The Book of Jude

INTRODUCTION:

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, nor concordances, nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

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(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

Start of study

JUDE: "THE ACTS OF THE APOSTATES: WELCOME TO LAODICEA"

Jude is a small book with a big impact on us who study and read it, covering a lot of good and bad, past history, present fulfillment and future salvation and future judgment, and this book today corrects a lot of false teaching in America, which is popular, prevalent in pulpits, "seminaries". It must be remembered that this was written during the intense persecution of Christians under the Romans, by both them and the Jewish leadership, all done in ignorance, open rejection of the gospel, leading to the dispersia. Jude was a half brother of Jesus, brother of James. It is often a very neglected book of the Bible for study, yet contains a lot of meat in a small amount of words, and describes so much for today. His half brother James wrote that epistle after his name, which was essentially,

A lot of meat in a tiny epistle

JAMES: "GOOD WORKS ARE THE SIGN OF A TRUE BELIEVER"

JUDE: "BAD WORKS ARE THE SIGN OF AN TRUEAPOSTATE"

The choice is clear: Penitent or punished

THE CONTRASTS: QUITE CLEAR

ACTS: THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

JUDE: THE ACTS OF THE APOSTATES

ACTS: THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH AGE
JUDE: THE END OF THE CHURCH AGE

This epistle is prophecy of our day, as well as 2,000 years ago. It was written to us today as well as to believers then, because these things are now being seen in our day, right before the Rapture, before the Revelation opens up.

This book is as relevant today as it was when written, even more so, because we ARE in the great apostasy spoken of for the last days
What is happening in our day now is setting the stage for the opening of the book of Revelation, the man of perdition, with this great apostasy
This book is a perfect opening to the book of Revelation, because it describes perfectly the days before that book opens up to Revelation 4:1, as the seven church ages of church history had not occurred then yet, but were actually literally existent in Asia at that time and over the last 2,000 plus years, as a progression of church history, church ages
Revelation opens with Jesus showing to His servants, Jude starts with him calling himself a servant
The examples that Jude gives in his warning are examples the early Christians would have been well aware of from their history, the recorded Scriptural history they knew well, so they would know how to recognize what was coming, and so should we who read this today know, recognize it when we see it, this falling away

INTRODUCTION

(Acts 17:11 [AKJV/PCE])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

JUDE/JUDAS/TRIBE OF JUDAH

(Matthew 13:55 [AKJV/PCE])
Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

(Acts 1:13 [AKJV/PCE])
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Brother of James, half brother to Jesus (a kinsmen according to the flesh)
It cannot be said that this is the apostle Jude, nor can it be 100% denied; it is unknown, because all it says here is, "Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James", with only slight clues, to which many who have tried cannot verify with certainty, so we go by what it says and read it, not read INTO it

TODAY'S APOSTASY: FORETOLD, SPELLED OUT IN JUDE, ETC.

Secret infiltration into the body of Christ (v. 4)
Introducing sexual sin of the basest type, fleshly, carnal, sensual sin (v. 4)
These same people will literally deny the gospel in churches, from pulpits, publicly, before many (v. 4)
They will deny both testaments, and Jude instructs these believers not to (v. 5)
This apostasy is the same as in the spiritual realm back then, judged already (v. 6)
They are unclean in their minds, thoughts and dreams while sleeping, deceived and deluded; they hate rule over themselves; they have no self-control, they will and others will also mock those who tell them that they are wrong (v. 8)
They are punished, not penitent (v. 8)
The false teaching of us rebuking sin from the enemy and in our own flesh, like the Pentecostals ("I rebuke you, Satan!" or "I rebuke this illness", etc.), is exposed, since Michael, much more powerful than us, did neither use such evil communication, nor practice such evil work (v.9)
They will speak evil, in utter ignorance ("which they know not"), of God's goodness, of the LORD and His people, of goodness, holiness, and of Israel. In fact, the more ignorant, the more likely they are to speak of it (v. 10), using their own "worldly wisdom"
They then will be like brute beasts, speaking and screaming loudly, rudely, roaring, foaming at the mouth in the pulpit. This literally is practiced in "tongues sessions" on "Christian" "tell-a-vision", with people making "holy laughter", etc. (v. 10)
When God says "Woe unto_______!", it is always bad when judgment hits them, no matter who, how powerful, how wealthy, or how many in unison (v. 11)

