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"For whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever."

Text: Jude 13

FURTHER DESCRIPTIONS

Why did Jude go to such lengths to expose the false teachers? The answer is a simple and straightforward one. The harm that these false teachers could inflict was deadly. Falsehood had to be opposed vigorously.

“Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame;
wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”

Jude 13

1. “Raging waves of the sea”

a) This is a description of potential deadly sea-power.

b) Vessels can be capsized by raging waves.

c) False teachers are as deadly and treacherous as raging waves.

2. “Foaming up their own shame”

a) This is a slightly different description of the waves.

b) These are waves that hit the shoreline.

c) They generate much foam.

d) Often the colour of the foam is dirty.

e) The foam these waves bring is described as “their own shame”.

f) Their wicked activities were truly bad and shameful.

3. “Stars”

a) The stars were used for navigation.

b) Their positions are fixed.

c) The North star will always indicate where the North is.

4. “Wandering stars”

a) These false teachers were not like the reliable stars.

b) Jude called them “wandering stars”.

c) They would not benefit those who look to them for direction.

5. “For whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever”

a) Jude knew that one day they will be judged by God.

b) He knew that they would be condemned.

c) As much as they brought darkness instead of light, they would be consigned to eternal darkness.