Jude
Greetings Ancient Parallelism lovers,
Please note the comment from Jesse MacArthur concerning this parallelism on the book of Jude. I totally concure with his entire interpretation of the structure, especially "The Three Unwisemen".
Please also note...that this particular order ( of "The Three Unwisemen") could not possibly work in any other order, further supporting the hypothesis of the validity of Jude as a parallelism in itself. Here are Jesse's thought on the matter:
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I like this one a lot. Should have expected to find it here, in the most Jewish book in the NT. But it's not as obvious as some of the others. The thoughts all match up very well. But, its not just lying on the surface, he doesn't use exact word repetition as much. You need to see the picture each phase paints in order to see how it matches it's mate.
AS to your three unwisemen around the X -
1.) Core - wilderness whining was always about lack of water - clouds they are without water (and his promise of improvement was swallowed by the dry earth.)
2.) Balaam - should have been a blessing to Israel, and Balak expected benefit from him, but both experienced loss by him - trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit
3.) Cain - a wandering marked murderer - twice dead, ... wandering stars
In the indigo, there is a second parallel. It might even be another layer...
speak evil of dignities.
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil
X
the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him
Wow.....!
It dawned on me the other day, that possibly the church has not looked at Jude like this for 2000 years! That thought fires me up! Glory to God!
Your Fellow Sojourner,
Bry