(2 Thessalonians 2:3 [AKJV/PCE])
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(1 Timothy 4:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

(2 Timothy 4:3 [AKJV/PCE])
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

(2 Peter 2:1 [AKJV/PCE])
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

OUTLINE OF JUDAH

Assurance for the Believer (1-2)
The believer and their faith (v.3)
Apostates revealed, exposed, defined, described (v. 4)
Apostasy in the Old Testament, Israel's own history, Old Testament Prophecy (v. 5-8)
Apostasy in the spiritual, supernatural realm (v. 9-10)
Three Apostate examples of long ago (v.11)
Apostasy in the earthly, natural realm (v. 12-13)
Apostasy in Old Testament prophesy (v. 14-16)
Apostates revealed, exposed, defined, described (v. 17-19)
Repeat: The believer and their faith (v. 20-23)
Assurance for the Believer (v. 24-25)

This tiny little book of a short letter travels through the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation, in both realms, natural and supernatural

(Jude 1:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

Jude calls himself a servant of the LORD Jesus Christ first then, afterwards, a brother to James second, but the half brother of the LORD? Not at all!
Sanctified, as in blessed, cleansed, made holy, separated from this evil world
This one word must be understood, because it is what Jesus Christ did for us
The sanctification, the blessing, the making holy, declared by God of the original creation, was the very first one; we are a new creation, and so sanctified by faith through the LORD Jesus Christ
Many are called, few respond to that call. Many are called, few chosen, because they do respond

(Genesis 2:3 [AKJV/PCE])
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

SANC'TIFIED, pp.

Made holy; consecrated; set apart for sacred services.
Affectedly holy.

SANC'TIFY, v.t. [Low L. sanctifico; from sanctus, holy, and facio, to make.]

In a general sense, to cleanse, purify or make holy.
To separate, set apart or appoint to a holy, sacred or religious use.
God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. Gen 2. So under the Jewish dispensation, to sanctify the altar, the temple, the priests, etc.
To purify; to prepare for divine service, and for partaking of holy things. Exo 19.
To separate, ordain and appoint to the work of redemption and the government of the church. John 10.
To cleanse from corruption; to purify from sin; to make holy be detaching the affections from the world and its defilements, and exalting them to a supreme love to God.
Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
John 17. Eph 5.
To make the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Those judgments of God are the more welcome, as a means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me, as to make me repent of that unjust act.
To make free from guilt.
That holy man amaz'd at what he saw, made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
To secure from violation.
Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.
To sanctify God, to praise and celebrate him as a holy being; to acknowledge and honor his holy majesty, and to reverence his character and laws. Isa 8.
God sanctifies himself or his name, by vindicating his honor from the reproaches of the wicked, and manifesting his glory. Ezek 36.

(Luke 6:16 [AKJV/PCE])
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

(Jude 1:2 [AKJV/PCE])
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

The believers back then needed a lot of mercy, as they were under fire, under the gauntlet, under chains, imprisoned, beaten, crucified daily, chased all over the empire, causing the spread of the gospel we now know in the west
We all need mercy, and that multiplied, for we are all sinners
To multiply means to grow more than double, then double again, to exponentially grow, like breeding rabbits do
The only peace we will ever see in this world, this life, is from the Prince of Peace, the LORD Jesus Christ

(Isaiah 9:6 [AKJV/PCE])
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

(Jude 1:3 [AKJV/PCE])
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

It may be that, when Jude says, "When I gave (past tense) all diligence...it was (past tense) needful for me", that one of two things may have been the case: He started in one direction writing, then veered off to deal the issue now visible at hand or, that he had written a previous epistle to them and this is the second, the first one lost now
This salvation is common to saints who believe by faith in both the Old and New Testaments
That common salvation was for two sets; the Old Testament Jews and those who came to them from the nations, and the New Testament Jews and the Gentile converts in the church
Therefore Jude wanted them to preach it openly, in the face of intense persecution
It was once delivered, as in the exact same message from Adam and Eve, throughout all of history, to the first century church, to today and into the future and to which nothing whatsoever can be, nor should be, added to and from which nothing may be, nor can be, nor should be subtracted, as well as nothing in it should, nor can, nor must be altered.

