Jude 14-15 Part 11
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints. (KJV)
LET IT GLOW
In my family, I am the third child, the second daughter of my parents. Dad was the second child, the first son in his family; Mom was the sixth child in her family, the third daughter. That's my ancestral lineage. Go any farther back and I would have to look it up in our book my distant cousin put together. Do you know where you are on you ancestral line?
What about Enoch? Who was Enoch? Genesis 5:18-24 explains:
- Jared was his father. (verse 18)
- He became the father of Methuselah at age 65. (verse 21)
- He walked with God. (verse 24)
- He didn't die-God took him directly to heaven. (verse 24)
- He was seventh down the line from Adam. (Jude 14)
- He lived and prophesied before The Flood.
The first coming of Christ was revealed to Adam; his second, glorious coming, to Enoch; the seventh from Adam foretold the things which will conclude the seventh age of the world. St. Jude might know this either from some ancient book, or tradition, or immediate revelation. (Westley's Notes)
Enoch, in his translation without death illustrated that truth which he all of his life preached the certainty of the Lord's coming, resurrection of the dead. (Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Bible Commentary)
You talk about a blessed man. He knew the Lord. Probably, he heard about what took place in The Garden of Eden. His revelation of the birth of the Messiah and the Lord's second coming resulted in his prophesying; he walked with God; and didn't die. What else could he want?
Will I be known as a woman who walked with God? I want to be, but so many times I have failed and walked in the flesh.
LET IT GROW
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 sinner have spoken against him.
These ungodly men had a lack of reverence for God and infiltrated the church of God to corrupt it and gain riches from its people. (The MacArthur Bible Commentary)
What is Jude saying?
- The Lord Jesus will come with His saints, believers, to execute judgment during the Lord's earthly reign.
- He used the word ungodly four times in this verse. They mean basically the same thing: ungodliness, to be ungodly, act impiously. (Impiously is defined as lacking reverence for God, profane, according to Webster's Dictionary); destitute of reverential awe towards God, contemning God, impious.
How are my deeds, my ways? Am I known as an ungodly sinner, or are my ways righteous, living as Jesus would?
New Living Translation, verse 15b says, He will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Am I ready for that? I have done some of those. (Had to add this, couldn't let it pass by after I read it in my chronological Bible today.)
LET IT GO
Walk with God daily.
Let go of any ungodly ways.
Be more forgiving and loving, merciful and gracious.
*Thank you all for your prayers for my husband and sister in law, Wanda. Two weeks after open heart surgery, she is awake, can sequeeze a hand to communicate. However, she still has dialysis since kidneys aren't working yet. I am asking for a Wanda Miracle for her to talk, getting the tube out of her throat. Roger made it through the 4 ablations on his heart, to correct the rythm problem. He is recovering at home now, since Friday.
God is soooooooo very good to my family!!!!!!!!!!
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