IN THIS WRITER'S OPINION, IT IS NOT BY CHANCE THAT THE BOOK OF JUDE PRECEDES THE BOOK OF REVELATION. THIS BOOK DESCRIBES IN DETAIL MANY OBSTACLES TO YOUR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, AS THINGS ONLY KNOWN NATURALLY. THE TEACHERS OF SUCH THINGS ARE DESCRIBED AS "BRUTE BEASTS" (THE SAME ONES FOUND IN THE REVELATION). SEE IF YOU CAN "HEAR" WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYETH" CONCERNING THESE OTHER SYMBOLS.
1. NATURALLY MINDED.
2. TEACH FOR MONETARY GAIN.
3. GREEDY.
4. SPOTS.
5. CLOUDS, WITHOUT WATER.
6. UNSTABLE CHARACTERS, CARRIED ABOUT OF WINDS (SPIRITS).
7. TREES WITH:
A. WITHERED FRUIT.
B. NO FRUIT.
C. TWICE DEAD.
D. PLUCKED UP BY ROOTS.
8. RAGING WAVES OF THE SEA, FOAMING OUT THEIR SHAME.
9. WANDERING STARS (PLANETS).
10. DARKNESS (IGNORANCE).
11. MURMURERS.
12. COMPLAINERS.
13. WALKING AFTER THEIR OWN LUSTS (SELFISH).
14. SPEAKING GREAT SWELLING WORDS.
15. HAVING MEN'S PERSONS IN ADMIRATION (FOR ADVANTAGE).
16. SEPARATE THEMSELVES (DENOMINATIONAL).
17. SENSUAL (EMOTIONAL).
18. HAVING NOT THE SPIRIT.
"BUT THE NATURAL MAN RECEIVETH NOT (DOES NOT ACCEPT) THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD: FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS UNTO HIM; NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED" (I COR. 2:14). THE FIRST OPPOSITION IS YOU, AS A NATURAL CREATION (WANTING ONLY TO SATISFY THE FLESH NATURE); SECOND IS THE TRI-FOLD SYSTEMS OF MEN CALLED THE DRAGON, THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET (THE HISS OF THE SERPENT, THE SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST, NOW WORKING IN THE WORLD). AND LAST OF ALL IS THE WHORE WHICH RIDES THE BACK OF THESE SYSTEMS (THE FALSE CHURCH SYSTEMS).
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