Shalom dear brothers and sisters. Will you please open your Bibles to the Gospel of John? We are studying today in this ministry the portion that we find in John chapter 13 and there in the upper room we learn from these verses John 13 verses 18 to 38 how Yeshua is relating to Judas, the man from Krayot, Yehuda Ish Krayot, who betrayed the Lord. And in this portion, John 13, verses 18 to 38, we will continue with the study that we have concerning Yeshua in the upper room with his disciples. Please follow me as I am reading from verse 18. John 13, verse 18, Yeshua continued to speak, and he says, I speak not of you all, I know whom I have chosen, But, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

Now I tell you, before it come, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me. And he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Verily, verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me. Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. Now there was, leaning on Yeshua's bosom, one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him that he should ask who should be of whom he spake.

He then, laying on Jesus' breast, saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Yeshua answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, Yehuda Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop, Satan entered into him, then said Yeshua unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some of them thought because Yehudah had the beg, that Jesus had said unto him, buy those things that we have need of against the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

He then, having received the sop, went immediately out, and it was night. Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me, and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come, so now I say to you, A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all may know that ye are my disciples, if you have love one to another.

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Yeshua answered him, Whither I go thou cannot follow me now, but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. Yeshua answered him, Will thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice, three times. And with this verse, 38, we are concluding with the reading for now, dear brothers and sisters, in that really, in this interesting portion in which Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, is showing to us his relationship towards Yehuda Ishkariot, Judah's Iskariot.

Now to remind you that in the 13th chapter, our blessed Messiah Yeshua gave another discourse, we might call it a sermon, really, that is right there and there, and then in the upper room, there in the beginning of the Feast of Pesach, Passover. And so this is another dissertation, another message, another sermon, there really in the upper room that began in chapter 13, and we'll be concluding really at the end of chapter 17, when he was walking towards the Garden of Gethsemane, in order for there to prepare himself, Yeshua the Messiah, preparing himself before he will be taken by those who oppose him and ultimately will go to the cross, the Roman cross, in which he will cry, it is finished.

It is found in chapter 19. So it is interesting because here we learn of Yeshua speaking once again, providing or giving, you might say, a teaching ministry, a sermon, a discourse, as he has done that in times of old. He had a sermon on the mount in Matthew 5, 6, and 7. We have the sermon that we read in Matthew chapter 13 that has to do with a sermon in relationship to the mystery kingdom that will come in which we really find ourselves right now during the church age. And then in Matthew chapter 24, we have the sermon on the Mount Of Olives It's called the Olivet Discourse. And here we have the sermon or the discourse in the upper room in the city of Yerushalayim.

This time he's speaking only with his disciples. He's out of the public eye. He's in privacy of the upper room in the Feast of Pesach. A Chag Pesach the feast of Passover in which Yeshua is seen in this 13th chapter first of all in relationship to God the Father as we have read in verse 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things unto his hand and that he was come from God and went to God and he rises from supper and he's doing the will of the Father as a servant serving the disciples. Then we have learned verses 6 to 11 that Yeshua has had to explain and to speak to Simon Peter, Shimon Petros.

And we see there the relationship that he had towards Shimon Petros, Simon Peter, where Simon Peter said to him, if you remember, he was said to him that he will never wash his feet. And then Yeshua said, if I will not wash your feet, you will have no part with me. So Shimon Petro said to him, Lord, not only my feet, but my hands and my head. And he wanted a complete bath. And Yeshua taught him that it is important for a believer, for a redeemed person to have his feet washed regularly, symbolically by the washing, that he washed the feet of the disciples. And how we have learned the Messiah relationship to Shimon Petrus in the upper room.

We have also learned from verses 12 to 17 the relationship that he had towards the disciples. And you remember what he ended up by saying to them in verses 16 and 17. Said if you know these if you know the importance that you are to be a servant happy are ye if ye do them that's what we have ended up in our previous ministry meeting beloved brothers and sisters so here we are right now we've arrived to John 13 verses 18 to the end of the chapter verse 38 and all this portion we can see Yeshua the Messiah in relationship to the man by the name of yehuda in Hebrew often in English he's called judas iscariot but in Hebrew it simply means yehuda that is the name of yehuda ish means a man krayot means suburbs he was a man from the suburbs.

