Judas Tweets: Sunday to Tuesday

Today is Spy Wednesday, the day that Judas approaches the religious leaders of Jerusalem and offers to betray Jesus. Here are the Holy Week tweets from Palm Sunday through yesterday. See the rest of Holy Week through Judas' eyes on Twitter, at #judastweets.

Palm Sunday

• Were you watching today, Caesar? Israel has her own legions, and we were in the streets!

• I really wanted him to ride a warhorse, then Rabbi taught on Zech 9:9. You king is coming Jerusalem!

• The Rabbi today: "Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out." Ready for a ride, Pilate?

• Still trying to understand why the Teacher dispersed the crowd?? We had the numbers to take Pilate's garrison by force!

• "The days are surely coming when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel & house of Judah." The Great Day is here!

Monday

• We're all going to Temple today with the Rabbi. Rally to Restore Judaism!

• Simon thinks its a compliment when Jesus calls him "Rock." Rest of us try not to snicker. Not the sharpest sickle in the barn.

• Wow! Jesus went Old Testament on the money-changers in the Temple. Gave it to 'em good. Elijah would be proud

• All who collaborate are guilty! Rabbi gave everyone a wake-up call at the Temple today.

• Not sure why we stopped at the Temple?? Jesus was on a roll, & Rome's troops were garrisoned next door.

• Rabbi: "Ask in prayer, & it will be given to you." || Pray for the freedom of Jerusalem!

• 2 days in Jerusalem. Rabbi is still holding off on expelling the Romans -- let's get it started!

• Back in Bethany for the night. More of Martha's great food! Starting to get impatient waiting for the Rabbi to act.

• I knew letting Mary sit like a disciple was a mistake!! Tonight she anointed the Rabbi with nard. What a waste!

• Could have used that money for so many things. Buying weapons. Feeding the crowd who is following us. Bribing Pilate's guards.

• Then Rabbi started talking about death. We are here to conquer not die; to crown David's scion, not to fail!

Tuesday

• Back to Jerusalem today -- is it finally time to get rid of Herod & Pilate?

• We've got Pilate & Herod right where we want them. Everyone is here for festival. What's the Rabbi waiting for??

• We have the leader. We have the numbers - more people following Jesus every day. Now the Great Day we've been waiting for.

• Jesus, Really?? Debating the Pharisees in the Temple?? How does that help us to rally the people against Rome??

• Getting impatient. Now is the time to ACT, not TALK.

• Today in the Temple: Pharisees & Scribes played "stump the Rabbi." They lost.

• Rabbi really ticked off the Temple leaders today. Don't we need their help to kick Rome out of Jerusalem?

• Ok, seriously. Enough talk! It is time for action! If we don't show our strength soon, the opportunity will pass

Judas Tweets: Pre-Holy Week

Tweets from Judas Iscariot from the days preceding Holy Week. Follow Judas on Twitter the rest of Holy Week, hashtag #judastweets

• Romans 117, Jews 0. Time for a rally. Jerusalem or bust.

• I've had about enough of this "Hopey-Changy Stuff." Time to amp it up and head to Jerusalem for some real action.

• No more "turn the other cheek" -- we're bringing it to Jerusalem!

• Making plans for Jerusalem. Peter is thinking Hilton, I'm thinking hostel - the man has no sense of $$

• Two days days till Jerusalem -- Time to show Pilate who's really in charge

• I say we should steal a warhorse from Herod's stables; that would be a great entrance to the city. We'll see what the Rabbi says tomorrow.

• To Jerusalem! No one is going to forget this Pesach!

• Ps 18. "My enemies cried for help, there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, he didn't answer." Lookin' @ you Ceasar

• Rabbi nixed my warhorse idea. Doesn't want to steal. I say if they're Romans, then it's not stealing.

• Rabbi says he wants to ride an ass into J'town. I don't think John can carry him that far.

• Time to oust the Half-Blood Prince. Here we come, Herod.

• Keep waiting for Rabbi to send me to buy swords. Are we going to raid Pilate's armory when we get there?

• Flashmob on J'town, first day of the week. Jesus ben Joseph is coming to town - let's show Rome how strong we are

• Ready for a quiet Shabbat in Bethany to rest before going to Jerusalem. Everyone's kinda antsy.

• We drew straws; Matthew has to recline next to Lazarus @ dinner. Really, who wants to be next to the guy who smells like death?

• Lazarus won't tell you: it takes more than a bath to wash off the stink of the tomb.

• Don't understand why Rabbi lets Mary sit there listening like shes a disciple. Who's heard of a Rabbi with a woman as a student?

• Resting up. Soon we go to Jerusalem and take this thing to the HNL. Hole. Nother. Level.

• Rabbi sent two of the others off to get his ride for tomorrow. Rest of us are relaxing in Bethany.

• Micah 5:2. Stand aside Pilate, or be trampled. Jerusalem is about to welcome God's king.

• The Baptizer said "Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees." Time to do some pruning in Jerusalem!

• Too long the boot of Rome has stood on the neck of Israel. Rome's army can leave by choice or horizontally, doesn't matter to us as long as they leave.

• For 600 years, Jerusalem has welcomed foreign, gentile kings. Tomorrow she welcomes one of her own, to rule her own.

Judas on Twitter

I've been hacked!  While I was busy preparing bulletins and sermons for Holy Week, it seems that Judas Iscariot got his hands on the password for my Twitter account. As the actions unfolds over the next week, he will give his point of view on the events as they happen.

His tweets are are found at the hashtag #judastweets.

After Easter, the #judastweets conversation will be loaded onto the Called to Passion blog.