The Judicious Epistle of Jude

By Richard Sison | 2016

INTRODUCTION
The epistle of Jude is one of the shortest book in the Bible and yet one of the most controversial book that almost did not make it in the biblical Canon. In as much as there are many controversial issues that the book has to deal with, it was able to make it in extensive Canon process because the early Ekklesia never doubted its authenticity. However, its links to 2 Peter, its use of the Apocryphal Books, and its brevity raised concern among the scholars and remains as issues until today.

The epistle of Jude is the penultimate book of the Brit Chadasha and is rightfully placed just before the book of Revelation as a prelude to the book of the End Times as it also quote passages from the book of Enoch, whose purpose of writing is for the remote generations who will live in the last days. In this study, we will be discussing the seven J’s as follows:

The Journal of the Book. To understand this epistle better, we will discuss the background and the author. Jude (also known as Judas or Judah) was one of the four brothers of Yeshua according to Mark 6:3 and Matt 13:55 and was believed to be the author of the epistle by the early Christianity.

The Jaunty of the Writing. The outline of the Book is as follows:

I. Salutation (v1-3)
II. Occasion for the Letter (v3-4)
A. The change of Subject (v3)
B. The Reason for the Change: The Presence of Godless Apostates (v4)
III. Warning against the False Teachers (v5-16)
A. Historical Examples of the Judgement of Apostates (v5-7)
1. Unbelieving Israel (v5)
2. Angels who fell (v6)
3. Sodom and Gomorrah (v7)
B. Description of the Apostates of Jude's Day (v8-16)
1. Their slanderous speech deplored (v8-10)
​2. Their character graphically portrayed (v11-13)
3. Their destruction prophesied (v14-16)
IV. Exhortation to Believers (v17-23)
V. Concluding Doxology (v24-25)

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