Yehudah, the men from the suburbs in the land of Israel. So you notice now what we find out about this man by the name of Judas, by the name of Yehudah. We see here in verse 18 that Yeshua did not speak about all the disciples because there was one who was a disciple. In a sense that he was part of the group that the Lord have chosen that they will follow him doing his ministry but judas or yehuda was not one of the disciples in a sense that he would be one of them as a believer as a true follower of the Messiah he would he's not one of them that have trusted that Yeshua the Messiah and accepted him and here after the Lord Yeshua is telling to the disciples that they are all they need to serve one another that a servant is not greater than his law than his master and that the servant must serve others and then he said to them if you know this that you ought to serve one another you have to serve the Lord you have to serve God's people says you're happy if you do that but then he said I speak not of you all in verse 18 I know whom I have chosen but that the Scripture may be fulfilled and now.

We learn of that which even the disciples didn't know but the Lord is now showing to them that in there means there was someone who was really not part of the redeemed company who was not part of those who were chosen he was the one as it says here in verse 18 b quoting the psalmist of Israel who said he that eateth bread with me has lifted up his heel against me quoting some 41 and verse 9 very interesting because Psalm 41 is a Psalm of David who prophetically was speaking about the Messiah but he himself had experienced in his life he's sharing about the enemies that he had experienced in his own life in his own time of of rejection that he had in his midst beside him one that was his enemy and so we read here that yea my non familiar friend Psalm 41 verse 9 David said in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread has lifted up his heels against me David said and of course David was speaking of the one that in his time.

Turn against him and you notice when it says my own familiar friend in Hebrew it is said ish or ge'e or ge'ver or ish shlomi the one that was my you might say my shalom it comes from the root word shalom asher batachti bo one that I have trusted him he became one that is turning against me he lifted up his heel against me what a sad experience David had experienced when he was opposed by those that have turned against him in a time of king Shaul who turned against him in a time where his son have turned against him if we look back at the history of David what an experience he had experienced when he had those who oppose him some even from his own family have turned themselves against David the king of Israel in Psalm 55 we read in verse 12 again notice it's the Psalm of David in verse 12 for it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it.

Neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himself against me. Then I would have hid myself from him. But, he said, it was thou a man mine equal, my guide, mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together. And walked unto the house of God in company he's speaking about Achitophel from 2nd Samuel chapter 15 who turned against David the king in a time where he was chastened out of the city of Jerusalem and of course by application we see that this is also a prophetic message that speaks to us concerning the Messiah Yeshua himself who experienced rejection by this one that was sitting with him at the upper room that was one of the disciples that have seen the life of Yeshua the Messiah that follow him day by day to see that he was indeed the the God man the Mashiach himself the one who healed the sick who gave comfort to the brokenhearted who met the need of the hungry who raised the dead who gave food to the hungry and he is the one that instead of a yuda to believe on him and to be convicted he is now showing his colors and he's turning against Yeshua the Messiah and es av shalom the son of David to turn against his father.

And as Achitofel, who was a servant of David, turning against David and giving counsel to Avshalom against his father, here we find out that these prophetic words that were given in days of old are now fulfilled in the person of Yeshua the Messiah in the life of the man by the name of Yehuda Ishkroyot. So we learn here that the one who lift up his heel against the Messiah was Judah himself. Judah never actually ever came to faith in Yeshua the Messiah. He never had come to a point in his life that he had recognized that he needed to turn to the Lord Jesus the Messiah.

We read in John 6 and verse 64, But there are some of you, Yeshua said, that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believe not and who should betray him. Yeshua knew that ahead of time because he knows all men. He knows every heart of every person. And he had already said to the disciples that he knew the one that will reject him. Him. Sad, sad to see. We continue to read in John 6 and verse 67, then Jesus said unto the twelve, will he also go away? This was after many stopped from following him. Then we read in verse 68, then someone, Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?

