The Coins of Judas Quotes

“Sitting cross-legged in a small closet, with her hands folded in her lap, Achava put her mind on the things heaven. She liked a quotation that Paul the Apostle used. “I am seated in the heavenlies with Christ.” She pictured Jesus sitting by the Father. His robe and hair were whiter than snow. The band around his waist was shimmering gold. In her mind’s eye, she saw Him hold her in His arms, filling her with His power. She imagined angels around the throne, sprinkling her with powdered diamonds. “I need your will to be done on earth, just as it is in heaven. Your angels are powerful. I need some of that power.” She sat another fifteen minutes soaking in His presence. She felt electricity flow through her body. She knew she had been empowered. God had mercy on her once again.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“Akeldama is the one place I have never been to, because of the strange way that I feel when I get near to it. The Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Onuphrius stands on the exact place where it is believed Judas hanged himself. I should have realized that before. I just didn’t think about it.” “That’s kind of creepy.” Sam grimaced at the thought. “The monastery face, the old city’s walls and Mt. Zion,” she added. “You may find the area quite familiar, Sam. There are burial caves and tombs all over the area.” Sam widened his eyes. “We were there! Thousands of years ago, but we were there! That is so surreal. Do we need the monastery’s permission to go to the burial grounds?” “No,” she said, quickly. “All you need to do is let me know when you wish to go.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“The use of the coins in the beginning<” he said. “Do you know what happened to the coins originally?” She thought about it for a long moment, as she tightened her lips. “Well, the priests did not want the blood money back. I believe that priests took the Shekels and bought the land where Judas hung himself. I had heard that they turned it into a burial place for foreigners. So the money was put to good use.” Sam’s eyes sparkled with excitement. “That’s good news!” Achava continued, “There was a field used for the extraction of potter’s clay. It was useless for planting, but it was perfect for burials.” “Potter’s Field,” Sam added. “Would Judas have been considered a foreigner in his own country?” “Possibly!” She exclaimed. “After his betrayal of Jesus, he was an outcast and therefore considered a foreigner!” “Then there is a strong possibility that he was buried in Potter’s Field,” Sam said, confidently.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent was Diana. Some scholars believe that the name, and indeed the goddess herself, was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: “Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals”. In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she was depicted as a huntress carrying aBow and Arrow. The wolves, deer, and the cypress were sacred to her. In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the ancient role of Eileithyia in aiding childbirth.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“To start with my power and gifts come from the Lord. He could retract my gifts, so I just take life one situation at a time.” “The brevity of my life makes me different than you.” “Then just live your life the best you can, and leave the rest to God.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“Lucifer is such a foe. He kicks you when you’re down.” Achava grimaced at the thought of him. “He uses others to fight for him and then tosses them aside just as easily as one would throw away a piece of paper. Most of the people we have fought in the past, are agents of the dark one. As long as we are in the flesh, temptation will pull at us to sway to the least righteous path. As we discussed before, all of the distractions of this age only succeed in helping the beast to accomplish his mission.” “To gain his army?” Sam asked. “I wish it was that simple, Sam.” Achava’s eyes were moist, and then she shed a tear. “Satan knows he is already defeated. He is just trying now to take as many of God’s children away from Him, as possible. The more the evil one takes, the more he laughs in our Father’s face. God gave us choices and we must be judged by those choices.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“Jesus came to the poorest of the poor. He was born in a manger, for crying out loud! So many people said, How dare you for being so poor and still proclaiming to be the Son of God! Sacrilege! Ha ha! He was judged for preaching against what the Pharisees taught, but you already know that.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas

“You sell yourself short, by only assuming you see things through a scientist’s eyes. God created the ability for mankind to create science, even though mankind has become so egotistical, as to think that they can replace God with it.”
― Summer Lee, The Coins of Judas