Remembrance / Admonition (Jude 5-16)

(Class Notes)

• Remembrance of past judgments (Jude 5-7)
  • Jude calls to REMEMBRANCE both God's DELIVERANCE of Israel FROM EGYPT and His subsequent JUDGMENT of Israel concerning those who "BELIEVED NOT" (Jude 5)
    • The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt "with a MIGHTY HAND, and with an OUTSTRETCHED ARM, and with GREAT TERRIBLENESS, and with SIGNS, and with WONDERS" (Deuteronomy 26:8)
    • God SMOTE Egypt with a "MIGHTY HAND" with ALL His "MIGHTY WONDERS" (Exodus 3:19-20) through Moses who held the "ROD OF GOD" in his hand (Exodus 4:20)
    • God promises Israel a GREATER DELIVERANCE from "the land of the North" (Jeremiah 16:14-15), i.e. "the king of the North" (Daniel 11:40,45) who will be Israel's LAST OPPRESSOR and is identified as "the Assyrian" (Isaiah 14:25-26)
      • The Egyptian Pharaoh who was Israel's FIRST OPPRESSOR was "the Assyrian" (Isaiah 52:4) who conquered Egypt and, therefore, identified as "a NEW KING, which KNEW NOT Joseph"
        (Exodus 1:8)
    • There are MANY SIMILARITIES between the TEN PLAGUES inflicted upon Egypt and "the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES" (Revelation 15:1) known as Jehovah's "covenant of MARVELS" (Exodus 34:10 cf. Micah 7:15-17), but with ONE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE - those in EXODUS were CONSECUTIVE (Exodus 8:8,13,28,31; Exodus 9:28-29; Exodus 10:17-19) whereas those in REVELATION will be CUMULATIVE (Revelation 16:2,8-11)

      Exodus	Plague	Revelation	Plague
      1st (Exodus 7:17)	Water becomes blood	2nd & 3rd (Revelation 16:3-4)	Water becomes blood
      2nd (Exodus 8:2)	Frogs	6th (Revelation 16:12-14)	Demons like frogs
      6th (Exodus 9:8-9)	Boils	1st (Revelation 16:2)	Sores
      7th (Exodus 9:18-19)	Hail	7th (Revelation 16:17,21)	Hail
      9th (Exodus 10:21-22)	Darkness	5th (Revelation 16:10)	Darkness

    • Israel's fathers in the LAND OF EGYPT SERVED the GODS OF EGYPT (Joshua 24:14) and, thus, were NOT EXEMPT from the FIRST THREE PLAGUES (Exodus 8:22-23)
    • Israel's fathers in the WILDERNESS TEMPTED the Lord TEN TIMES DESPITE SEEING the Lord's TEN SIGNS performed on their behalf in the LAND OF EGYPT (Numbers 14:19-24)
      • Due to their UNBELIEF God had them WANDER for FORTY YEARS, so that their carcasses fell in the WILDERNESS, i.e. the NUMBER of YEARS of their WANDERING corresponded to the NUMBER of DAYS of their SEARCHING out the Land (Numbers 14:32-34)
      • Israel's WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE stands out as the DIVINE ADMONITION against UNBELIEF for Israel's TRIBULATION remnant (Hebrews 3:7-12 cf. Psalms 95:7-11)
  • Jude calls to REMEMBRANCE God's JUDGMENT of the angels who are now in "EVERLASTING CHAINS under DARKNESS unto the JUDGMENT of the GREAT DAY" (Jude 6)
    • The angels who are also called "the sons of God" (Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7), which sinned in the days of Noah (II Peter 2:4-5) - did so by "LEAVING their first estate" and COHABITING with "the daughters of men" (Genesis 6:1-2)
    • The SINFUL PROGENY (OFFSPRING) of these DEMONIC MARRIAGES were called "GIANTS" (Hebrew, "NEPHILIM") and were known as "men of RENOWN (NAME)" (Genesis 6:4), i.e. doubtless like the "HEROES" of the ANCIENT Greek and Roman MYTHOLOGIES
    • Noah's family ALONE was NOT TAINTED by this MIXED RACE for Noah is described as a man "PERFECT (WITHOUT BLEMISH) in his GENERATIONS" (Genesis 6:9)
    • DIVINE GRACE (Genesis 6:8) intervened via the DIVINE JUDGMENT of the FLOOD (Genesis 6:17) to preserve the DIVINE PROMISE of SALVATION (Genesis 3:15)
    • FOUR of the angels who are now in "EVERLASTING CHAINS under DARKNESS unto the JUDGMENT of the GREAT DAY" (Jude 6) are "BOUND in the GREAT RIVER Euphrates" and will be "LOOSED" at an EXACT TIME and will command an ARMY of 200 MILLION DEMONIC HORSEMEN "to SLAY the THIRD PART of men" (Revelation 9:14-18)
  • Jude calls to REMEMBRANCE God's JUDGMENT of Sodom and Gomorrah by FIRE for FORNICATION ("going after STRANGE FLESH") (Jude 7), which He likens to the ANGELIC TRANSGRESSION in the days of Noah (Jude 6-7)
    • The DEMONIC INTERCOURSE with the HUMAN RACE occurred NOT ONLY in the days of Noah, BUT "ALSO after that" (Genesis 6:4):
      • These DEMONIC PROGENY filled Sodom and Gomorrah threatening Abraham's nephew Lot and his family (II Peter 2:6-7) and so God DELIVERED LOT and THEN JUDGED those WICKED cities with FIRE FROM HEAVEN (Genesis 19:22-24)
      • The "GIANTS" who populated God's LAND PROMISED to Israel (Numbers 13:33) were JUDGED with the SWORD of the Lord (Joshua 5:13-15) GIVEN to Israel (Joshua 11:12-15)
    • The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which suffered "the VENGEANCE of ETERNAL FIRE" (Jude 7) serve as the examples of what will happen in the "DAY OF THE LORD" (II Peter 3:10) - "when the LORD JESUS will be REVEALED ... in FLAMING FIRE taking VENGEANCE on them that know not God" (II Thessalonians 1:7-8)