(Matthew 28:19-20 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

(Mark 16:15-16 [AKJV/PCE])
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

(Jude 1:4 [AKJV/PCE])
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Creeping in unawares, secretly introducing these things behind the back of those who might challenge, correct, exhort, expose, reveal them and their false teachings
God knowing all things past, present, future, giving man free will to accept, reject, teach truth or teach lies-never without consequence, allowed them to choose condemnation for themselves, not---plucking themselves from the fiery flames of hell, of old, before they were born, because God is timeless and knows past, present, future
Christ died for them, the ungodly, and they responded, replied, "No thanks, we will promote another gospel"
However, it says that they are ungodly, deny the LORD God and our LORD Jesus Christ
They are everywhere today, famous, rich, unknown, entering churches, deceiving many, rich and not rich, etc.
Introducing fleshly, carnal, sinful, evil, wicked lust into the church...welcome to America today
This is the ultimate abuse of grace, saying in ones heart, "We can do what we want, we are saved, bound for heaven!"
The idea is based upon nothing but air, since it is not found in Scripture, and deliberately forgets or ignores the fact that yes, we do have free will to do what we want, but there are always, always consequences, good or bad, for our doings, good or bad

(Galatians 6:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Jude 1:5 [AKJV/PCE])
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Today we say, "Let me remind you that, whether deliberately or innocently, you just forgot this part of our history"
God says here "afterward", because God always removes His people from an area that He is about to judge, as in a nation, an empire, an earthly kingdom and, soon coming now, the whole the world
"the people" here is Israel, who God could have kept there in Goshen while He utterly destroyed the Egyptians all around them, protecting them from His wrath, but He did not
This is always God's way with judgments of nations, kingdoms of earth, empires, which is why we see this as an overall principle in Scripture, cover to cover, the pre-tribulation rapture of the church
So this afterwards is then the same apostasy spoken of in the body of Christ then, two thousand years ago, as today, an example today of that apostasy then, recorded in Numbers 14:1, etc. that shows how their unbelief destroyed so many who grumbled, moaned, wanted to go back into Egypt, the parallel being us as Christian believers wanting to stay in the world, with our worldliness

THE UNGODLY, PRESENT TODAY

ISRAEL (v.5)
THE FALLEN ANGELS THAT SINNED (v.6)
SODOM AND GOMORRAH (v.7)

(Romans 5:6 [AKJV/PCE])
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

(1 Timothy 1:9 [AKJV/PCE])
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

(1 Peter 4:18 [AKJV/PCE])
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

(Jude 1:15 [AKJV/PCE])
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

LASCIV'IOUSNESS, n.

Looseness; irregular indulgence of animal desires; wantonness; lustfulness.
Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lasciviousness. Eph 4.
Tendency to excite lust, and promote irregular indulgences.
The reason pretended by Augustus was, the lasciviousness of his Elegies and his Art of Love.

THE ABUSE OF GRACE

(1 Corinthians 6:8-13 [AKJV/PCE])
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

THE EXODUS: ISRAEL'S REMOVAL AND EGYPT'S JUDGMENT

This was timely, when Egypt was at its worst against God and His people (Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
This was amazing, astonishlingly miraculous, allowing millions to escape Egypt, a type of the world
Egypt was a world empire, humbled by God, before God, before Israel's own eyes
God set this whole series of events up, piece by piece, to show His Strength, Power and Glory
This was something to behold, one of the great miracles of Scripture, like the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah
Now this the lesson for them, that Jude wants them to look at closely
This epistle is about apostasy and its consequences at the Hand of the Almighty God, the Judge of all the earth
Israel experienced salvation, then fell largely into apostasy, unbelief, then into destruction, with a remnant saved, repeatedly, but especially out of Egypt and after Egypt
This is not something one could forget, since it ws such a large part of their history, over 400 years as slaves, foretold, fulfilled, miraculously reversed

