Jude 1:10-But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

This Scripture in Jude identifies a certain group of people as brute beasts and are corrupt. They run greedily after reward or money. These same people are spots in your feasts of CHARITY. See Charity is love, grace, equality. So how could someone greedy of reward or money be wanting equality? Equality is the very heart of true Christianity and love. They know not one thing of equality. Greed identifies this group and being natural ‘beasts�? These people are called raging ‘waves�?of the sea-- the sea being the masses of unsaved people on this earth. See, they are foaming out their own shame. They are wandering ‘stars�?to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Now in this passage is a lot of explanation of Scriptural symbols. Notice it said that these same people are TWICE DEAD, PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS.

Now why are they TWICE dead? For the same reason this scripture pronounces them fallen two times. Re 18:2-And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 18:3 -for all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

See this is speaking of the same Babylon we are teaching on. She has fallen twice. The first time she fell, her fruit from above was destroyed. The second time she fell, her roots were plucked up out of the earth and she was destroyed forever, in that lake of fire. Notice this word ‘merchants�? This is not speaking of natural merchants such as run stores. It means those ‘buying and selling�?in the religious capacity. This will be made clear as we go along. This ‘buying and selling�?is the mark of this beast.

Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

Now here we have identified Israel as the one who is fallen. So lets just follow this and study it out.

Ho 8:6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. 8:8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

This also identifies Israel as being broken in pieces because of their idolatry. Now Israel is among the Gentiles. The ‘strangers�?here who swallow up anything she yields is the Christians. These ‘strangers�?are prominent all through the Scripture. They are the TRUE people of God.

Ho 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

This verse shows that the starting of God’s wrath against Israel was shown by the trumpet. That ‘eagle�?group of Christians are the ones who come against them.

Ho 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

Now here we show that it has come time to recompense Israel for their iniquity. See that it says they have deeply corrupted themselves. So this shows that this group called Israel is the same group of Babylon, which God sets to destroy.

Ho 9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. 9:16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. 9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Now read verse 15--it said that God hated them. He drove them out of his ‘house�? This is the house of Jesus. Moses had a ‘house�?and Jesus had a ‘house�?or kingdom. This group of wicked Israel are not in the house of Jesus. See that it said their ROOT is dried up. They shall bear no fruit. This set in at the time Jesus cursed that fig tree and said, Let no fruit be on thee henceforth.

The fig tree was Israel. He cursed them and dried up their tree. They can now bear no fruit. This speaks of that law nation of old Israel.

By: Jo Smith