• Admonition against ungodly fellowship (Jude 8-16)
  • In LIKE MANNER (Jude 8) as the UNBELIEVING Israelites (Jude 5) and the REBELLIOUS angels (Jude 6) and the PERVERTED Sodomites (Jude 7), the end time UNBELIEVING and LUSTFUL scoffers (II Peter 3:3-4) are:
    • "FILTHY dreamers" who "DEFILE the flesh" (Jude 8 cf. II Peter 2:9-10)
    • "DESPISE dominion (LORDSHIP)" and "SPEAK EVIL of dignities (GLORIES)" (Jude 8 cf. II Peter 2:9-10)
  • In CONTRAST, Michael the archangel or chief angel (I Thessalonians 4:16) had RESPECT unto Satan's authority and rebuked him in the NAME of the Lord rather than by his own AUTHORITY when disputing over Moses' body (Jude 9)
    • Satan, the one who had the keys of Hades and Death until the Lord became the Victor over them (Revelation 1:17-18 cf. Hebrews 2:14-15), claimed Moses's body for the death state when Michael swept up Elijah (then ALIVE) and RAISED up Moses (then DEAD) in the Lord's chariot of fire (II Kings 2:1-13)
      • The voice of the archangel Michael sounds with the trump of God at the Rapture when the DEAD in Christ are RAISED and those ALIVE in Christ are "CAUGHT UP" (I Thessalonians 4:16-17)
      • The name of "Moses" is EMBEDDED with no skips in the Hebrew text of "in heaven"
        (II Kings 2:1,11)
      • The phrase "Head chief angel, Michael, he resurrected" is found EMBEDDED at Equidistant Letter Skips (ELS) in two different verses (II Kings 2:3,5)
      • The phrase "he contended" is EMBEDDED with no skips in one verse (II Kings 2:5) and is found EMBEDDED at Equidistant Letter Skips (ELS) in another verse in context (II Kings 2:12)
      • The name of "Jesus" is found EMBEDDED at Equidistant Letter Skips (ELS) in another verse in context (II Kings 2:13)
    • Both Moses and Elijah appeared in RESURRECTION bodies with Jesus at His TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-5) on which occasion He spoke to them about His "DECEASE (DEATH)" (Luke 9:28-32)
    • Both Moses and Elijah will return in the Day of the Lord (Malachi 4:4-5) and be KILLED for their testimony (Revelation 11:3-7) and afterwards be RAISED UP by the Lord's Spirit (Revelation 11:8-11) and then ASCEND into Heaven via the same angelic cloud, which RECEIVED UP the Lord (Revelation 11:12 cf. Acts 1:9)
    • The Lord as the FIRSTFRUITS of the RESURRECTION (I Corinthians 15:20-21) will RAISE those that DIED in Him at His SECOND COMING (I Corinthians 15:22-23 cf. Daniel 12:1-2; Revelation 20:4-6) and will TRANSFORM His own that are ALIVE at His SECOND COMING (I John 3:2-3 cf. Hebrews 9:28)
  • The "COUNSEL of the UNGODLY" (Psalms 1:1) is to "SPEAK EVIL" of things which they UNDERSTAND NOT and in so doing they CORRUPT THEMSELVES and their END is DESTRUCTION, which is the "REWARD of UNRIGHTEOUSNESS" (Jude 10 cf. II Peter 2:12-13)
  • Three UNGODLY INDIVIDUALS of the past stand out as EXAMPLES of ADMONITION:
    • The "WAY of CAIN" is representative of MAN'S WAY of RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jude 11)
      • CAIN'S "WORKS were EVIL" whereas ABEL'S were "RIGHTEOUS" (I John 3:12 cf. Genesis 4:4-8)
    • The "ERROR of BALAAM" is representative of MAN'S ERROR of COVETOUSNESS (Jude 11)
      • BALAAM "LOVED the WAGES of UNRIGHTEOUSNESS" and was "REBUKED for his INIQUITY" (II Peter 2:15-16 cf. Nehemiah 13:1-2)
    • The "GAINSAYING of KORAH" is representative of MAN'S GAINSAYING (DISPUTING) of DIVINE AUTHORITY (Jude 11)
      • KORAH and 250 princes of Israel ROSE UP AGAINST Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16:1-3) and were CONSUMED when "the EARTH OPENED her MOUTH" (Numbers 26:9-11)
      • The SAME JUDGMENT will be meted out to the "FLOOD" cast out of the "MOUTH" of the "SERPENT" (Revelation 12:15-17)
