The Warning
1-2. 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: mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
I believe Jude to be the half brother of Yahusha. James, brother of Jude would then be James the Just. Then there is James the Great, brother of John, called the Sons of Thunder. They were cousins to Yahusha, Jude and James the Just. Then there is James the Less, because he was short like the Jewish people. James the Great's grandmother, and Yahusha's grandmother came from the House of David from the British Isles and western Europe. This branch of the House of David was not recognized by Jews.
3. 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 you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude saw the need to set things straight by sending a letter. Teachings of Salvation was becoming distorted. Jude saw the need to reprimand the resistance of salvation and encourage believers.
4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the Grace of our Elohiym into lasciviousness, and denying the only Yahuah Elohiym, and our Yahuah, Yahusha Hamashia.
I used the Hebrew names as it would have been written in the original Old Testament. I believe this is closer to the Truth of the matter.
The old ordained is to say the old law. These traditional Talmud Jews was secretly bringing back in the penal judgments and sentencing of Judaism. Also they were controlling the thoughts of people to make Believers believe the Grace of Yahusha Hamashia as pornographic.
5. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how that Yahuah, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Jude brought up the history of Israel. It wasn't just the Tribe of Judah that was led out of Egypt. It was all the Tribes and then some. Yahuah also removed the House of Israel from the Northern Kingdom and the Jews from the southern kingdom. Anyone that walked out of Egypt died in the wilderness. Their children walked into the Promise Land. I believe Jude is setting up a comparison between being led out of Egypt and Faith in Yahusha. They and us are lead out of Talmud Judaism only to be drawn back into it. Yahuah Elohiym will respond.
6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
It's interesting that Jude brought this up right after mentioning Israelite history. It is thought that the Book of Jude was written before the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. I believe Jude was pointing out that Yahuah placed formerly angelic beings in bondage marked for destruction. Meaning that Yahuah would do it to the Church also. Having faith in Yahusha, and then abandoning Yahusha, those leaders will be restricted on some level. On a side note, there is the topic of Serpent Seed and Reptilians. This is behind false faith.
7. 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.
Here is another example Jude gave that Yahuah destroyed cities because of wickedness. The question is, did these infiltrators share the same sins as Sodom and Gomorrah? When a religion gives themselves over to spiritual fornication, they teach that the pure in spirit is the fornicator. Confusion sets in and the majority believes a lie. Jerusalem wasn't destroyed by Rome because of the Believers in Yahusha or other choices. It was destroyed because of the Jewish rebellion against Rome. Yahusha said to love your enemies. He said to pay Roman taxes because they were using Roman currency.
Jerusalem's destruction dates back about 130 years when Pompey was asked to intervene in a dispute over inheritance to the throne of the Hasmonean Kingdom. This ended up in a war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. His conquest of Jerusalem ended Jewish independence. Judea became a client kingdom of the Roman Republic. However I don't see any difference between the Hasmonean Kingdom and the independence of Judea.
On August 24, 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. About nine years and one. Month after Jerusalem was destroyed.
The number 9 also represents the fruits of Holy Spirit.
8. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
There's two types of faith. One is sensual and the other is intellect. But it goes past normal intellect. The faith of flesh is into seeing Temples and priests with beautiful robes. They are into hearing grand sounds being played. They're into the aroma of incense burning. They are into touching the Gold decor. They're into tasting the wine. But they do not honor Yahuah, they blaspheme His Spirit with their lusts.
9. 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 you.
Jude is telling us how to respond to sensual religions. We are not to set up a barrier and make spiritual charges against them. We are to respond, may Yahuah reprimand you. Also I believe we are to respond at an individual level, not against the whole religion.
10. 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.
When someone goes to their place of religion, that's all they know. Even if they are getting played, they will defend the religion. An animal will defend their young, unknown to them, the human may want to make their life better or safer.
11. 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.
Three things are mentioned, the way of Cain, the error of Balaam and the gainsaying of Core.
Cain approached Yahuah on his own terms. He wanted to earn Yahuah's favor by his own standard. Pride is part of that standard. The way of Cain is also focused on works, not faith. It's a religion of self. It's writing your own rules and following them.
The error of Balaam is being unfaithful, giving false prophecy, taking the money over truth, and attempting to manipulate Yahuah Elohiym.
Gainsaying of Core is to say the leader of a rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
Num 16:32 - 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.
What Jude is saying was, Yahuah saved Korah from Egypt then destroyed him, his belongings and animals.
