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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Symbols Of Biblical Characters: Jude

Symbols Of Biblical Characters:
Church Symbol: A sailing boat, with a cross shaped mast (speaks of missionary travels).
Symbols for Jude: (Also known as Lebbaeus: A Man of Heart.) Matthew 10:3./ Also known as, Thaddeus: Matthew 10:3.) (Compare Luke 6:16/ Acts 1:13)

The Apostle Paul states in Galatians 1:19 that James was the Lord's brother (step/half brother).
If that be so, we know from Mark 6:3, that James was a brother (step/half brother), to the Lord, thus making Jude a brother of the Lord, as well.

Mark 6:1-3 NLT (Matthew 13:55)
1.Jesus left that part of the country and returned with His disciples to Nazareth, His hometown.
2 The next Sabbath He began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were amazed. They asked, “Where did He get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?”
3 Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And His sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in Him.

Many theologians have said that because Jude, along with his other brothers, did not totally believe in the Lord at first, Jude felt ashamed, and so did not sign his name to the book of Jude, called himself a slave of Jesus Christ, yet it was his. After the resurrection, they did believe.

John 7:5 KJV
For neither did His brethren believe in Him.

Acts 1:12-14 KJV
[12] Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
[13] 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.
[14] These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Jude wrote, warned of false teachers
Jude NLT
(Jude's greeting to the church.)
1 This letter is from Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. I am writing to all who have been called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus Christ.
2 May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
The Danger of False Teachers

(Reason for Jude's letter .)
3 Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy people.
4 I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

(Warning of false teachers in the church.)
5 So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later He destroyed those who did not remain faithful.
6 And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.
7 And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.
8 In the same way, these people—who claim authority from their dreams—live immoral lives, defy authority, and scoff at supernatural beings.
9 But even Michael, one of the mightiest of the angels,did not dare accuse the devil of blasphemy, but simply said, “The Lord rebuke you!” (This took place when Michael was arguing with the devil about Moses’ body.)
10 But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.
11 What sorrow awaits them! For they follow in the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they deceive people for money. And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion.
12 When these people eat with you in your fellowship meals commemorating the Lord’s love, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are like shameless shepherds who care only for themselves. They are like clouds blowing over the land without giving any rain. They are like trees in autumn that are doubly dead, for they bear no fruit and have been pulled up by the roots.
13 They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.
14 Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, “Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of His holy ones
15 to execute judgment on the people of the world. 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.”
16 These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.

(Warnings to Christians in the church.)
17 But you, my dear friends, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said.
18 They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires.
19 These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.
20 But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
21 and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.
22 And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering.
23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.

(Jude's Doxology)
[24] 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,
[25] To the only Wise God our Saviour, be Glory and Majesty, Dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Tradition says that Jude evangelized Mesopotamia, where he and Simon the apostle, were martyred.