Thou hast the word of eternal life. And we believe that sure that you are the Messiah, the son of the living God. But notice what we read in verse 70 and 71 Yeshua answered them have I not chosen you twelve notice this expression and one of you is a devil he spake of Yehuda Iscariot Judah Iscariot Ben Shimon the son of Simon for he it was that should betray him being one of the twelve it is interesting that though Yeshua chose the twelve to be his disciples yet from that twelve he knew very well that one of them who was chosen to be one of the twelve and yet he was not chosen to be part of the redeemed company and he was the one that fulfilled that which we read in Psalm 41 and concerning the one that would betray the Lord and this is amazing how the fulfillment of Scripture is presented before us as we study here this 13 chapter so judas or yehuda and achitophel committed really suicide later on they killed.

Themselves. Judas and Achitophel, both of them who, who turn against the one that were their master. And they ultimately recognize that they were wrong. And what an opportunity Judas would have. But we know that ultimately he will deny the Lord and will die committing suicide, killing himself as we will read later on and so when we arrive to verse 19 now John 13 19 to 30 we see that Yeshua's concern to fulfill God's word to the letter whatever the prophetic word of God was given to our forefathers the people of Israel we can see how everything is being fulfilled in the life of the person of Jesus the Messiah i tell you verse 19 before it come what before it come?

The coming of the betrayal and the death of the Messiah. You know what we read in verse 19? Now I tell you before it come what will come? Before the time will come Judas will betray the Messiah and then will sell him for 30 pieces of silver. The Lord Jesus the Messiah preparing the disciples that they will know listen something will happen someone from among you will betray me and I'm telling you this ahead of time verse 19 when it is come to pass ye may believe that I am he he continued verse 20 and the Lord Jesus the Messiah is saying to his disciples he that receive me receive him that sent me in other words Judas was not ready to receive him therefore Judas was not ready to receive God Judas was not ready to believe the word of God therefore in verse 20 we read verily verily I say unto you he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me and he that receiveth me receiveth him who have sent me In other words, the one that the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, sent is the one that will receive Yeshua, receive Jesus.

But the one that will reject Him is the one that will also reject whom God sent. And you remember, beloved brothers and sisters, God promised that He will send in time the one who will become the Redeemer. God had promised from Genesis 3.15 that the seed of the woman will come and that ultimately that one that will come will fulfill redemption. He is the seed of the woman. He is the seed of Abraham, the seed of Isaac, the seed of Jacob, the seed of the tribe of Judah, the seed of the family of Jesse, the seed of the king of Israel, David. He is the Mashiach, the Messiah.

So, he that receiveth whoever Yeshua, Jesus, is sending to share the message of the Word of God, truly receive him. And he that receiveth me, Jesus says, receiveth the one that sent me. That is God the Father. So, immediately, beloved brothers and sisters, in verse 21, When Jesus has thus said, he was troubled in spirit and testified and said, verily, verily, I said to you that one of you shall betray me. Why was he troubled? Well, you remember, later on, we will see that he will be troubled when he will be in the garden of Gethsemane, in the garden of Gat Shmanim. Why? Because he's anticipating to bear the sin of this world.

He's anticipating the time in which he will have to be rejected by a holy and a righteous God. He's anticipating to become, to be made sin for humanity. To bear the sin of the world. And so he was troubled in spirit. He was troubled, and he testified, he says, Amen, Amen, verily, verily, I say unto you that one of you shall betray me. He knew that it will be Yehudah. The disciples didn't know, because he knows all the hearts of all men at all times. He is sovereign, he is all-knowing. And he imagined in love for the world in love for the disciples in love for Yehuda the three three and a half years of public ministry did not change the heart of Yehuda towards the Lord and so here's Yeshua's troubled in spirit and he said to his disciples one one of you, one of you shall betray me, again the reference is to Psalm 41 and verse 9, the Psalm of David, in which David is the one who experienced this for himself, but wrote it, speaking prophetically concerning the Messiah.

