Judas fulfilled Jesuss prophecy on earth by betraying him, thus making this betrayal a necessary one, and one of gods plans.

three times he denied even knowing Jesus. Jesus moved a little way from the three men to pray, and twice He asked His Father to remove the cup of wrath He was about to drink, but each time He submitted to the Father’s will. He was “exceedingly sorrowful unto death,” but God sent an angel from heaven to strengthen Him.        After this, Judas Iscariot, the betrayer, arrived with a “multitude” of soldiers, high priests, Pharisees, and servants to arrest Jesus. Judas identified Him by the prearranged signal of a kiss which he gave to Jesus. Trying to protect Jesus, Peter took a sword and attacked a man named Malchus, the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. Jesus rebuked Peter and miraculously healed the man’s ear. It’s surprising that witnessing this amazing miracle of healing had no effect on the multitude. Neither were they shaken by His awesome display of power as described in the gospels, where either at the majesty of His looks, or at the power of His words, or both, they became like dead men, falling to the ground. Nevertheless, they arrested Him and took Him to Pontius Pilate, while the disciples scattered in fear for their lives. 2.        Judas fulfilled Jesus’s prophecy on earth by betraying him, thus making this betrayal a necessary one, and one of god’s plans. Sure it didn’t have to be Judas, but he was the most susceptible to temptation and thus was the best candidate. These factors tell us that Judas wasn’t actually letting Jesus down, instead, even though in a very horrible way, fulfilling Jesus’s reason for being among the living on this earth. This makes the betrayal of Peter worst because he had no reason to betray Jesus. He didn’t just betray him he abandoned him in his most painful moment, making his betrayal the worst of the worst.         On the other hand, his betrayal wasn’t actually a betrayal. Peter was a mortal, with fear for his life and thus wanted to live. Even if he did stay with Jesus, nothing would come of it, he would just die alongside Jesus. We must not forget Peter is still human, unlike Jesus and he has no prophecy to fulfill, thus him dying would bring nothing good. If he had not betrayed Jesus than he would have not been able to travel with Paul and spread the word of god, maybe that was god’s plan all along?