157:7.4 Being from [[Judea]], [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] took [[personal]] [[offense]] at [[Jesus]]' recent [[warning]] to [[the apostles]] to " beware the leaven of the Pharisees "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_8]; he was disposed to regard this [[statement]] as a veiled [[reference]] to himself. But the great mistake of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] was: Time and again, when [[Jesus]] would send his [[apostles]] off by themselves to [[pray]], [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], instead of [[engaging]] in [[sincere]] [[communion]] with the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]], indulged in [[thoughts]] of [[human]] [[fear]] while he [[persisted]] in the entertainment of subtle [[doubts]] about the [[mission]] of [[Jesus]] as well as giving in to his unfortunate [[tendency]] to harbor [[feelings]] of [[revenge]]. | 157:7.4 Being from [[Judea]], [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] took [[personal]] [[offense]] at [[Jesus]]' recent [[warning]] to [[the apostles]] to " beware the leaven of the Pharisees "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_8]; he was disposed to regard this [[statement]] as a veiled [[reference]] to himself. But the great mistake of [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] was: Time and again, when [[Jesus]] would send his [[apostles]] off by themselves to [[pray]], [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], instead of [[engaging]] in [[sincere]] [[communion]] with the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]], indulged in [[thoughts]] of [[human]] [[fear]] while he [[persisted]] in the entertainment of subtle [[doubts]] about the [[mission]] of [[Jesus]] as well as giving in to his unfortunate [[tendency]] to harbor [[feelings]] of [[revenge]]. |