(Exodus 12:37 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

(Exodus 14:5-9 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

(Exodus 14:27-29 [AKJV/PCE])
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

(Psalms 105:37-38 [AKJV/PCE])
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

(Isaiah 63:11-14 [AKJV/PCE])
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

(1 Corinthians 10:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

The Passover, which they as Jewish believers once had for certain observed and kept, now most likely would still have observed, was supposed to be a reminder of how God saved them
God had miraculously saved them
God saved them OUT OF EGYPT, not while in it, not around them while they stayed there, nearby
God waited until they were gone and separated them with the waters of the Red Sea, THEN AFTERWARDS He destroyed them
God did this as a type of the rapture, because He decided to, and did not have to, and could have done this while Israel was sill there in Egypt, self protecting them by His Mighty Hand
The message for us in all of these removals is for us to be separate spiritually from the world, in it, not of it
This is what Jude is trying to tell them, something familiar to them, as an example to teach them

(Jude 1:6 [AKJV/PCE])
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

This, for one thing, is the pre-Flood world where devils mated with people, creating the most heinous things which were half man half fallen angel, powerful tormentors
This is, most likely, the reason that the fossil record of the Flood reveals such sexual evil as not to be described, with phallic symbols fossilized
This is, most likely, the reason that the fossil record of the Flood reveals many giants of massive size

THE FALLEN ANGELS (DEVILS) AND MAN: NEVER GOOD

(2 Peter 2:4-5 [AKJV/PCE])
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

(Genesis 6:2-4 [AKJV/PCE])
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

(Jude 1:7 [AKJV/PCE])
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

There is a huge heresy in the church today that is a false teaching that Siodom and Gomorrah was a;; about "lack of hospitality", whereas clearly said here and in the actual recorded account itself, it says "strange flesh"

SODOM AND GOMORRAH: GOING AFTER STRANGE FLESH

God removed Lot and his family, his wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt

This is a precursor, a type, a forerunner of the pre-tribulation rapture of the church

God could have left Lot there and destroyed everything in the cities all around him, protecting him and his family, but He did not, because that is the way God always does it

(1 Corinthians 6:18-20 [AKJV/PCE])
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

(Jude 1:8 [AKJV/PCE])
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Filthy dreamers refers to their fornication-oriented dreams when they sleep, their same when they daydream
In mind and body, polluting themselves with fleshly thoughts and actions
Despising dominion simply means that no one is to tell them otherwise, nor to rule over them, specifically God
Speaking evil of dignities means to speak evil of that which is good, noble, honorable, etc.
So they do not wan authority to tell them what to do, what is right and wrong, and will mock them if they do, even behind their backs

DIGNITY, n. [L., worthy.]

True honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense of propriety, truth and justice, with an abhorrence of mean and sinful actions; opposed to meanness. In this sense, we speak of the dignity of mind, and dignity of sentiments. This dignity is based on moral rectitude; all vice is incompatible with true dignity of mind. The man who deliberately injures another, whether male or female, has no true dignity of soul.
Elevation; honorable place or rank of elevation; degree of excellence, either in estimation, or in the order of nature. Man is superior in dignity to brutes .
Elevation of aspect; grandeur of mein; as a man of native dignity.
Elevation of deportment; as dignity of manners or behavior.
An elevated office, civil or ecclesiastical, giving a high rank in society; advancement; preferment, or the rank attached to it. We say, a man enjoys his dignity with moderation, or without haughtiness. Among ecclesiastics, dignity is office or preferment joined with power or jurisdiction.
The rank or title of a nobleman.
In oratory, one of the three parts of elocution, consisting in the right use of tropes and figures.
In astrology, an advantage which a planet has on account of its being in some particular place of the zodiac, or in a particular station in respect to other planets.
A general maxim, or principle. [Not used.]

