Jude also described them"spots in your love feasts", "clouds without water", "late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots" and "raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame" etc.
If Jude had done this in any discussion group on the Internet today, he would have certainly been kicked out and blocked.
Who were these people , and why was Jude so harsh against them?
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Jude 14-15 KJV
"Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, 'Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
Jude 14 - 15 NKJV
"Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
Jude 14-15 is a quotation from two separate parts of the book of Enoch
Enoch II - 1.
"Behold, he comes with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon them, and destroy the wicked, and reprove all the carnal for everything which the sinful and ungodly have done and committed against him"
(Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/bep/bep02.htm#an_II Accessed: 31-Dec13)
Enoch XXVI - 2.
" Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who were with me, replied, This valley is the accursed of the accursed for ever. Here shall be collected all who utter with their mouths unbecoming language against God, and speak harsh things of His glory. Here shall they be collected. Here shall be their territory."
(Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/bep/bep03.htm#an_XXVI Accessed: 31Dec13)
Why did Jude quote this scripture? (I shall call it scripture here although it is not among the Canonical Books, not even among the Apocrypha).
Jude quoted it as part of his warning to the disciples against "certain men" (v.4) who have crept in unnoticed among their assembly. The apostle Jude called these people "ungodly" (v.4), "dreamers" (v.8), "like brute beasts" (v.10). In particular, Jude describes them in v.12 and 13 as follows:
12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
Further on in v.16, Jude calls them "grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage". And in v.18, they are called "mockers" who walk in their own ungodly lusts.
Yes, according to the prophecy recorded in the ancient book of Enoch, God will be coming with tens of thousands of his angels to execute judgment on such ungodly people.
Brothers and sisters, let us heed the words of these ancient prophets and apostles. Let us repent.
