Judas 1

Judas 1:1-13

Garland - Jude 1:5-8 - Departing from God's Design) Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge 13:10, 18:20,19:1, 4-5, 29, Lv 18:22, 20:13) - The destruction of these cities at the SE corner of the Dead Sea is used over 20x as an illustration of God’s judgment during the days of Abraham and Lot (cf. Ge 18:22-19:29). This destruction was in view of their apostasy, since it occurred about 450 yrs after the Flood, when at least one of Noah’s sons, Shem (Ge 11:10,11) was still living. Since this was only 100 years after Noah’s death (Ge 9:28), people would have known about the message of righteousness and judgment from God which Noah preached, and which they rejected. "The names of “Sodom and Gomorrah” (are) proverbial for gross immorality. This is illustrated by the fact that some Jew or Christian “some time before the eruption of A.D. 79, scribbled on a wall in Pompeii ‘SODOMA GOMORRA.’" (Hiebert) Sodom - 49x in 48v in Old and New Testaments - Ge 10:19; 13:10, 12-13; 14:2, 8, 10-12, 17, Ge 14:21-22; 18:16, 20, 22, 26; Ge 19:1, 4, 24, 28; Dt 29:23; 32:32; 1Kgs 22:46; Isa 1:9-10; 3:9; 13:19; Jer 23:14; 49:18; 50:40; Lam 4:6; Ezek 16:46, 48-49, 53, 55-56; Amos 4:11; Zeph 2:9; Mt 10:15; 11:23-24; Luke 10:12; 17:29; Ro 9:29; 2Pe 2:6; Jude 1:7; Rev 11:8 Gomorrah - 23x in 23v in Old and New Testaments - Ge 10:19; 13:10; 14:2, 8, 10-11; 18:20; Ge 19:24, 28; Dt 29:23; 32:32; Isa 1:9-10; 13:19; Jer 23:14; 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Zeph 2:9; Mt 10:15; Ro 9:29; 2Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7 And the cities around them (See Dt 29:23; Hos 11:8; Ge 14:2, 8, Ge 19:19-22) - There were apparently a total of 5 cities which stresses the universality of the debauchery in this region. = Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar, the latter being spared the disaster. Related Resource - What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?