THE SECOND COMING (JUDE 14-15)

1) When Jesus came to earth about 2000 years ago He didn’t come to judge.

2) Jesus came to offer salvation; this is the message from Jn. 3:17.

3) In the book of Jude there is a different message.

4) The Lord is coming again. However, His return trip will be for judgment.

5) Jude says that a man named Enoch knew about the Lord’s second coming.

6) As you may know, Enoch appears very early in the Bible. He is introduced in Gen. 5.

7) It is said in the Genesis record that Enoch walked with God (Gen. 5:24).

8) It is also said that Enoch didn’t die; Gen. 5:24 says that God took him.

9) Heb. 11:5 adds that this man was well pleasing to God.

10) Enoch must have pleased God so much that heaven gave him access to important info

11) According to Jude 14-15, Enoch made a prophecy about Jesus.

12) A man that is described all the way back in Gen. 5 had some knowledge of the Lord.

13) Enoch said that Jesus would come to the earth for judgment.

14) This prophesy is not recorded in the Old Testament and some wonder about this.

15) Why didn’t the OT record Enoch’s prophesy?

16) The most obvious explanation for this is that Enoch lived long before Moses.

17) Before Moses and the law very little information about things exists.

18) The amount of prophetical information is especially miniscule.

19) Jude affirms that Enoch had some idea about what we call the 2d coming of Chirst.

20) Our knowledge of Jesus’ second return is fairly extensive.

21) Some of what we know is found in the book of Jude. For instance,

22) When the Lord returns He will not be alone.

23) In verse 14 we find a number.

24) If we read the text to quickly we may misread the figure.

25) A quick glance at the text might leave us with the impression that the # is 10 thousand.

26) It’s not. The number is ten thousands

27) The word used by Jude describes a very large number that is indefinite.

28) It is as if the figure is too huge to count.

29) The meaning is that however many angels come with the Lord,

30) The sheer number of the angelic force will be overwhelming.

31) The Hebrew writer spoke of a similar thing in Heb. 12:22 – an innumerable host.

32) Mt. 25, in commenting on Jesus’ return and the number of angels says that…

33) All of the angels will return with Jesus (v. 31).

34) Some religious groups have alleged that Jesus has already returned.

35) One of these groups has even said that the Lord’s coming was secret and invisible.

36) According to Jude the second coming will be anything but secret and invisible.

37) When the 2d coming occurs not one angel will be left in heaven.

38) THE LORD AND THE ANGELS ARE COMING BACK TO ACCOMPLISH SOME SPECIFIC GOALS. LET’S LOOK AT SOME OF THESE GOALS WHICH ARE FOUND IN JUDE 15.

39) In verse 15 we are introduced to the word execute.

40) The word execute does a good job of expressing Jude’s point.

41) Jesus did not originally come to judge the world (Jn. 3:17).

42) Even now God is patiently delaying the execution of judgment. However,

43) A time is coming when the delay will be over. At some point judgment will start.

44) As a military commander executes a plan so the day of judgment will one day be executed.

45) Jude used a word which shows that the day of judgment is not a possibility.

46) A day of judgment is not probable. The word execute shows that this day will come.

47) When this day comes a process will begin that is unlike anything the world has ever seen.

48) This is indicated by the word convict in verse 15.

49) When the Lord executes the day of judgment and men stand before Him,

50) Jude tells us what it will be like for the unsaved.

51) The word translated convict means,

52) “To convict, refute, confute” (Thayer, p. 202).

53) Thayer also adds (“with a suggestion of the shame of the person convicted.”)

54) The word convict is a revealing word. This tells us that…

55) When men and women come before the judgment bar of Christ,

56) They will be convicted of sin. Their guilt will be proven.

57) No one guilty of sin can or will escape.

58) If anyone attempts to offer a defense to the case God’s makes against them,

59) God will refute the arguments of the unsaved.

60) Not only will any arguments by the unsaved be refuted,

61) God will confute (He will disprove) any arguments made by those who are unsaved.

62) By a single word that is used in Jude 15 we are told that on the day of judgment,

63) We cannot somehow argue our way into heaven.

64) When God says to the lost, “You are unsaved and cannot come to heaven”,

65) The case will be so strong that no one will be able to mount a successful defense.

66) If we are not in a right relationship with God on the day of judgment we will be lost.

67) This may be a difficult concept to grasp, especially at the present time.

68) We are still waiting to see who the next President of our nation will be.

69) If after one of the two candidates is selected there may still be some lingering questions.

