Publisher's Synopsis
Translated literally from Greek, this means an "uncovering" which is a disclosure of knowledge, or the lifting of a veil or revelation. In religious contexts, it is usually a disclosure of something hidden. In the book of Jude it states verse 4 for certain men have crept in stealthily [gaining entrance secretly by a side door] into the apostolic ministry. Their doom was predicted long ago, ungodly (impious, pro-fane) persons who pervert the grace (the spiritual blessing and favor) of our God into lawlessness and wantonness and immorality, and disown and deny our sole Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (the Messi-ah, the Anointed One). They give out no Revelation of any sort. 10 But these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand; and whatever they do understand physically [that which they know by mere instinct], like irrational beasts-by these they corrupt themselves and are destroyed (perish). 11 Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah! In Genesis 4:2, later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. Abel was the Shepard of sheep; Cain was the tiller of ground, working the soil of (Twisted Doctrine) a plan and device for all generations to come!
