Why is the book of JUDE neglected. Part 1.

Truth In Scripture Pastor Rick Kabrick Thursday, October 9, 2024 Why is the book of JUDE neglected. Part 1.
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JUD 24-25, To HIM who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before HIS glorious presence without fault and with great joy to the only GOD our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our LORD, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
It mentions Michael the Archangel arguing with Satan as to who would take the body of Moses. Did you ever wonder why they argued about it? There are other things that many consider strange in this book, like angels having sex with human women.Such ideas are beyond the average Christians knowledge.
Several views exist concerning Jude’s identity, but the most commonly held view identifies him as a brother of the same James who wrote the NT book of James.This would make him a half brother of Yeshua. In the original language of the NT, Jude’s name appears as Judas, the same given name as the disciple who betrayed our LORD, but the comparison ends there.
Jude humbly refers to himself as a servant of Jesus. The word servant in Greek is doulos, literally meaning a bondslave. Jude assures his readers that he is totally committed to doing HIS LORD’s will.
The Book of Jude was written to the Christian church as a whole, that is, a general Christian audience, rather than a specific person or congregation in a certain area. The letter is addressed to “those who are called, beloved in GOD the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ”.Jude’s greeting to his readers includes the desire that they would have overflowing mercy, peace, and love.
HEB 4:16, Let us then approach GOD’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Jude was a blood relative of Yeshua, Many would have lead with that fact, I would have probably started with that, Hey, I am a blood relative, the half brother of Yeshua. But Jude considered himself first and foremost as a bondservant of Jesus Christ. The fact that he wanted himself to be known this way instead of introducing himself as “Jude, the half-brother of Jesus” tells us something of the humility of Jude and the relative unimportance of being connected to Yeshua by human relationships, a very important point that he wanted to make.