Artist’s portrayal of the Apostle Jude (Wikipedia)
This sermon covers the Second Epistle of Peter as well as Jude's Epistle. Dr. Thiel covers each and every verse of these books. The Greco-Romans, though eventually accepting them, took centuries to fully embrace them as canonical--the Protestant Reformer Martin Luther had problems with them as well. Anyway, both Peter and Jude discuss facing various lusts of the flesh. They also discuss matters of prophecy and scoffers. Dr. Thiel mentions scoffers and goes over reasons to consider that Jesus may return by the Spring of 2031 and the Great Tribulation may start no later than 2027. Both Peter and Jude point to Christians enduring for the eternal Kingdom of God. Peter writes about Paul's writings being scripture, yet having the meaning of them twisted. Jude admonishes Christians to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Jude refers to Enoch anciently 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." Some believe this supports the view that only 144,000 are being saved in this age? Dr. Thiel discusses that, as well as teachings about salvation--with some being called now and others in the age to come.
A written article of related interest is available titled "Second Peter & Jude: Scriptures and Commentary" URL: https://cogwriter.com/second-peter-ju...
Free online books were also mentioned that can be found at https://www.ccog.org
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