70) Jude says that this will not be true on the day of judgment.

71) The determinations will be so final and compelling no one will argue about the verdicts.

72) A DAY OF JUDGMENT IS COMING (VERSE 14); THE EXECUTION (OR IMPLEMENTATION) OF THIS JUDGMENT DAY IS SURE, AND ALL WHO ARE UNGODLY (VERSE 15) WILL BE THERE AND WILL RECEIVE WHAT THEY DESERVE.

73) The word ungodly is worthy of special attention.

74) In the New Testament this word is fairly uncommon.

75) However, in Jude 15 this word is used four times in a single verse.

76) One source (Brown, Vol. 2, p. 92) says that this word means, “outrage against someone.”

77) The reason for this outrage is: ”established laws and ordinances are broken.” (ibid).

78) This may be the best description of the judgment day in all the Bible.

79) Why has God planned a judgment day?

80) It is because men and women break God’s established laws and ordinances.

81) How serious is it when we break God’s laws?

82) The word ungodly tells us that God is offended and angered.

83) As a holy being sin offends Him. His justice requires that sin be paid for.

84) He has provided a way for every sin committed by mankind to be forgiven.

85) Jesus was sent to die; the faith (Jude 3) was given to let man know about Jesus & rem.

86) It is possible to have peace & mercy w/God (Jude 2) if we obey what the delivered faith says.

87) If we do not obey, and we are guilty of breaking God’s laws, punishment awaits.

A) Jude reminded his readers of the Jews who left Egypt (verse 5).

B) The angels who sinned had to pay and still are paying a severe penalty (verse 6).

C) Sodom and Gomorrah are still suffering the consequences for their sin (verse 7).

88) Jude says to us, “Listen. Judgment is not over. Another day is coming.”

89) The ungodly are going to be punished.

90) Those who break God’s laws and are not forgiven will stand before God.

91) In verse 15 Jude sought to make a second point.

92) Notice if you will the word all. This term is found four times in verse 15.

93) Even in the Greek text the word all is used four times.

94) All of the ungodly (or lawbreakers) will stand before God.

95) This is something that we have never seen on the earth.

96) Law enforcement officials catch some who smuggle illegal drugs into our country.

97) Some thieves and murderers are caught.

98) There have always been some who escape.

99) Jude affirms that no one will escape. All who are guilty will be judged.

100) In our system of justice a system of plea bargaining is sometimes used.

101) If a person pleads guilty to a certain charge other charges may be dropped.

102) Unless I misunderstand the point in verse 15, Jude says this:

103) All sin that an unforgiven person committed will be used for conviction.

104) The text says, all their works of ungodliness.

A) Let’s put this into practical terms.

B) Here is an average adult who lives for 70 years.

C) Let’s be generous and say that God doesn’t count sins for the first 20 years.

D) Let’s also be generous and say this man sins once a day for the last 50 yrs of life.

E) 50 years of life and one sin a day (this is my average) comes to 18,250.

F) Can you imagine going before a judge and the prosecutor says,

G) “We have more than 18,000 charges against you.”

H) “Not one of them is going to be dismissed or plea bargained.” Furthermore,

I) “We can prove each charge; there is no question about the 18,000 counts of guilt.”

J) We wouldn’t know where to begin as far as defending ourselves.

105) This is the kind of case that God will have on the day of judgment.

106) Those who are not saved will have absolutely no hope.

A) Some have wondered how each judgment will proceed.

B) Will God take the time to personally and openly state each charge?

C) Some have suggested that God will instantly fill the guilty person’s mind…

D) With full knowledge of their wrongdoings.

107) The specific means that will be used is not made known.

108) There are indications that the charges will somehow be public.

109) No matter how this is done this process will be executed.

110) All wrongs that have not been forgiven will be available and somehow made known.

111) John describes this as the opening of the books, Rev. 20:12.

112) Jude wrote to his readers so they would be prepared for this day.

113) The message that Jude relayed to his readers is still a message that needs to be head.

114) At the right time a judgment day is going to be executed.

115) All will either be saved or lost. If we stand before God and all of our sins are made known,

116) It will be too late to do anything but acknowledge we are guilty and must be condemned.

117) Now is the time to acknowledge the guilt of sin and our state of condemnation.

118) Now is the time to say I am guilty of sin and I want to be forgiven.

119) God has provided the way for each one to be cleansed from sin.

120) If we believe in Jesus and are willing to live as the Bible describes,

121) We can be immersed into Christ for salvation.

122) Instead of all sin being held against us, all sin will be removed from us.