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Okay, I stand corrected!
:D
Now I think I understand better why the repentance of Judas was to no avail.
Once I read Mathew Henry's commentary from the book of Matthew 27 in regard to "the type of repentance" Judas was seeking, it made it all clear to me about my thinking that anyone who seeks repentance of the Lord will be forgiven. The one thing I didn't see before was that Judas didn't go to Father God to confess his sin and seek forgiveness. He repented "himself", didn't look to Father God for forgiveness, but looked to the cheif priest and the elders, to make things right. And, when he saw that they didn't do anything for his being sorry, Judas then grieved of himself, he became distraught, and hung himself. He looked to the wrong source for his forgiveness, mercy, and for grace thorugh the act of repentance. He repented himself. He didn't repent towards the Lord for what he did. And therefore, he didn't find forgivness, didn't find mercy and didn't find grace toward redemption from his sin. He missed the mark! Now I get it! He didn't look to Father God in his confession, his repentance and for the forgivenss of his sin... He didn't find the Grace of God. He totally looked in the wrong place, the wrong source. It is only through the Holy Spirit, that same Holy Spirit that is ONE with Christ Jesus that we find salvation. Judas missed it. So... sad....
excerpt:
"... He repented himself; that is, he was filled with grief, anguish, and indignation, at himself, when reflecting upon what he had done. When he was tempted to betray his Master, the thirty pieces of silver looked very fine and glittering, like the wine, when it is red, and gives its colour in the cup. But when the thing was done, and the money paid, the silver was become dross, it bit like a serpent, and stung like an adder. Now his conscience flew in his face; ..."
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"... If he had repented, and brought the money back before he had betrayed Christ, he might have done it with comfort, then he had agreed while yet in the way; but now it was too late, now he cannot do it without horror, wishing ten thousand times he had never meddled with it. ..."
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"... Judas went toward his repentance, yet it was not to salvation. He confessed, but not to God, did not go to him, and say, I have sinned, Father, against heaven. He confessed the betraying of innocent blood, but did not confess that wicked love of money, which was the root of this evil. There are those who betray Christ, and yet justify themselves in it, and so come short of Judas. ... "
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" ... See here how the chief priests and elders entertained Judas's penitential confession; they said, What is that to us? See thou to that. He made them his confessors, and that was the absolution they gave him; more like the priests of devils than like the priests of the holy living God. ... "
excerpt:
" ... Here is the utter despair that Judas was hereby driven into. If the chief priests had promised him to stay the prosecution, it would have been some comfort to him; but, seeing no hopes of that, he grew desperate, Matthew 27:5. ..."
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" ... He went, and hanged himself. First, He retired--anechorese; he withdrew into some solitary place, like the possessed man that was drawn by the devil into the wilderness, Luke 8:29. Woe to him that is in despair, and is alone. If Judas had gone to Christ, or to some of the disciples, perhaps he might have had relief, bad as the case was; but, missing of it with the chief priests, he abandoned himself to despair: and the same devil that with the help of the priests drew him to the sin, with their help drove him to despair. Secondly, He became his own executioner; He hanged himself; he was suffocated with grief, ..."
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" ... Judas had a sight and sense of sin, but no apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, and so he pined away in his iniquity. His sin, we may suppose, was not in its own nature unpardonable: there were some of those saved, that had been Christ's betrayers and murderers; but he concluded, as Cain, that his iniquity was greater than could be forgiven, and would rather throw himself on the devil's mercy than God's. And some have said, that Judas sinned more in despairing of the mercy of God, than in betraying his Master's blood. Now the terrors of the Almighty set themselves in array against him. All the curses written in God's book now came into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones, as was foretold concerning him (Psalms 109:18,19), and drove him to this desperate shift, for the escaping of a hell within him, to leap into that before him, which was but the perfection and perpetuity of this horror and despair. He throws himself into the fire, to avoid the flame; but miserable is the case when a man must go to hell for ease. ..." WOW!!!!!
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"... When Judas, into whom Satan entered, was thus hung up, Christ made an open show of the principalities and powers he undertook the spoiling of, Colossians 2:15. 3. We have an instance of the direful effects of despair; it often ends in self-murder. Sorrow, even that for sin, if not according to God, worketh death (2 Corinthians 7:10), the worst kind of death; for a wounded spirit, who can bear? Let us think as bad as we can of sin, provided we do not think it unpardonable; let us despair of help in ourselves, but not of help in God. He that thinks to ease his conscience by destroying his life, doth, in effect, dare God Almighty to do his worst. And self-murder, though prescribed by some of the heathen moralists, is certainly a remedy worse than the disease, how bad soever the disease may be. Let us watch against the beginnings of melancholy, and pray, Lord, lead us not into temptation. ..."
