Luke 22:1-6
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 2and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 3Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. 4And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 5They were delighted and agreed to give him money. 6He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
God's Plan and God's Will are impossible to change, once God has decided that His Will is to to be done...God knows all things and there are an infinite number of things we do know that God knows...
So one might ask, was Judas' faith different than the other disciples, or did he just want thirty pieces of silver?...Could he have fought the temptation of the evil one and prayed to God about His troubles?...Judas would betray Jesus, just as his Teacher said He would and as Luke has written...But, nonetheless, Judas was still one of His original disciples and must have had some faith in His Teacher at the beginning of his discipleship...Judas had seen many, if not all, of His Masters miracles, and no doubt heard about everyone of them in his three years with Jesus...And yet Judas betrayed Him...And when I think of the name Judas, the word traitor comes to mind...How would you feel and think about a Man who had done so many miracles?...
Judas knew Jesus in many ways and knew He was a Miracle Worker...Maybe Judas thought that Judas would do a miracle the night he kissed His Master and Teacher on the cheek, to show the soldiers that this was the Anointed One...Maybe Judas was expecting a miracle of Jesus defeating the soldiers, or maybe a miracle that man or men could not kill Him...After all, Judas had seen raise other men and people from the dead...
Jesus' arrest did happen...The betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The One I kiss is the Man; arrest Him and lead Him away under guard."...Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him...The men seized Jesus and arrested Him...Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear..."Am I leading a rebellion," said Jesus, "that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture Me?...Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me...But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."...Then everyone deserted Him and fled...Judas got his thirty pieces of silver for his betrayal, as Jesus was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and died on the cross...Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and was buried, and the third day He rose again, and appeared to Peter and the Twelve, and to James, His brother and then to Paul according to the Scriptures...He would remain on earth after He rose from death and for forty more days...Then He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father...
This was God's Plan...
But Judas did not realize God's Plan and that he was included as a part of the Plan...It was God's Plan and Will for the Messiah to be betrayed and then to die for our sins, and thus we have Paul's Creed...Paul was a believer in Jesus and believed that there was a Messiah to come and dwell on earth...St. Paul writes for what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve...After that, He appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep...Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all He appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born...