(Jude 1:9 [AKJV/PCE])
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

As was said prior, in the introduction, the false teaching of us rebuking sin from the enemy and in our own flesh, like the Pentecostals ("I rebuke you, Satan!" or "I rebuke this illness", etc.), is exposed, since Michael, much more powerful than us, did neither use such evil communication, nor practice such evil work (v.9)
If Michael left the vengeance up to God, then certainly we should!
The self-deceived pride of man in his utter arrogance tells him Michael is nothing, they are smrter, wiser, more powerful and mighty than the Almighty (ALL+MIGHTY) God Himself!
The enemy will be rebuked, for sure, as well as pride in all bodies, all its forms

(Jude 1:10 [AKJV/PCE])
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Worldly, natural knowledge, not God's eternal wisdom and holiness, goodness
One major hallmark of those who walk away from the LORD is self-deceived ignorance, because God's Word escapes them and they only know what this world, in and out of the church tells them, doing no careful study like a Berean that they should do

THE NATURAL APOSTATE: THE BRUTE, THE WILLINGLY IGNORANT BEAST

(1 Corinthians 2:6-14 [AKJV/PCE])
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

(Jude 1:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

God goes here from national groups who had fallen away from God and angels who had fallen away from God to individual examples of men who did the exact same thing
Cain did what Cain wanted to do, because of pride, when God demanded a sacrifice of blood, because he was proud, a know-it-all, thinking that, since he was so self-righteous, that God would simply wholesale accept his "sacrifice"
Balaam did what he wanted to do, because of pride, thinking he could outsmart God Himself
Core (Korah) did what he wwanted with his little gang, thinking God's plan for the priesthood was insufficient, wanting that power, thinking in his heart he deserved it
In every case, it was for the same reason, their pride, arrogance. In every instance, it was a humbling before God
For Cain a mark upon him for his murder, and fear of reprisal all his days on earth
For Balaam, it was the donkey he rode on rebuking him, telling him that this donkey he despised actually saved Balaam's life from a death angel!
For Core (Korah) it was the very fire he so very much wanted to be in charge of through the incense, now come down from heaven on his head to utterly destroy them, away from Israel, Moses, Aaron, the priests of Israel
Because God rejected his "sacrifice" which went against God's command, which is evidenced in the verses itself, he then got mad at God and killed the brother Abel who did what God wanted, hating him merely because Abel was obedient to God, which attitude continues to today
These today inhabit, inherit the churches in America, false teachers of both genders

CAIN: THE NATURAL MAN: GENESIS 4

(Genesis 4:2-16 [AKJV/PCE])
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Cain was a at a time when mankind was still a vegetarian, but God had asked for an animal sacrifice to cover sin, like the animal He slew and coats of skins for his own parents. Cain knew better. Abel understood as well, but the difference was humility before God, not pride of himself being wiser and better than God

BALAAM: LIKEWISE THE FOOL, NUMBERS 22

Balaam the son of Beor was a famous conqueror, from Esau, an Edomite (Genesis 36:43)
Beor was an area where Laban lived, who Abraham visited
Balaam thought himself powerful enough to curse and bless as God, and so did Balak think of himself and Balaam
God showed Balaam His own Power, opening the mouth of the very ass he was riding on to rebuke him, showing him that HE, BALAAM, was the ass!
Fast forward and apply this to today, and one can see the foolishness of mankind, rampant in both Laodicea (worldly church) and the world itself

(Numbers Cha[ter 22 [AKJV/PCE])
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. ¶ And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

KORAH, CORE: ON FIRE FOR THE WRONG REASON: APOSTASY, NUMBERS 16

Korah, Core was a Levite son
Korah, Core did not like what God was doing through Moses and Aaron, and wanted to declare themselves the high priests over Moses and Arron, over God, to make themselves over God as well, in His place, to offer his own incense as a priest
They created a mob to stand up to Moses and Aaron, creating a following to justify themselves to themselves
God separated them out
In the end, the lesson from Jude for all is it is our will against God's will

(Numbers 16 [AKJV/PCE])
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
¶ But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.

