Betrayal
He was handpicked and added to the twelve,
unsavory from the start,
He had been given authority to cast out
evil spirits from the peoples’ heart.
He healed the sick, and raised the dead,
From God’s lost sheep,
He was entrusted with the disciple’s money,
But he stole from it instead,
He sat at Jesus’ feet, this Judas Iscariot,
Jesus knew His ultimate betrayer; it was all in God’s plan,
for His time had not come yet.
Judas sold His Master for thirty pieces of silver,
His abandoned loyalty and fidelity; he made an allegiance with the foe;
He became Jesus’ enemy; two thousand years ago.
Judas opened his heart to Satan,
The dragon, the Devil, that serpent of old,
and Satan delivered the supreme blow,
Judas let him in; the deed was done.
As the scriptures had foretold,
“Even my friend, in whom I trusted,
the one who ate my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me.”
At the Passover Feast, the ultimate betrayal had begun,
Then Jesus said, “There is one at this table,
sitting among us as a friend, he will betray me.
I, the Son of Man, must die; it is part of God’s plan”,
Judas asked, “Am I the one?”
“You have said it.” Replied the Master;
He dipped his bread into the sauce and gave it to Judas;
Again Satan entered in.
He told the betrayer to do it quickly.
The deed was done.
Janice Bumbalough Marler
March 16, 2008
poetrybyjan@nc.rr.com
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Psalms 41:9
By dolores39
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