12-13. 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 withered, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Spots could be seen as a reef in an ocean. Someone moving about in this church's love unafraid would suddenly run aground. He then mentioned the spiritual reefs.. A cloud led the Israelites out of Egypt. Being without water is to say the cloud is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would have Living water. The Holy Spirit is like the wind also. Fruit of the spirit in this church has withered or never had fruit of the spirit. The church that Jude wrote to is not rooted in Yahuah Elohiym or Yahusha Hamashia. Then the analogy moves back to a ship on the sea. The sea is the church. Their charity is like a violent sea because of their own confusion, dishonest actions or behavior. Their humiliation is caused by their own political correctness and not being Spiritual true. Imagine that you are in a small ship. Everything is dark. The stars are faint. How do you navigate bing tossed around? But this time it's spiritual. You entered a religion that has a history of sinful behavior. The people or spirits that bring a message are elusive. There message is faint and not rooted in Yahuah Elohiym. Those wicked elders of that Church are in eternal darkness.
14-16 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, Yahuah arrives 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. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaking great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
The book of Enoch has been dropped by the Church along with Acts chapter 29. This last book in Acts speaks of the Apostle Paul traveling to the British Isles. There he spoke in London and spoke with the Druids. He later travelled to France seeing where Pontius Pilate died. The written Word of Yahuah has been edited. Spiritual leadership spun the Bible for their own lusts. They have grand sermons in grand buildings. Spiritual leadership are unrestrained in speaking for their own profit.
Staying in Yahuah Elohiym's Love
17-19. But, beloved, remember 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. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
Not only Jude is writing the early church, this is a message to us today. What we need to do is identify what the sensual church is.
1. Not having the Holy Spirit.
2. Physical in nature.
3. They are entertaining and sexy.
4. Being connected to the church and not the Holy Spirit.
5. Expressing feelings, vulnerabilities and trust issues in return for a feel good emotion, giving the leadership the glory and not Yahuah Elohiym.
20-21. 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.
1. Building on the Holy Faith
2. Praying in the Holy Spirit
3. Staying in the Love of Yahuah Elohiym
4. Finding the mercy of Yahusha Hamashia.
These are the things we must work for. None of these are sensual in nature.
22-23. 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.
When people read this blog, some may say this is promoting a platonic church. In other words, not a romantic church. Or promoting an unfriendly church. The problem is, not identifying what type of church you or we are in. Really there is only two types. There's the Church with the Holy Spirit and the one without. After that you have the unfriendly church, the sexy church with it's feel good atmosphere, then there's the dead church where the local click cut off new growth because it wasn't them. Then there is the church where they welcome everything including unholy practice. Not all believers in Yahusha are the same. Some are able to show compassion better than others. Some show compassion better to s certain type of person than another type of person. I believe save with fear is a bad transition. It should say, but in fear you escape from the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Men in suits stand before the church. Some of these men in suits have done horrible things to people while acting more Holy than you. Other pastors put on robes and are called priests do the same unholy acts. The Holy image has been tarnished. Hidden graves, and hidden sins surfaced and Believers are scattered. Would be converts to Yahusha Hamashia go in harvested. Suits and robes are hated. But yet people escape the fire. This fire is mentioned in Matthew 7:19.
"Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. "
24-25. 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.
Here are these two verses translated from the Greek online. The first is Textus Receptus and the second is Morphological GNT.
Thou shalt not be able to guard these unfortunate ones, and stand before the glory of this immaculate, if only wise God rejoices, save us, glory and majesty, dominion and power, and thou shalt rejoice in all things of heaven, amen
Thou shalt not be able to guard us unrighteous, and stand before the glory of Him, if God alone rejoices, save us, through Jesus Christ the Lord, with glory, majesty, dominion and authority before all the heavens, and all the heavens, amen;
We cannot keep our guard up long enough and stand before Yahuah Elohiym without sin. It's by Yahusha's Deity, His dominion over all the universe, by His authority, He has the Liberty to act throughout all of time. In other words, Yahusha Hamashia has control over the Space Time continuum. If He didn't have that control, our salvation by faith in Yahusha would have an expiration date.
In Genesis 1:1, Time, Space and Matter was created by Yahuah Elohiym. It is written that heaven and earth will pass away and time shall end. But Elohiym's Word will always be intact. In the beginning, Elohiym created the Heaven and the Earth. The information encoded in creation came from Elohiym. It's by Elohiym that we can transfer over to the New Heaven and New Earth. Trying to relocate through the second heaven or the Interdimensional Void between dimensions, humans will be destroyed because of the boundaries. Demons and fallen angels are locked up in places unknown to mankind. The darkness of mankind will unwittingly release them. But that will not take Yahuah Elohiym by surprise. You could say, it's an interdimensional war. A war between the spiritual and the physical. Mankind is not trained properly for a spiritual battle.