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The Last “Clopper Passage:” Jude 7 Chapter VI Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley-Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley- Angels “going after” women

The Clobber Passages Going after strange flesh – Jude 7

“Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” KJV

Source: The Children Are Free by Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley, pages 6-7 Associations of Sodom with Homosexuality When we read this verse in modern America, having been raised in a culture that despises gays, it is easy to assume that Jude’s reference to “going after strange flesh” must mean homosexuality. Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh”

Source: The Children Are Free by Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley, pages 6-7 Associations of Sodom with Homosexuality However, well informed theologians will tell you this is not what Jude was talking about. Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” What was Jude Talking about?

Source: The Children Are Free by Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley, pages 6-7 At the Time of the Writing of the Book of Jude A first century “legend” held that in the story of Genesis 6, angles (“sons of God”) had taken the daughters of women as wives. Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” How does the legend go?

Source: Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” How does the legend go? According to first century legend: Angels married with women (Gen. 6) This final sin brought the flood – God’s judgment Some time later the sin was repeated when the women of Sodom had sex with angelic flesh (Gen. 19) Some Jewish writers believed this was the sin which sealed Sodom’s fate. This is the “legend” Jude used as an illustration.

Source: Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” How does the legend go? For An Excellent Discussion of this first century legend: See Martti Nissinen, Homoeroticism in the Biblical World, pages 91-93, in which he discusses Jewish writings from 200 to 1 BC which associate the sin of the people of Sodom with that of the people before the flood of Noah. The Children Are Free, p. 24

Source: Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” How does the legend go? This is the “legend” Jude used as an illustration. The women of Sodom had sex with angelic flesh

Source: The Children Are Free by Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley, pages 7, 24 Many Theologians, Including Many Conservatives, Interpret Jude 7 This Way JND. Kelly (Harper and Row) Fred Craddock (John Knox Press) Richard Bauckham (Word Books) Michael Green (Inter-Varsity Press) CEB. Cranfiel (SCM Press) Richard Hays (Harper) Jude 7 “going after strange flesh” Jude 7 “going after strange flesh”

Conclusion Finding your same-sex “dream angel” is not to be confused with the “legend” Jude used in his epistle to illustrate his exhortations. Going after strange flesh – Jude 7 God so loves you

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