The events of the past are examples for us in the end of days. Christ Himself was our greatest example of what will be.Matthew 26:20-22 Now when even was come, He sat down with the twelve. And as they did eat, He said, "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me." And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto Him, "Lord, is it I?"Judas also asked this…knowing he was the culprit for he had already consulted with the chief priests and asked…
26:15-16 What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you?" And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
26:23-24 And He answered and said, "He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me. The Son of man goeth as it is written of Him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born."So, we see from the example that whoever the Judas of the end times is…will be among us, one of us…a believer. As he sold Christ so will the Judas of end times, or the group he is symbolic of, sell the elect.
Will that person/group have full understanding of what they are doing? Will they willingly turn the elect over to Satan for money or whatever they wish to achieve? Or will they, "know not what they do?" Remember, even though Judas sold Him, he also said…. Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Mark 14:44 And he that betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, "Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely."
Notice that the above Scripture is 1444…I so often see those numbers affiliated with the elect. I believe they are the mark of the elect, a sign He shares with us.Who will the Judas be? Will they feel righteous when they do this, believing they do the work of God? As Christ said, "The Son of man goeth as it is written of Him," just as it is written of the man child…it will happen but I wonder who will fill that prophesied role. My personal feeling is...in their minds they will believe they are doing the right thing but they are blind to His truth.