I said that I’d be spending some time talking about Jude. Specifically, what I wanted to mention was the doxology in Jude 24-25. It reads:
“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” (ESV)
Recently reading over this in preparation for a Bible study, it occurred to me that there’s got to be a reason for it to be one of the well-known doxologies. There’s definitely a lot in two verses, when you look at it, and when I look at it, it’s to see no less than five key descriptions of the nature of God in Christ. I’ll spend some time on each of them, and I’m going to look at the four words of attribution in vs 25 in an entry as well. To briefly summarize here are the five characteristics of God in Christ:
Him who is able to keep you from stumbling
Present you before the presence of his glory blameless and with great joy
Only God, Our Saviour
Possessed of glory, majesty, dominion and authority
Before all time [or ages] and now and forevermore
and here are the four attributions:
Glory, Majesty, Dominion and Authority.
Let’s see what comes up.
Blessings;
Christ-bearer