My own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. No wonder when someone was close to you, ate with you, ministered with you, Spend time with you. After all these years of ministry that he experienced, this is Judah's experience to see the Messiah, Yeshua himself. And yet, the time is approaching in which Yehuda is going to betray Yeshua the Messiah. And so it says, we read in verse 22, The disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he speak. You see, the disciples were clueless. And why? Because they are limited. They do not know all things.

And because Yeshua is God and man in one, he knows all hearts. He knows every situation. He knows every heart and he knows that from here on the time has arrived for him to be betrayed by his own familiar friend, his own one that was sitting with him and eating with him at the table, participating in the ministry that Yeshua was ministering here in this world and it's the Hebrew word ish shlomi in English it says mine own familiar friends but the word in Hebrew ish hashalom sheli the one that have experienced the shalom here from me the peace that i provided for him here in this world ish shlomi asher batachtibo the one that i've trusted and I have entrusted him with much the one that was as we have it in the English familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread he has lifted up his heel against me and so we read the disciples didn't have any idea so they were looking at one another they were doubting thinking of whom does he speak whom does he speak about and it says in verse 23.

The one whom Jesus loved Yohanan John himself that gives us this a beautiful inspired gospel of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah he is the one of whom we read in verse 23 now there was leaning on Jesus buddham one of his disciples whom Jesus loved this is a beautiful expression that is found throughout the gospel of John it is found more than a few times in that gospel in chapter 19 in chapter 20 in chapter 21 this is Yohanan John the evangelist the one that this gospel is written by him the gospel according to Yohanan to John he calls himself in this gospel the disciple whom Jesus loved in verse 23 in Hebrew it is called the one that the disciples that Jesus love he never say he never call himself i am the one that love Yeshua love Jesus but no he calls himself the disciple whom Yeshua love and why it is John knew very well that his love for Yeshua is with much limitation is very shallow often like us all our love for him is.

Very shallow a temporary a time we love him more when we are occupied with him and we see how much he loves us as John says elsewhere we love because he first loved us and and here we can see that John called himself the disciples whom Yeshua loved and so we continue here in verse 24 this is all beloved friend happened in the upper room the disciples are sitting around the table at the feast of Pesach we find out in verse 23 that the disciple whom Jesus loved he was leaning notice this expression leaning on Yeshua on Jesus' bosom why do we have this expression leaning on Jesus' bosom You see, there is a custom that over the generation was enacted upon in every Pesach by our people of Israel, by the Jewish community, everywhere in which there is a time during the feast of the Pesach, the Passover, we will lean to one side or another, relaxing and expressing ourselves by saying, when we were in slavery in the land of Egypt we could not rest we could not lean we could not have.

Any comfort we were in bondage but now that we have been redeemed we can rest we can recline and we often recline at the Passover table symbolically doing exactly what Yohanan was doing here leaning on Yeshua's breast they were perhaps leaning one against another and it was John that sat by Yeshua leaning on his bosom and to this disciple Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him and he said in verse 24 that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake the one that will betray him it is interesting that Shimon Petros asking Yohanan to ask Yeshua who will be the one that will betray him who will be that person apparently when one is leaning on Jesus breast on Jesus bosom represent the place of affection represent the place of nearness you see all of us need to lean on our Lord Yeshua the Messiah to stay close to him and to enjoy his presence to learn from him he is the one that love us so much and he want us to be close to him it.

Reminds us dear brothers and sisters and dear friends of the way in which the Lord desires so much that every believer will be close to him that draw nigh to him. God always wanted his people Israel to draw nigh unto him. He always wanted mankind to draw nigh unto him. God is a loving God and he wanted all to draw nigh to him. You and I are called to draw nigh to the Lord Jesus the Messiah and so here we have John is drawing now you might say by leaning on the bosom of the Lord remind us of the verse in in James 4 and verse 8 in where we read draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse your hands ye sinners purify your hearts ye double-minded see James is writing to the early believers who needed themselves to draw nigh unto the Lord they needed to be drawing closer to God and this is exactly what Yohanan is doing here he is leaning on Yeshua's bosom symbolically reminding himself and all the disciples.

