Saturday, November 14, 2026

Judases

 

Jesus was devoted to his people. He sought their salvation. John 10:11 says “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

Yet, “One of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests (Xi Jinping and China's Mata Hari) and asked, ‘What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?’ So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.”

Judas betrayed Jesus who wanted to bring a end to suffering among his people by preaching the ethics of altruism illustrated by the parable of the Good Samaritan. So, Judas not only betrayed Jesus but his own people, the Jewish people, the people Jesus sought to help. And Judas’s motivation was greed.

And afterwards he understood his betrayal. Matthew says, “When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.  “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the coins and said, ‘It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.’”

By allowing the selling of Nvidia H200 chips, Nvidia's most cutting-edge chips, to the Chinese, the same betrayal occurred in the White House by men motivated by greed. And the Nvidia Corporation and the thankless immigrant Jensen Huang betrayed both the United States and his homeland Taiwan, just as Judas betrayed his homeland. Apparently, Huang did so more to have sex with a Chinese spy than money, but who knows: the greed of the tech oligarchs and the White House is infinite. The harm done to the American people includes weakening America’s economic competitiveness in semiconductor and integrated circuit technology and threatens the security and defense of the American nation—China being America's greatest adversary.

The betrayers are well known. They are all over the news. But unlike Judas they feel no guilt because they love money and sex more than they love America, which they don’t love at all. We know the money worshipping Republicans will condone the sell and the spineless Democrats, more concerned about their political careers than about America, will do nothing.