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Originally Posted by Ohio
Our Savior tasted the bitterest of human suffering so that He could sympathize with us in ours. He allowed Judas to betray Him with an affectionate kiss in the night as He prayed at Gethsemane. Other than to fulfill this prophecy, the Lord didn't need to be betrayed by His best friend. But He was, and He was betrayed just for me. And all the others who have endured this during their own journey.
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Think of how David was betrayed not once, but twice: once when Saul turned against him in jealousy, and once when his son Absalom rebelled. In both cases some of David's "closest companions" suddenly left him and went over to what they thought was the "winning side". What did that feel like to be abandoned and betrayed thus?
"He who eats with me lifts up his heel against me" indeed. But what was WL's take on Psalm 3, that covers David's experiences during Absalom's rebellion?
"Natural"
David's own son rebelled against him, many of his closest allies betrayed him, but WL wasn't interested.