VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Brothers By And In Sin!

Balaam And Judas
Were Neither Brothers
Nor Twins
But They Surely Were
For They Are Connected
By The Same Sin!

They Both Knew God!
They Both Had In Their Hand
Great Light
AND
By Greed For Gain
- Spiritual Dishonesty -
They Suffered The Same Fate
- Separation From Life -
By Ignominious Death
AND
Eternal Separation To Come
In The Great Day
Because
Cherished Sin
In Their Hearts
In Their Lives
Caused Satan The Arch-Fiend
To Overmaster Them!

They Walked Not Uprightly!
They Worked Not Righteousness!
They Spoke Not Truth In Their Own Hearts
AND
They Did Not The Living God Bless

This Must Be Confessed!

They Did Evil To Their Neighbor!
They Took Reward Against The Innocent!
They Did Not Fear The Eternal God!
They Loved Riches
AND

They Did Not Get Repair Stitches
For Their Bodies Have Long Since
In Their Graves Been Cold!
Old!

They Swore Not To Their Own Hurt!
They Chose To Hurt Others!
They Changed
How They Changed
Choosing Temporal Prosperity
Unto To Which To Cling
Forgetting That
Temporal Life Is Temporary
AND
That Man Cannot Thwart God

AND
Forgetting
That The Wages Of Sin Is Death
That Sin Is Its Own Reward
Compliments Of The Known Fraud!

Balaam ... Known Prophet Of God
Judas ... Known Close Disciple Of The Lord Christ
So Near To God
Yet So Very Far
Had The Bone In Their Hand
BUT
Released It
For The Larger Shadow
Magnified
By The Lens Of Evil
Held
By The Hand Of Satan
Motivated
By Pure Malice
Laid Out
On A Silvered Chalice!

Greed
For Gain
Always Ever Brings Pain
Preceded By Shame
AND 
Leaves The Greedy One
Perfectly Slain!

Gain! 

Shame!
Pain! 

Slain!
Be Ye Warned, Brother And Sisters
Do Not By Greed
The Innocent Disclaim
Nor The Name 

Of The God Of Heaven And Earth Profane
For
In So Doing
You Shall Never, Ever, Ever
The Heights Of Heaven Gain
AND

That Will Be
The 

- Your -

Eternal Shame!

Judas and John

The Familiar Friends were Believers in Jesus Christ and Worked for The Salvation of Men's Souls. These Friends Trusted both Jesus' Word on The Coming Kingdom, but

there The Similarities Ended:

John was Willing to be Led

Judas wanted to Lead

John Stuck Close to The Bread of Life

Judas Stuck Close to The Money to Buy Bread for Life

John Wholly Leaned on Jesus

Judas wanted Holy Jesus to Lean on him

John Trusted His Creator

Judas wanted His Creator to Trust Him

John held to his Finite Trust in The Infinite God

Judas held to his Finite Trust in his Finite God

John was Generous

Judas was Covetous

Of John, Jesus said: "Woman behold thy Son!"

Of Judas, Jesus said: "It would be better if he had never been born!"

John's Later Life was Embittered yet Sweet with Peace

Judas' Sweet Life Ended Bitter in Pieces

John's Life Testified for Jesus Christ

Judas' Life Testified against Judas:

--  Greed, Guilt, Gluttony, Guile, Graft

Gumption and Grandiose Grapplings for Greatness

John Waited on God for Greatness

Judas' Greatess Weight was Guilt

Historical John is The Revelator

Historical Judas is The Reviled

John and Judas

Walked with Jesus

Both ate His Bread but

The Betrayer Judas caused Jesus to be lead
To The Realm of The Dead

John is The Disciple Beloved

Judas is The Disciple The Devil Loved

Two Disciples

One Lord

Two Disciples

One went with The Fraud

Two Disciples

One gave Glory to The Eternal God

And 
One - trusting in his own Sight -

Has no Place in The Land of No Night!


WHICH DISCIPLE ARE YOU?