Based on historical accounts, such as the writings of Jewish historian Josephus, when Jerusalem was attacked in April of A.D. 70 and destroyed over a lingering four months, it must have felt like the end of the world to its Jewish inhabitants and surrounding neighbors. But it wasn’t. And this is a helpful reminder in our own day. Every generation seems to think that theirs is the last, a fixation that is folly at its finest.
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Beloved, Contend for the Faith
Jude begins his short epistle identifying himself as the “brother of James,” which means he was also the half-brother of Jesus. In humility he simply says he is a “servant of Jesus Christ,” as are we to whom he writes. In love for Christ’s church, he writes to the called with concern, with confidence yet caution….
