Read John 17
How does one that walked with Jesus every day, listened to his teachings, saw his miracles, and was a close friend end up betraying him? The same way Eve was deceived into eating the fruit. So I guess the real question should be how did Jesus keep eleven of the twelve? That is pretty good odds.
In verse 12 Jesus said he kept all that God had given him and none was lost but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. The only other time the son of perdition is mentioned is in 2 Thes. 2:3,4 which says: "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come; except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God." The word "perdition" means physical, spiritual, or eternal ruin or loss". It is used 8 times in the Bible and only in the New Testament. Rev. 17:8 says: "the beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition; and the that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundations of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not and yet is. This son of perdition is the embodiment of all that is evil. There have been sons of perdition all through time. Moses's Pharoah, Nero, Hitler, Herod, the Antichrist are all sons of perdition just as there are many sons of God. They were not written in the book of life from the beginning just as we were written in the book from the beginning. But the key is the last part of John 17:12: "...that the scripture might be fulfilled." It is all part of the plan. Our futures are safe in God's hands. Thank you, father. I am honored to be called your daughter.
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