Of the days of old in which they were in bondage, the forefathers, the Hebrews were in bondage, now they are free and here we can see as the disciples were there with the Lord, he is the one that will soon and very soon will be the one who will become the Lamb of God that will pay for the sin of the whole world and so we read as we move along in our chapter John chapter 13 we find out that he then laying on Jesus breast, verse 25 says unto him you see he is leaning on Yeshua's breast and Yeshua's bosom he is now close to his heart and he can be the one that can ask him personal question and he says Lord who is it who is the one that you said one of you shall betray me who is that one Jesus answered him in verse 26 he said he it is to whom i shall give a sop when i have dipped it you see beloved brothers and sisters.

And dear friend, when we are close to the Lord, as John was close to the Lord, the Lord is able to give us information and we are able to listen to his word that will help us to be guided in our life along the journey in which we live in. It is only as one near the Lord that he can hear the voice of the Lord. And to John, to Yohanan, who is the disciples whom Jesus loved, he could say, He it is to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it. And when he have dipped the sop, he gave it unto Yehuda Ishkriot, the son of Shimon.

And after the sop Satan entered unto him, then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest do quickly. You notice these two verses? Verse 26b, after he said to John that it will be the one that he will give him the sop when he will dip it, He will be the one, and sure enough, in the next verse, we find out that he gave that sop to Judah's Ishkroyot in verse 26. The word for sop comes from the Hebrew word pusah. And the word pusah is simply a portion of the unleavened bread to remind you that in the Feast of Pesach, there will never be anything that is leaven and therefore the only bread lechem will be it will be unleavened bread it will represent the fact that leaven must be removed out from the house and here we see that there was no leaven in the upper room but what we really learn here that Judah himself was the one that allows sin to come into his life by allowing Satan to enter unto him and by rejecting the Messiah throughout all these years that he was with him doing the three three and a half years of the ministry of Jesus the Messiah so we read in verse 27 And after the sop, and after the prusa, after he ate the prusa, ate the piece of dipped unleavened bread in one of the, could have been very well bitter herbs that it was dipped in.

And Shimon Petros who asked John who will be that one and here we'll learn that the one that was to betray the Lord is none else but Yehuda Ish Krayot so interesting beloved brothers and sisters how Satan is involved in anything and everything that has to do with opposing the Messiah Jesus in every area from the time that he was born until the time that he's now anticipating to die Satan is the one that had a part man rejected the Messiah Jesus himself so we find out that Satan enter into Judah's heart see if you remember in verse 2 of our chapter we read John 13 2 and supper being ended the devil having now put into the heart of yehuda ish krayot someone's son to betray him see Yehudah allowed Satan to have room in his heart Satan the devil put into the heart of Yehudah purpose to betray the Lord Jesus the Messiah and now it is the second time that we read of Satan by the time that we arrive to verse 27 here.

Satan enter now into the heart of judas now beloved brothers and sisters this is something that have already began in the time which Adam and chava Adam and Eve were in the garden of eden it was right then and there Satan came through the serpent and right there and then he beguiled Eve saying has God said causing her to doubt God and ultimately beguiling Chava and led her to violate the command of God by taking of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which ultimately she gave to her husband and Adam in disobedience ate it and plunged the whole human race into sin Satan's involvement we see throughout the history of mankind and it will continue all the way to the end of the tribulation period and it will even continue after Satan will be bound for a thousand years during the millennial kingdom the messianic age when there will be blessing over this world at the end of the thousand years he will be loose out of prison.

And he will do the very same old thing that he have always done to influence men to put in the heart of men animosity against God that's why he's called the Satan the old serpent the devil the one who opposed God and God's people so by the time we arrive to verse 27 Satan entered unto him not only that he put in his heart of Judas earlier to betray him but by the time we have arrived to verse 27 then Satan entered into him. And you see, the Lord knows everything. He sees exactly what's going on in the lives and the hearts of everyone right before his eyes.

