25/05/2023
What really happened in The Upper Room?
I want to share what we as followers of Heshua discovered and we are still pondering on this....;
As we sat down to partake of the Lord's supper about two weeks back we received a strong revelation from Holy Spirit.
We read from the book of 1Corithians 11:23-25
We took it upon ourselves to ponder on what really was happening on that night in the Upper Room.
† We as the church usually think of the sacrificial death of Jesus the resemblance of the bread and the vine or drink as the broken body and the precious and innocent blood that was shed for us.
We do it as a dear memory of what Christ did so we continuously do it as a memory of His sacrificial death for our sins which is not wrong at all but today here is one if not two or three events we miss from what really happened in the Upper Room.
† Christ openly manifested that He is the Messiah
† He knew His betrayer from day one.
† He never judged Him like what we do these days.
† He openly forgave Judas even before the betrayal that is why He allowed him to sit with Him and the other disciples on the table and partake of the supper.
† Christ is the One that gave Judas the go ahead to betray Him.
John 13:26-27
"Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
As you can see in the last verse that after giving Judas the dipped bread, Jesus actually told him to go and betray Him and he "had to act fast" which was a command.
We often stand on the pulpit and preach about the spirit of Judas in our midst as if Judas was not predestined as the son of perdition who had to fulfil what God had predestined. If Judas was not there to betray Christ then how was God's plan going to be fulfilled?
Remember the scriptures in the four gospels says "And Satan entered Judas" so it was not the spirit of Judas that led to the betrayal of Jesus but it was Satan who entered Judas that became the force or power that pushed Judas to betray Jesus.
Christ indicated that He was even dying for the same Judas pastors preach against.
If it was the spirit of Judas who betrayed Christ then why did Judas regret on doing it and return the money he got from selling Jesus? Matthew 27:3
So here is truly what took place and what Jesus meant on us remembering Him.
† He forgave Judas before his betrayal without him asking
†He spread and manifested the love of God and what grace really means
† He wants us to imitate Him in deeds.
He never even once made or spoke against Judas with other disciples and I think He might have once or twice advised them let him be when they complained about him being a thief and wanted the money box to be taken from him.
Remember Christ was also in the flesh, had a mind and thoughts just like us. He also had feelings just like me and you. He also got hurt and troubled in His spirit just like a human being does. As much as He was one hundred percent God, He also was human being in flesh and had thoughts, the difference is, He chose not to depend and obey His human form but he obeyed what His Father wanted Him to do.
Remember Christ's death was not only for salvation and healing but an act of FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS ALSO
SO PLEASE LET US STOP PREACHING AGAINST JUDAS COS THERE IS NO JUDAS SPIRIT!! FORGIVE YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ARE PUSHED BY JELOUSY HATE AND ENVY TOWARDS YOU!!
THAT MAN WAS DESTINED TO BETRAY JESUS BY GOD IN THE BEGGINING IF TIME!!
"While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled." John 17:12
Judas had no choice because he was hand picked by God to fulfill the scripture. Jesus also did what the Father told Him!!
"I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me" John 5:30