Was the betrayal planned?
Jesus states that one of the 12 will betray them and there is lots of confusion. Now it might be that they were afraid, or revolted by the idea, but it might be that they wished it not to be them to be picked. Jesus may have been telling them that the plan was that one of them must betray him. Judas was the one picked. It is a horrible to have to do and he may have hated doing it but he was the one picked to carry out that task.
If you read the text in that manner you can see that this meaning can be quite clear.
Imagine the horror of being the one who drew that “short straw”!
Leviticus 17
Interesting stuff here about blood too. God says that blood is life…so to shed blood is to shed life, to spill blood is to spill life. It is the “magic” stuff that is life and it truly is. The properties of blood are amazing and a highly efficient way to carry needed resources in the body.
- It is the only liquid tissue
- It is a connective tissue
- 5 liters (8% of body weight)
- Heavier and more viscous than water
- Ph is 7.4
- Transportation of O2 and nutrients
- Maintain stable body temperature
- Maintain stable body pH
- Clotting prevents fluid loss
- White blood cells protect us from infection
- Plasma (55%) is a yellow liquid (protein, salts, and nutrients) – similar to sea water
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/science/21angi.html
This is the fluid of life, without it our complex internal systems would not exist.
It is equated with life in the Bible.
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Mark K.