He knows all things. And so he's telling to Yehudah, to Judas, in verse 27, that thou doest, do it quickly. What you are going to do, do it quickly. You see, even the timing of His crucifixion and death on the shameful cross is approaching and He gauged it, you might say. Knowing all things, knowing as we have already read, when the hour was come, and as we have also read, knowing that the Father has given all things unto his hand. And that he was come from God and went to God. He rises from supper. He began that, you might say, the final minutes and hours of this journey on earth when he would be going to the cross of Calvary, on the shameful cross.

And so he is telling Yehudah what you are going to do do it fast do it quickly we read in verse 28 and 29 that no one knew what Yeshua told Yehudah no man at the table knew for what intent he that is Jesus spake unto him for some of them thought Because Judas, Yehuda, had a bag that Jesus had said unto him, buy those things that we have need of against the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. You see, the disciples didn't know even what is going on. You know, it tells us, beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends, that we are limited in knowledge we are limited God knows all things things that are going on around us that we don't even know but God knows and he is a sovereign God his will is being done he knows all things he directs all things he allowed all things that he allowed to happen he stopped the things that he would not allow to happen but the reason that Yeshua came to this world is to die for the sin of this world while Satan on the one hand sought to do evil to God evil to the Mashiach evil to mankind God in his wisdom is turning all things for blessing for those who will trust in him and will believe on him and accept him because when Satan have placed into Judah's heart to betray him and then later on enter into Judah's heart and leading him to do evil to the Messiah Yeshua to be betrayed and sold and ultimately be crucified on a Roman cross, at the same time Yeshua.

Jesus, the Messiah, God, God's plan has come to fruition because redemption for mankind is about to be accomplished. Satan himself though evil opposer of God is tool in the hand of God and so we read in verse 28 and 29 that the disciples didn't know they assumed because Yehudah had the bag he was responsible over the money that Yeshua told him to go to buy some food for the feast or to pay for it and also to give some money to the pool. They did not have any idea that this one that was sitting with them is just about to go out and sell the Messiah for 30 pieces of silver.

So we read in verse 30, He, then having received the sap, received the pusah in Hebrew, the piece of unleavened bread, he went immediately out, and notice what the Bible say, and it was night. Oh yes, it was night because whenever we keep any feast, it always begins at evening. From evening to evening, Yissel celebrate your Shabbat and your high holidays. God has prescribed to the people of Israel that everything will begin in the evening. Every celebration is in the evening. Why in the evening? Because the new day, after sundown, a new day began. And that's why it was an evening. But it was much more than just an evening in the sense of the fact that it was Passover evening meal.

But it was night in a sense that here we can see the darkness of evil. The darkness of evil where Satan is influencing Judas to do the evil thing of betraying the Messiah himself. In fact, Judas received the sap, the pusa, and he went out. It was night. Judas, Yehuda, he knew what he was going to do. Judas, he heard Yeshua's words already. And he also, Judah, persisted in his unbelief and in his treachery against the Lord. Judah is without excuse. He went out to do Satan's will. He knew very well what he was going to do. He knew this very well. In Luke chapter 21 and verse 37 we read these words.

Luke 21 and verse 37. And in the daytime, he was teaching in a temple, and at night he went out and abode in a mount that is called the Mount Of Olives, Har Hazitim. And all the people came early in the morning to him, this is to Yeshua, in a temple for to hear him. In chapter 22 and verse 1 says, Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew nigh, which is called the Pesach, the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him, for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judah's surname Ishkroyot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray him unto them.

And they were glad and covenanted to give him money. And he promised and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Judah knew very well. He prearranged it already. He made a covenant with the priest and the captain. How he might will betray the Lord Jesus the Messiah. They gave him money according to verse 5 of Luke chapter 22. Fulfilling Zechariah chapter 11. Which the prophet of Israel said to the people of Israel. Concerning the time in which that evil person will come. Will sell the Lord Yeshua the Messiah for 30 pieces of silver we read in Zechariah chapter 11 and verse 12 and I said unto them if you think good give me my price and if not forbear so they weighed for my price 30 pieces of silver and the Lord said unto me cast it unto the potter a goodly prize that I was prized at of them and I took the 30 pieces of silver and I cast them into the potter in the house of the Lord.