        • The "FLOOD", i.e. FAITHLESS ISRAEL as represented by the "GREAT WHORE" (Revelation 17:1-6,18 cf, Revelation 11:8) - will be persecuting FAITHFUL ISRAEL (protected by God in the wilderness) as represented by the "WOMAN ... upon her HEAD a CROWN of TWELVE STARS" (Revelation 12:1-6,14 cf, Genesis 37:9-10)
  • UNGODLY FELLOWSHIP is to be viewed NEGATIVELY as pictured by these NEGATIVE METAPHORS:
    • SPOTS which ruin one's CLOTHING (Jude 12 cf, II Peter 2:13)
    • EMPTY CLOUDS which contain NO WATER leaving EMPTY WELLS (Jude 12 cf, II Peter 2:17)
    • TREES which bear WITHERED FRUIT (Jude 12 cf, Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9)
    • RAGING WAVES of the SEA which FOAM SHAME (Jude 13 cf, Isaiah 57:20)
    • WANDERING STARS which are destined to be FOREVER BLACK with DARKNESS which contain NO WATER leaving EMPTY WELLS (Jude 13 cf, II Peter 2:17; Matthew 8:12; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 25:30)
  • Enoch, "the SEVENTH from Adam" (Jude 14), is significant in that the number "SEVEN" is a HALLOWED number in Scripture
    • The "SEVENTH day" when "He RESTED" (Genesis 2:2) was "BLESSED" and "SANCTIFIED" by God (Genesis 2:3)
    • Between Abel and Enoch there is NO mention of FAITH, BUT rather that of REBELLION - "then began men to CALL UPON (CALL THEMSELVES BY) the Name of the Lord" (Genesis 4:26)
      • Note the "EL" (Hebrew, GOD) suffix in the names of both Cain's and Seth's progeny
        (Genesis 4:17-18 cf. Genesis 5:9-12)
    • Enoch is the FIRST person AFTER Adam who is said to have "WALKED WITH GOD" (Genesis 5:24)
  • Enoch, whose name means "INITIATED", is said to have "PROPHESIED" - "Behold the Lord cometh with TEN THOUSANDS (TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND) of His SAINTS (ANGELS)" (Jude 14)
    • Note that Enoch is said to have "WALKED WITH GOD" for 300 years AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, Methuselah (Genesis 5:22)
      • The naming of Enoch's son is indicative of Enoch's "INITIATION" into GOD'S COUNSEL concerning the COMING JUDGMENT of the FLOOD - the name "METHUSELAH" means "WHEN he is DEAD it SHALL BE SENT"
    • Enocb "PROPHESIED" (Jude 14) concerning the COMING of "the ANCIENT OF DAYS" with "TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND" of His MINISTERING ANGELS (Revelation 5:11-13 cf. Daniel 7:9-10), i.e. when "the SON OF MAN SHALL COME ... and all the HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM, then shall He sit upon the THRONE OF HIS GLORY" (Matthew 25:31)
  • Enoch's MESSIANIC PROPHECY concerned the "JUDGMENT" of the "UNGODLY" (Jude 15) - "... when the LORD JESUS shall be REVEALED from Heaven WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS, in FLAMING FIRE taking VENGEANCE on THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD" (II Thessalonians 1:7-8 cf. Isaiah 30:27-28,30-31,33)
  • Enoch "PROPHESIED of THESE" (Jude 14), i.e. "the MURDERERS, COMPLAINERS walking after their own LUSTS; and their mouth speaketh GREAT SWELLING WORDS" who seek the ADMIRATION of others for their own PROFIT" (Jude 16)
    • Note what is said about ANTICHRIST (CHIEF of the UNGODLY) in relation to his followers - "UPON EARTH there is NOT HIS LIKE, who is made WITHOUT FEAR ... he is a KING OVER ALL THE CHILDREN OF PRIDE." (Job 41:33-34)
    • Note the WORDS and APPEARANCE of ANTICHRIST - "... a mouth that spake VERY GREAT THINGS, whose LOOK was MORE STOUT THAN HIS FELLOWS." (Daniel 7:20)
    • Note the ACTION of ANTICHRIST - "... he shall EXALT himself, and MAGNIFY himself ABOVE EVERY GOD ... he shall MAGNIFY himself ABOVE ALL." (Daniel 11:36-37)

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