WOW! Matthew Henry just cuts to the chase!
"... Wicked practices are buoyed up by wicked principles, and particularly by this, That sin is sin only to those that think it to be so; that it is no harm to persecute a good man, if we take him to be a bad man; but those who thus think to mock God, will but deceive and destroy themselves. ... "
" ... Thus do fools make a mock at sin, as if no harm were done, no hazard run, by the commission of the greatest wickedness. Thus light do many make of Christ crucified; what is it to them, that he suffered such things?
" ... See how carelessly they speak of the conviction, terror, and remorse, that Judas was under. They were glad to make use of him in the sin, and were then very fond of him; none more welcome to them than Judas, when he said, What will ye give me, and I will betray him to you? They did not say, What is that to us? But now that his sin had put him into a fright, now they slighted him, had nothing to say to him, but turned him over to his own terrors; why did he come to trouble them with his melancholy fancies? They had something else to do than to heed him. But why so shy? First, Perhaps they were in some fear lest the sparks of his conviction, brought too near, should kindle a fire in their own consciences, and lest his moans, listened to, should give an alarm to their own convictions. Note, Obstinate sinners stand upon their guard against convictions; and those that are resolvedly impenitent, look with disdain upon the penitent. ..."
"... However, they were in no concern to succour Judas; when they had brought him into the snare, they not only left him, but laughed at him. Note, Sinners, under convictions, will find their old companions in sin but miserable comforters. It is usual for those that love the treason, to hate the traitor. ... "
There is so much more in this commentary, one of the best I've read in a while! To read more commentary on the story of Judas:
reference: Matthew Henry Commentary on Matthew 27
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Okay, I stand corrected!
:DNow I think I understand better why the repentance of Judas was to no avail.
Once I read Mathew Henry's commentary from the book of Matthew 27 in regard to "the type of repentance" Judas was seeking, it made it all clear to me about my thinking that anyone who seeks repentance of the Lord will be forgiven. The one thing I didn't see before was that Judas didn't go to Father God to confess his sin and seek forgiveness. He repented "himself", didn't look to Father God for forgiveness, but looked to the cheif priest and the elders, to make things right. And, when he saw that they didn't do anything for his being sorry, Judas then grieved of himself, he became distraught, and hung himself. He looked to the wrong source for his forgiveness, mercy, and for grace thorugh the act of repentance. He repented himself. He didn't repent towards the Lord for what he did. And therefore, he didn't find forgivness, didn't find mercy and didn't find grace toward redemption from his sin. He missed the mark! Now I get it! He didn't look to Father God in his confession, his repentance and for the forgivenss of his sin... He didn't find the Grace of God. He totally looked in the wrong place, the wrong source. It is only through the Holy Spirit, that same Holy Spirit that is ONE with Christ Jesus that we find salvation. Judas missed it. So... sad....
excerpt:
"... He repented himself; that is, he was filled with grief, anguish, and indignation, at himself, when reflecting upon what he had done. When he was tempted to betray his Master, the thirty pieces of silver looked very fine and glittering, like the wine, when it is red, and gives its colour in the cup. But when the thing was done, and the money paid, the silver was become dross, it bit like a serpent, and stung like an adder. Now his conscience flew in his face; ..."
excerpt:
"... If he had repented, and brought the money back before he had betrayed Christ, he might have done it with comfort, then he had agreed while yet in the way; but now it was too late, now he cannot do it without horror, wishing ten thousand times he had never meddled with it. ..."
excerpt:
"... Judas went toward his repentance, yet it was not to salvation. He confessed, but not to God, did not go to him, and say, I have sinned, Father, against heaven. He confessed the betraying of innocent blood, but did not confess that wicked love of money, which was the root of this evil. There are those who betray Christ, and yet justify themselves in it, and so come short of Judas. ... "
excerpt:
" ... See here how the chief priests and elders entertained Judas's penitential confession; they said, What is that to us? See thou to that. He made them his confessors, and that was the absolution they gave him; more like the priests of devils than like the priests of the holy living God. ... "
excerpt:
" ... Here is the utter despair that Judas was hereby driven into. If the chief priests had promised him to stay the prosecution, it would have been some comfort to him; but, seeing no hopes of that, he grew desperate, Matthew 27:5. ..."