(Psalms 118:6-9 [AKJV/PCE])
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

(Joshua 24:15 [AKJV/PCE])
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

(Matthew 26:39 [AKJV/PCE])
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

(Mark 14:36 [AKJV/PCE])
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

(Luke 22:42 [AKJV/PCE])
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

(Jude 1:12 [AKJV/PCE])
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

The three examples above are people from all walks of life

Cain was a farmer (tiller of the soil), a regular guy from the country

Cain chose his own way ("the way of Cain") rather than God's way

Balaam was a prophet, a religious man, in Israel's own congregation, like today's seminarian, mainstream pastor, etc.

Balaam chose his own prideful error ("the error of Balaam ") over the truth God gave him

Core (Korah) was a prince from Moab, so representing today what we like to call "the elite", who mock those under them ("the gainsaying of Core")

Core (Korah) chose death by eternal fire over choosing humility before God and the life found in Him

The lesson is that apostasy, falling away from God is universal to all levels, classes of people, they go the wrong way, they get vigorous, excited about it, prideful, and then they are judged, maybe perish suddenly because of it

The fact that this is history to the readers then and now means that it happened and it is too late to change their fate, but we can change ours. Just that this is hard to convince those in this state to repent, come back, especially when they profit in any earthly way in this apostasy

A spot here is a stain, shame, impurity, disgrace, etc. see below

A cloudy day is dreary when there is no weather coming from them, when one needs water for crops, etc. Clouds are made from water droplets, but do us no good if that water is insuffieient to rain on the earth and just cover the light of the sun, rather annoying

Trees without fruit would be fruit trees that never produce fruit, taking up space in an orchard, pruned and still not producing fruit

A tree which produces no fruit cannot just be hewn down and not come back by us men. God will chop them down and burn them, but the natural order is that they must have the roots removed, or they will return by popping back up

SPOT, n. [We see this word is of the family of spatter, and that the radical sense is to throw or thrust. A spot is made by spattering or sprinkling.

A mark on a substance made by foreign matter; a speck; a blot; a place discolored. The least spot is visible on white paper .

A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
Yet Chloe sure was formed without a spot.
See 1 Pet 1:17, Eph 5:27.

A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
The spot to which I point is paradise. Fixed to one spot. So we say, a spot of ground, a spot of grass or flowers; meaning a place of small extent.

A place of a different color from the ground; as the spots of a leopard.

A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.

A dark place on the disk or face of the sun or of a planet.

A lucid place in the heavens.
Upon the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place. [So the French say, sur le champ.]
It was determined upon the spot.

(Hebrews 6:4 [AKJV/PCE])
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

(2 Peter 2:20-22 [AKJV/PCE])
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

FRUITLESS TREES

These are "religious" people, all with outward appearance, dead inside their entire lives

John called these types vipers, as in serpents and snakes which slither through congregations, and these are rampant in the churches today

Trees that are created by God and planted by men, which produce no fruit, must be taken out to make room for trees that do produce fruit

They are burned, like the fake "Christians", the same as Pharisees, Saduccees

Specific trees are planted to produce specific fruit

Specific Christians are called to exercise their specific gifts, but all Christians are called to produce fruit when saved

The exact opposite of the fruits of a righteous tree is the works of the flesh, which are evil. Both are listed below.

The same principle applies to wheat and tares, goats and sheep of God's flock, wolves among the sheep, dressed as sheep, sowing seed in good soil versus sowing seed on stony ground, too much yeast (any, really) which leavens the entire dough ball (lump) and must be purged

(Matthew 3:7-10 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

(Matthew 7:15-20 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

(Luke 6:43-45 [AKJV/PCE])
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

(Galatians 5:19-23 [AKJV/PCE])
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

(Matthew 13:24 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

(Mark 4:16 [AKJV/PCE])
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

(Galatians 5:9 [AKJV/PCE])
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

(1 Corinthians 5:6 [AKJV/PCE])
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

