Clay Cantrell
(29 Nov 2011)
"Jude, Enoch & the
Late Autumn Trees"
Readers -
I post this material every Autumn.
the book of Jude contains the only quotation attributed to Enoch
in the Bible:
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of
his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."
Enoch appears to be a prototype of the Rapture (catching away),
KJV
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they
feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are
without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
....
the ESV (as well as the NKJV, and the NASB versions) use the
translate it using the phrase "late Autumn" in regard to the
trees, as shown below.
"These are hidden reefs[e] at your love feasts, as they feast
with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless
clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in LATE AUTUMN,
twice dead, uprooted ...
the greek word is Strong's 5352g, used only once
phthinoporinos {fthin-op-o-ree-nos'} from derivative of phthino
(to wane; akin to the base of 5351) and 3703 (meaning late
autumn);; adj AV - whose fruit withereth 1; 1 1) autumn trees
1a) trees such as they are at the close of autumn, dry, leafless
and without fruit 1b) metaph. of unfruitful, worthless men.
I always wonder if the two are connected. Enoch and late Autumn.
also going here
http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_Database.asp?bnum=65&cnum=1&vnum=12
you can see the word list for this verse. notice the 214 word.
Jared (descend) hebrew gematria = 214. i've posted before that
214 has to do with twins, or doubles, or two of something.
also notice at the end of the book in verse 23
Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating
even the garment spotted by the flesh.
pulling = Strong's 726g = Harpazo. to quickly pluck. same word
as in the famous verse 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
Jude is the last book before Revelation, which may itself be
significant. the last warning.