excerpt:
" ... He went, and hanged himself. First, He retired--anechorese; he withdrew into some solitary place, like the possessed man that was drawn by the devil into the wilderness, Luke 8:29. Woe to him that is in despair, and is alone. If Judas had gone to Christ, or to some of the disciples, perhaps he might have had relief, bad as the case was; but, missing of it with the chief priests, he abandoned himself to despair: and the same devil that with the help of the priests drew him to the sin, with their help drove him to despair. Secondly, He became his own executioner; He hanged himself; he was suffocated with grief, ..."
excerpt:
" ... Judas had a sight and sense of sin, but no apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, and so he pined away in his iniquity. His sin, we may suppose, was not in its own nature unpardonable: there were some of those saved, that had been Christ's betrayers and murderers; but he concluded, as Cain, that his iniquity was greater than could be forgiven, and would rather throw himself on the devil's mercy than God's. And some have said, that Judas sinned more in despairing of the mercy of God, than in betraying his Master's blood. Now the terrors of the Almighty set themselves in array against him. All the curses written in God's book now came into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones, as was foretold concerning him (Psalms 109:18,19), and drove him to this desperate shift, for the escaping of a hell within him, to leap into that before him, which was but the perfection and perpetuity of this horror and despair. He throws himself into the fire, to avoid the flame; but miserable is the case when a man must go to hell for ease. ..." WOW!!!!!
excerpt:
"... When Judas, into whom Satan entered, was thus hung up, Christ made an open show of the principalities and powers he undertook the spoiling of, Colossians 2:15. 3. We have an instance of the direful effects of despair; it often ends in self-murder. Sorrow, even that for sin, if not according to God, worketh death (2 Corinthians 7:10), the worst kind of death; for a wounded spirit, who can bear? Let us think as bad as we can of sin, provided we do not think it unpardonable; let us despair of help in ourselves, but not of help in God. He that thinks to ease his conscience by destroying his life, doth, in effect, dare God Almighty to do his worst. And self-murder, though prescribed by some of the heathen moralists, is certainly a remedy worse than the disease, how bad soever the disease may be. Let us watch against the beginnings of melancholy, and pray, Lord, lead us not into temptation. ..."
WOW! Matthew Henry just cuts to the chase!
"... Wicked practices are buoyed up by wicked principles, and particularly by this, That sin is sin only to those that think it to be so; that it is no harm to persecute a good man, if we take him to be a bad man; but those who thus think to mock God, will but deceive and destroy themselves. ... "
" ... Thus do fools make a mock at sin, as if no harm were done, no hazard run, by the commission of the greatest wickedness. Thus light do many make of Christ crucified; what is it to them, that he suffered such things?
" ... See how carelessly they speak of the conviction, terror, and remorse, that Judas was under. They were glad to make use of him in the sin, and were then very fond of him; none more welcome to them than Judas, when he said, What will ye give me, and I will betray him to you? They did not say, What is that to us? But now that his sin had put him into a fright, now they slighted him, had nothing to say to him, but turned him over to his own terrors; why did he come to trouble them with his melancholy fancies? They had something else to do than to heed him. But why so shy? First, Perhaps they were in some fear lest the sparks of his conviction, brought too near, should kindle a fire in their own consciences, and lest his moans, listened to, should give an alarm to their own convictions. Note, Obstinate sinners stand upon their guard against convictions; and those that are resolvedly impenitent, look with disdain upon the penitent. ..."
"... However, they were in no concern to succour Judas; when they had brought him into the snare, they not only left him, but laughed at him. Note, Sinners, under convictions, will find their old companions in sin but miserable comforters. It is usual for those that love the treason, to hate the traitor. ... "
There is so much more in this commentary, one of the best I've read in a while! To read more commentary on the story of Judas:
reference: Matthew Henry Commentary on Matthew 27
.
but the use of "perdition" in the quoted verses is a place we can go, a condition we can become of...we can "drown in" or be "drawn back unto" perdition. When used in the following it is as the one, the place, the only one that has thus far been condemned. 
There is a lot of power behind our king. And, as you rightly suggest Judas wanted to do, the powers that placed him there are gaining more and more control/power. I have never been a conspiracy theorist but they certainly have some valid points. 
totopic yes, your suggestion about Judas sounds logical.