(Jude 1:13 [AKJV/PCE])
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

The phrase "foaming out their own shame" means that the use of "spots" is about them being shameless, then shamed by God

Whether angels or literal stars, maybe representing both, they wander, looking for trouble, congregation to congregation, stirring up division with their false teachings

This blackness of darkness forever is hell, a fiery eternity, because they chose to go there

(Matthew 25:41 [AKJV/PCE])
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

(Jude 1:14-15 [AKJV/PCE])
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Enoch was raptured (translated) from the earth and was not seen

He and us were seen by Enoch, who was raptured like we will be

This is the only record of Enoch saying this, but he saw this vision, this prophecy

The LORD of all of the earth will come to judge the earth, on earth

In that judgment, they will be convinced of all of their ungodly deeds done and thoughts had and words spoken that they did while on earth, against God, which here is repeated four times

ENOCH: GONE IN A TWINKLING OF AN EYE
(Genesis 5:18-24 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

(Hebrews 11:5-6 [AKJV/PCE])
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

(Jude 1:16 [AKJV/PCE])
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

What are they complaining about? The fact that the entire world is not doing what they are doing, what they want them to do, but what God does

Look at who they are: people with an audience who adores them, then Caesars in arenas, today tell-a-vision people, famous, popular ("having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.") powerful people of influence, who "speak great swelling words" want the earth to be devoid of God in every way

Ungodly people always hate God telling them right and wrong, His Word, Christians telling them right and wrong

If one watches their on award shows, they are worshipped, called "gods", "goddesses", "divas", "the elite", "stars" (fallen angels ARE what are behind them, using them

(Jude 1:17 [AKJV/PCE])
But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Prophecy here fulfilled in our day, more daily

People who mock God, mock Jews and Christians, mock our values, mock right and wrong, and love wickedness and evil, which is why they mock

The denial of the existence by denying the creation and ther flood will lead to the denial of the true God and will let them think in their own minds that they are gods, and will be adored as such by the worldly minded

LAST DAYS PROPHECY

(2 Timothy 3:1-9 [AKJV/PCE])
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

(James 5:3 [AKJV/PCE])
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

(2 Peter 3:3-4 [AKJV/PCE])
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
-Archbishop Creighton Lord Acton (1834–1902)

(Jude 1:19 [AKJV/PCE])
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

They call themselves "the elite" because they have money, power and a loud voice here on earth, and do not associate with those who are not as rich, powerful, influential as they are

So, in the minds of men, there are only two paths: Either God is God or man is god, with his own set of rules, ungodliness, unruly, wickedness, evil

(Jude 1:20-21 [AKJV/PCE])
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

That is them, but we are not them, so this is how we are to be, building ourselves up by our prayers with the Holy Ghost in us, helping us pray, our faith upon the Foundation Who is the LORD Jesus Christ, the LORD our Rock, in the love of God

That life is eternal, not temporal, for both sides, eternal heaven or eternal hell, even for those who deny it exists

(Jude 1:22-23 [AKJV/PCE])
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

We are to persuade gently those who falsely teach, falsely guide sheep

Hereticks are to be dealt with accordingly, then avoided, simple as that

On the way out the door, warn others as much as is possible, as much as people will listen, no more

Jesus yelled at the Pharisees, Saduccees, scribes, lawyers and the enemy influencing Peter

Those who wanted to hear with their ears, listened and marvelled

Those who did not stopped their ears, tried to draw disciples away from Jesus, then later the apostles and disciples, then crucified Jesus, then martyred the apostles and disciples with cruelty, with some exceptions

Two thousand years later, nothing has changed-NOTHING

(Jude 1:24-25 [AKJV/PCE])
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

The entire epistle, all Jude did, all the discipples in all times who followed God, all we are to do, is for the glory of God

We are kept faultless by Jesus, not our works, and this is our joy

Jesus soon will get ALL glory and power, majesty and dominion, when HE reigns on earth during the millennial kingdom

That is the start; eternity is the never-end.

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Revelation Chapter 1