of one shall many
be made righteous. 

Holy LORD GOD:
The original sin was a single action of
disobedience against only one restriction
given to Adam & then Eve. Later, the perfect
Law was given where judgment and righteousness
were defined under a set of holy commandments.

We did not commit the original sin but we
all suffer the consequences of such judgment
for the covenant with death has reached us all.

Who's Innocent:
Does that mean we are innocent of sin? No.

We are not innocent as we have both the
inheritance of carnal flesh of the lower nature,
as well as the many things we do in ignorance
that oppose the Creator's original design, which
was to fellowship in perfect love with Him and
each other.

Our fallen humanity away from the very presence
of the LORD has created internal strife where
we oppose ourselves when we do the very things
we do not wish to do.

2 Timothy 2:24-26
And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all [men], apt to teach,
patient, [v25] In meekness instructing those
that oppose themselves; if God peradventure
will give them repentance to the acknowledging
of the truth; [v26] And [that] they may recover
themselves out of the snare of the devil, who
are taken captive by him at his will.

Riding Furiously To Rapture

I read about a man who was anointed to
accomplish the cleansing of the Nation
of Israel by removing and replacing the
wicked king. There was a lot of complicated
things going on surrounding this biblical
account. I picked up on the furious drive
of the chariots to carry out this mission.
My take-away was that Jehu was a figure
type of Christ's ride to claim His Church
as His Bride for the Rapture. Nothing will
stop Christ from accomplishing His mission
to take up all those who believe in Him.

The Man:
The was a man called Jehu, son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi listed in 2nd Kings 9.

The Anoiting:
A young prophet was sent to Ramothgilead to
carry out a very specific mission for the
LORD. He was told to find Jehu, anoint and
give the prophetic word.

Then, when this was accomplished, the young
prophet was instructed to run as fast as he
could to get out of there without hesitation.
2nd Kings 9:1 thru 10.

Four Kings:
The first king was Hazael, king of Syria.
Hazael was a foreign ruler over the Northern
kingdom of Israel.

The second king was Joram, the son of Ahab,
who was the king of Israel. Joram had acted
wickedly against the LORD and judgment was
decreed against him and his house.

The third king was Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram,
who was the king of Judah. Ahaziah went to war
with Joram against Hazael, king of Syria.

The fourth king was the newly anointed man,
Jehu, who literally had a mission from God.
Jehu was anointed as King over Israel instead
of Joram.

Ref: 2nd Kings Chapter 8 with verses 25 thru 16.

The Chariot Ride:
The Syrians fought and wounded Joram. Joram was
taken back to Jezreel to heal. Ahaziah came to
Jezreel to see Joram.

The watchman reported to Joram that he saw the
company of Jehu riding towards Jezreel. Joram
sent out a horseman to meet them and ask, Is it
peace?

2 Kings 9:18-20
The rider on the horse went out to meet him,
and saith, `Thus said the king, Is there peace?'
and Jehu saith, `What - to thee and to peace?
turn round behind me.' And the watchman
declareth, saying, `The messenger came unto
them, and he hath not returned.' [v19] Then
he sent out a second on horseback, which
came to them, and said, Thus saith the king,
[Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
[v20]  And the watchman told, saying,
He came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the driving [is] like the
driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for
he driveth furiously.

Turn around behind me, or get behind me, it
spoke to me of the authority to command in
such a manner that the innocent lives are spared
but the guilty do not escape the wrath of God.

This speaks to me about the coming Rapture of
the Church and the next 7 years of tribulation.

God Did Not Plant One Tree

In the beginning, God created all that
which was good, yes, very good.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God
to grow every tree that is pleasant to
the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

He specifically warned His children, Adam
and then Eve, not to eat from the tree of
knowledge. Why? Because it was not good for
you.

Logically, therefore, the Tree of Knowledge
of Good and Evil was bad for you. Therefore,
it was not planted by God.

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for
in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die. 

Who planted the Tree of Knowledge? I believe
it was the Father of All Lies who planted it.
The Tree of Knowledge never saved anyone no
matter how smart you are.

Matthew 13:24-30
The parable of the LORD Jesus on the good
seed planted with the enemy's tares added
later.

Intimate Friends

There are two different words in
the New Testament Greek for the
English word, friend.

The first one is a more casual or a
civil type of greeting to another.

This generally was used when one
asked another a question or better
yet, defining a broad social category
of friends in the marketplace. It has
been listed as Strong's G2083:Hetairos.

Matthew 11:16
But whereunto shall I liken this generation?
It is like unto children sitting in the markets
and calling unto their fellows/friends [G2083].

There is another Greek word that takes a much
closer step towards a more personal relationship
as a friend or a close companion. It was listed
as Strong's G5384 - Philos.

John 15:13-15
"Greater love has no one than this, that one
lay down his life for his friends. [G5384].
[v14] You are My friends [G5384] if you
do what I command you. [v15] No longer
do I call you servants, for the servant does
not know what his master is doing; but I
have called you friends [G5384] for all
things that I have heard from My Father
I have made known to you."

Strong's G5384 - Philos = friend, to be friendly
to(ward) one; wish him well; he who associates
familiarly with one, a (close) companion.

Friends come in all sizes, shapes and colors,
figuratively speaking, as relationships rapidly
move through our experiences. Friends can come
out of our relationships with neighbors, even family
members, spouses, co-workers, business contacts, or
just about any other classification. Friends, in this
manner, speaks to us about the other person's heart
and of the specific level of trust that we feel towards
them as our friends. Such friendships form a type of
personal intimacy can can not be faked. Real friendship
is real genuine to us.

A related Greek word to Philos is 'Phileo' which is
listed as Strong's G5368. You may know this word
as one of the descriptions used for 'love.' Phileo is used
to describe friendships that express brotherly love.

Therefore, 'Philos Phileo' describes love between intimate
friends that is neither casual nor market-driven but heartfelt,
personal and provides for close companionship. This is the
upgrade from servant to friends in the family of faith.