Israel, Angels, Sodom & Gomorrah

Jude 5–7 ESV

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

3 Things to Remember

Jesus destroyed unbelieving Israelites after saving them from Egypt.

Jesus judges and punishes the angels who rebelled.

Jesus destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for their sexual perversion, not because they failed to show hospitality.

Israel (1 Corinthians 10:1-12). After being rescued from Pharaoh, the people complained that God wasn’t providing food and water for them and then created a golden calf to worship. “God was not pleased” (1 Cor. 10:5).

When we willfully sin, we test Christ (1 Corinthians 10:9).

The OT is still a relevant teacher, so we cannot dismiss it (1 Corinthians 10:11).