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Kiss Me Quick | The Betrayal | The Mount of Olives
History is full of famous kisses.
Stories we tell from Sleeping Beauty to the Princess Bride,
Stories we tell from Sleeping Beauty to the Princess Bride,
to Spiderman are famous for their kissing scenes.
Some cultures kiss as a way of greeting.
Some kiss as a sign of affection,
some kiss as an expression of passionate love.
Seeing someone give another person a kiss is not an unexpected sight.
History is full of famous kisses,
but the most infamous kiss in history
is when Judas kisses Jesus.
Here the kiss is both a greeting,
but more importantly it is a betrayal.
For in this kiss, Judas identifies Jesus
in the darkness of the night, to those who have to arrest
him.
The idea of ‘kiss me quick’ is dark humour
for there is nothing fun in this moment.
At the same time we can perhaps imagine Jesus,
wanting Judas to get on with it, for that kiss
sets in motion the arrest, the trial and eventual execution
of Jesus on a cross,
a path that Jesus has set his face towards.
The kiss of betrayal marks the no turning back for Jesus.
Unwrap this Easter Icon: Read Matthew 26:30 and the surrounding verses.
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