Judas

The word traitor is defined as somebody who behaves in a disloyal or treacherous manner, and for many centuries numerous Christian scholars stated that Judas Iscariot was the biggest prime example of what a traitor was. Many believed that Judas Iscariot was a traitor because of the single most egregious act that one human being could ever commit where he turned Jesus over to a bunch of soldiers and the Pharisees to be persecuted and ultimately put to death.

I believe that the reason so many people believed that Judas was a traitor was because that it has been handed down for centuries, and people just use the excuse of it being written in the Scriptures. Yet, it is never blatantly stated saying that Judas was a traitor. I believe that Judas can never be considered a traitor of Jesus because way too many questions arise. First off, Jesus preaches that every man has the ability to have freewill, and that the human race can chose between the idea of right and wrong. Yet, the question I raise is this: if Jesus knew he was going to be betrayed by Judas, would that not mean that Judas did not have freewill? The reason I ask that question is because if Judas was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, why would he want to handover the man that he had decided to give his entire life up to follow because he felt Jesus' messages were that important? If Judas was the one that was chosen to betray Jesus then why is he supposedly in Hell? If Judas had been given the choice to either betray or not betray Jesus, and had chosen his decision because of his freewill then it would be a mute point of whether he should be condemned or not, but that is not the case because the Scriptures had to be fulfilled. Also while Jesus is on the cross he says, "Father forgive them, they know not what they do," (Lk 23:24) why does it not apply to Judas? If Judas had no freewill and was already chosen to betray Jesus, why does Judas have to suffer for his ignorance? He had no choice.

The next question I raise is if Judas was sent to Hell because he betrayed Jesus, but his betrayal was necessary to save humanity from Hell, why is he being punished for his action? In reality, it would be right up there with Jesus giving his life for humanity because Judas not only sacrificed his soul, but also his human life so that all of humanity could know God's grace and humility. Judas became the scapegoat for all of humanity's sin and Jesus became the savior for all of humanity's sin. The next question is raise is if Jesus suffered only on the cross, and then ascended to heaven, but yet Judas suffers an eternity in the fires of Hell, why does Judas have to suffer more for the sins of humanity? If Jesus was the savior for humanity, and had to suffer for billions of people's past and present sins, why does he only have