Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Jude 1:9-13
천사장 미가엘은, 모세의 시체를 놓고 악마와 다투면서 논쟁을 할 때에, 차마 모욕적인 말로 단죄하지 못하고, "주님께서 너를 꾸짖으시기를 바란다" 이렇게만 말하였습니다.
그런데 이 사람들은 무엇이든지 자기들이 깨닫지 못하는 것은 욕합니다. 그들은 이성이 없는 짐승들처럼, 본능으로 아는 것 바로 그 일로 멸망합니다.그들에게 화가 있습니다. 그들은 가인의 길을 걸었으며, 삯을 바라서 발람의 그릇된 길에 빠져들었으며, 고라의 반역을 따르다가 망하였습니다.
이 사람들은 함께 먹을 때에 자기 배만 불리면서 겁 없이 먹어대므로, 여러분의 애찬을 망치는 암초입니다. 그들은 바람에 밀려다니면서 비를 내리지 않는 구름이요, 가을이 되어도 열매 하나 없이 죽고 또 죽어서 뿌리째 뽑힌 나무요,
자기들의 수치를 거품처럼 뿜어 올리는 거친 바다 물결이요, 길 잃고 떠도는 별들입니다. 짙은 어두움이 그들에게 영원히 마련되어 있습니다.But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals--these are the very things that destroy them.Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion.
These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
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The Warnings of History to the Ungodly...Apparently, Jude quotes directly from the Book of Enoch, part of the scripture of the Ethiopian and Eritrean churches but rejected by other churches. Specifically, here he paraphrases an incident in a text that has been lost about Satan and Michael quarreling over the body of Moses. Overall the take away should be that history will repeat itself in that God continuously rebukes and characterizes the ungodly false teachers. We should keep in mind that God wants us to be pure and holy and willing to be continuously changed. Amen!
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