My view
Judas was never a true follower of Jesus ------he is the perfect example of a false Christian --- ----they are whitewashed on the outside and defiled on the inside ------God the Father knew where Judas's heart was and Jesus picked who His Father told Him to pick to follow Him ---Jesus obeyed His Father's Will --not His own ----
Judas was a lover of money and was placed in his right position for God's Plan to work out ---
-Judas sealed his own fate all by himself -----just like we do today ------Judas had every opportunity to go back to Jesus and repent of his sin ---that he knew he did ---but he chose not to and the guilt and shame drove him to hang himself ---
Matthew 27:3-5-----we see here Judas knew exactly that he had sinned against God
New International Reader's Version
3 Judas, who had handed him over, saw that Jesus had been sentenced to die.
He felt deep shame and sadness for what he had done. So he returned the 30 silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
4 “I have sinned,” he said. “I handed over a man who is not guilty.”
“What do we care?” they replied. “That’s your problem.”
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left.
Then he went away and hanged himself.