If Judas's betrayal of Jesus was essential to the divine plan, was it actually an act

Palatka51 · Nov 17, 2008

Grasshopper said:

Many examples of this are found in scripture. Here are two more:

2Sa 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Does this mean that Absalom is not responsible for his acts?
Did God raise up this evil? Yes.
Was Absalom and Amnom responsible for their acts? Yes.

Another:

Isa 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isa 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

God sends the Assyrian army to punish Israel.

Yet then punishes the Assyrian King for doing what God willed him to do:

Isa 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Did God send the Assyrian Army to punish Israel? Yes.
Did God punish the Assyrian King for doing what God willed him to do? Yes.

Did God ever violate the free will of Absalom, Amnon or the King of Assyria? No, they did just as their evil hearts desired yet in doing so accomplished the will of God.

Isn't God's Sovereignty great!raying:

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And yet the Assyrian peoples repented at Jonah's preaching. God always has given the evil person a chance to repent. Judas took that chance away for him self when he hanged himself.

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