This was fulfilled in the time where Judas, the one who have cast the money, as we read it in the Gospels as well. And so, beloved brothers and sisters, Judas received a piece of unleavened bread and went out. He also knew very well what he was going to do. And he heard concerning the teaching of the Lord that woe unto the man that will betray him. Which Yeshua said already in Matthew chapter 26 and verse 24. We read the words of Yeshua concerning the one that will betray Him. In verse 24 of Matthew chapter 26, we read, 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. And then Matthew continued to give us in verse 25 then judas which betray him answered and said master is it i and he said unto him thou has said it thou said it and you see jehuda he went out and so he persisted in his unbelief in his rejection of the messiahship of Yeshua he continue in his treachery he was there while he was with the disciples he was not at all following the Lord in fact he was all alone rejecting him and not accepting him into his heart and how sad that there are many many today sadly who are finding themselves among the people of God and yet never come to know who Jesus is never appropriate the person, the life and the death and resurrection of the Messiah for themselves how sad it is my dear friend to be religious yet lost to be sitting in a pew and yet lost to even sing the song and yet not confessing one's sin and turning to the Messiah, Jesus, who loved all men and gave himself for mankind, for you and I.

Well, Judah went out. Judah knew very well what he was doing. Judah already was warned, Woe unto that man who will betray me. Judah persisted in his unbelief and in his treachery. And so we read in this verse, And he went out. Notice what it says. And having received a sop, received a prusa, a piece of unleavened bread. He went immediately out, and it was night. And that night, beloved friend, is not only that it was physically a night in the city of Jerusalem, but it was morally and spiritually night. It's the darkest time that arrives. Evil at its peak. Satan at climax of his evil.

Turning himself against the Messiah, Yeshua, himself using this evil man by the name of Yehuda, Judas, Iscariot. Therefore, it says now, notice verse 31 to verse 38, Judah, we find out right now as we are moving along, He's just about to do his evil deed, and Yeshua concerned really now to glorify God, his Abba, his Father. You see, in this passage, you can see that the Lord Jesus, the Lord Yeshua, came to this world in order to glorify God. God was dishonored, because all of us, all of us have sinned, and God was dishonored. So here came the man from heaven, the Mashiach himself. He's calling himself Ben-Hadam, the son of man.

And his chief desire is to glorify his God, to glorify his Abba. And so we read in verse 31, Once Judah went out, Yeshua prepared his disciples for his death, for his resurrection, and also for his ultimate glorification. And so in verse 31 we read, now, notice that, now is the Son of Man glorified. Notice that again, Yeshua is using the very same messianic title, Ben HaAdam, taken from Daniel chapter 7. Verse 31, once he's gone, Yeshua said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. What does he mean? He means that now, we are now in the final stretch. I'm just about to go to the cross.

I'm just about to pay for the sin of this world. I'm just about to pay for the sin that will glorify now God with respect to sin. I'm just about to be the one that will lay down my life. The Son of Man is glorified. Imagine. He's seeing himself as going through the cross. Dying as a substitution for the just one, for the unjust in order to bring us to God. And ultimately to be glorified by God. God will be glorified in him. You see, there is one that gave so much glory to God. In his life and soon in his death and resurrection. Verse 32, God will glorify his son.

If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself and shall straightway glorify him. In verse 34 and verse 35, Yeshua gives the disciples a new commandment. This commandment is a commandment that was given by the Messiah himself to his disciples and he said to them in verse 34, it's as we find it here not new in time but new in experience so he says a new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have loved one to another it is very interesting because he was just saying that yet a little while verse 33 and I am with you here but ye shall seek me and as I said unto the Jews whither I go ye cannot come so now I say to you notice he used this expression in verse 33 little children yet a little while I am with you that little while is from here the upper room to the garden of Gethsemane and ultimately to be taken by the priests and ultimately to Pilate who will send him to be crucified little children yet a little while I am with you.

