SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06-04-04
My Worship Time Focus:
The King is coming
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Jude 14,15
Message of the verse: “14 It was of these men that Enoch (seventh
descendant from Adam) prophesied when he said: Behold, the Lord came with ten
thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all
the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought,
and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (PHILLIPS)
“14 And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands
of his saints, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are
ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken
against him.” (KJV)
Jude brings up the OT saint, Enoch
in this section of his letter. Enoch is
only mentioned three times in the Scriptures, and they are in Genesis, Hebrews,
and here in Jude. Jude, I have read, is
quoting from The Book of Enoch, which is an apocryphal book. As Dr. Wiersbe writes in his commentary on
Jude that this does not mean that his entire book was inspired or trustworthy,
but it does mean that the Spirit of God used this portion of Enoch’s book to be
inspired, for it is found in the inspired Word of God now.
It can be seen from this quotation
that Enoch was a prophet, and this prophecy may have been written about the
then soon coming flood, however this prophecy can also be applied to the end
times. Enoch has written that the Lord
will come with ten thousand of His saints to execute judgment upon the ungodly. Enoch uses the work “ungodly” four times in
this fifteenth verse. In the book of
Revelations it also can be seen that Jesus Christ will return to the earth with
His saints, and they will help Him judge the ungodly upon the earth. Enoch goes on to talk a bit about some of the
reasons why these ungodly will be judged, and says it is because of their
speeches which they has spoken out against God.
God has been and still is patient with the ungodly, but there will come
a day when His patience will run out and His judgment will begin.
I wish to make a comment about the
phrase “seventh from Adam,” which comes from verse fourteen. In some of the versions that I have read the
word “generation” is inserted after seventh, but in other versions it is not
there. From what I can see it is not
there in the original language, and therefore it is possible that the word
generations should not be there. Cain
had a son named Enoch, but the Enoch that is referred to here came from the
godly line of Seth.
Spiritual meaning for my life
today: As I look at the world that I
live in today, for one thing it is much different than the one that I was born
in, in many ways. It is certainly more
evil, or at least the evilness has come “out of the closet.” People today have more ways to be evil
because of our modern technology.
Sometimes I get so upset over the things that are going on and cannot
wait for the judgment of God to come upon the ungodly. This section of Scripture says that it will
happen one day, and for that I am truly thankful.
The Word
of God was refreshing to me as I read it this morning.
My Steps
of Faith Today: Trust the Lord for the
judgment of the ungodly. Trust the Lord
for the safe return of Kim and her students and other teachers. Trust the Lord for His will to be done with
Andrew Lech and our investments with Him.
Trust the Lord in providing a job for me if that is His will for me.
Memory
verses for the week: 1Cor. 13: 1-3
If I speak
with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a
noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I
have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I
have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am
nothing. And if I give all my
possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do
not have love, it profits me nothing.
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