Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded

The other day when I was putting together the paper on, “Consider the Evidence,” and read about the thirty pieces of Silver this fact really hit home. I’ve never thought about this: here is the quote:

Since Judas bargained with the Jewish leadership to betray Jesus, one would assume that the agreed upon price would be fifty pieces of silver (which was the required amount according to Jewish Law). “No,” said the Biblical prophet hundreds of years before the Messiah “will be sold for thirty pieces of silver.”

Now isn’t that an astounding fact? The very same people who were trying to disprove the “Messiahship” of Jesus knew about that exact prophecy. And all the Jewish leadership had to do to disqualify Jesus from being the promised Messiah was to pay twenty-nine pieces of Silver, or thirty-one pieces of silver and then He couldn’t have been the Messiah. And yet the rulers paid the thirty pieces of silver (just as the prophet had foretold) and then sealed the exact amount of money they paid into the public record.

This was a good point, but I believe God was in control of what was going to happen. God’s word is set and can not be changed even if we know about things that will happen, we can never change them.