You shall seek me and as I said unto the Jews namely to the Jewish leaders now I'm saying unto you whither I go ye cannot come so now I say unto you a new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another as I have loved you that ye love also one another by this shall all men know that you are my disciples if ye have loved one towards another you see God have already said in Leviticus 19 and verse 18 and Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verses 4 and 5 that God's people Israel are to love your neighbor as yourself. In Leviticus chapter 19 and verse 18 we do read Thou shall not avenge nor bear grudge against the children of thy people.

But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. I am Jehovah. In other words, this commandment to love one another was already given in the Torah to the people of Israel. So it's not a new commandment in a sense of time because it was already given in times of old, in days of old. But it is a new commandment in a sense of experientially that they are to practice this because by this shall all men know that you are my disciples when you have love one towards another how would the world know that God's people really are following the Lord Jesus the Messiah if there is no love among the believers you see how the times of old how the world will know that Israel belong to God if they do not have loved one towards another from among the children of Israel the same thing for us today in the assembly in the church in the ecclesia there is a command by the Lord Yeshua the Messiah to love one another experientially because the very same command was given by him as God to his people Israel in days of old Leviticus 19 and verse 18 to Deuteronomy chapter 6 but to love one another experientially practice this don't only say it don't only have it in your head but practice this and this is where we fail this is often in an experiential point.

Of view and we fail in practicing this among God's people and how much do we need it here is the Lord emphasizing the necessity of loving God's people loving one another and you notice what we read at the end in verse 36 to verse 38 of chapter 13 of the gospel of John Yeshua is now instructing once again Simon Peter Shimon Petros Peter of course questioned the Lord in verse 36 Simon Peter said unto him Lord whither goest thou Jesus answered he said whither I go thou canst not follow me and you notice the word now because Peter was a child of God Peter was a believer in Yeshua the Messiah he will ultimately as all believers will follow the Lord Yeshua into the Father's house in my Father's house there are many mentioned I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also so Jesus the Messiah said to Peter you cannot follow me now.

Because he was going to the cross he was going to die he was going to pay for the sin of this world and Peter cannot be part of it but the Lord Jesus said you will follow me afterwards and of course Peter himself we read from history he himself ended up to crucified as history tells us but the point here that at this point of time Yeshua was going to the cross and there he will pay for the sin of this world and afterwards all those that will believe on him will follow him and so Peter said unto him Lord why cannot I follow thee now I will lay down my life for thy sake Peter said he loved Yeshua he loved the Lord and notice what Yeshua Jesus says to him at the end of verse 38 Jesus answered him wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake verily verily I say unto thee the cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me three times see Peter did not really know even himself where he said.

I will lay down my life for your sake Peter yes you and I we do not know our hearts because many times we make promises which we don't keep and not because we don't love the Lord it's because of our sin nature our failure our weakness and the Lord knowing this so graciously he tell Peter Peter you think that you will lay down your life for my sake later on you will notice that Peter will deny Yeshua three times that's why Yeshua said to him Peter here is something that I want you to realize I'm going to say to you now that the cock the rooster shall not crow till you has denied me three times the cock will crow when you will deny me three times and sure enough it happened in the life of Shimon Petos and how thankful ought we to be to our Lord Yeshua the Messiah who knows our heart who know our weakness and while Peter loved the Lord he loved Yeshua he loved the Messiah he loved God yet he needed to.

Learn that he is a weak vessel and it is only through the grace of the Lord that he will be able to do things right. And so my dear brothers and sisters and dear friends, thank God, thank God that He sent His Son, the Messiah to pay for the sin of this world. And how it is encouraging for us to be as followers of the Lord Jesus the Messiah to, in an experiential way to love the brethren, to love the believers and to be a disciples in a practical way that the world can see that we are his talmidim, his disciples. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if you have love one towards another.

May God bless us all, bless you dear friend as we study together the word of God and grow in appreciation of what Jesus the Messiah have done for us in giving himself as a Savior, a Redeemer of mankind. Well, until the next message, we will continue with the passage, John chapter 14, as we move along in the study of the Gospel of John. Until the next time, God bless you, my dear friend. Shalom, shalom.