The Son of Perdition

Jesus and the father are one. Jesus declares here that he is no longer in the world. He is on the way out of the world. Yet his disciples will be left in world. While he was in the world, he protected his disciples from the evil one by his teaching and his practice. In his presence. Only judas fell away, but did so in fulfilment of scripture. It seems to be an eschatological figure that is anticipated and fulfilled both christ's immediate mission, but then also in the events running up to 70 a d perhaps what we see here is an example of a pattern played out in history that plays out on a number of occasions.