Jude 1:14-15 - Homilies By T. Croskery

An ancient prophecy of judgment against the wicked.

I. THE PROPHET . "And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied."

1 . He was a preeminently holy man, who was translated to heaven without dying.

2 . His descent is here mentioned,

II. HIS PROPHECY . It is the coming of Christ to judgment. "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones." We have here the historic tense of prophecy.

1 . The Lord comes from heaven. "The Lord himself shall descend from heaven" to judge the world.

2 . It will be in the end of the world, in a day utterly unknown to man or angel.

3 . He will be accompanied by ten thousands of his saints, who will sit with him as assessors ( 1 Corinthians 6:3 ). "The saints shall appear with him in glory." They are called his saints, because they are so by redemption and by service.

4 . This second advent is to execute judgment and convict the ungodly.

(a) The wicked devise mischief ( Proverbs 6:14 ).

(b) They delight and take pleasure in it ( Proverbs 10:30 ).

(c) They persist in transgression in the teeth of all warnings.

(d) Their sin does not spring from mere infirmity like the sin of the righteous.