JUDE
Contend for the Faith · Discernment · Kept by God
Expanded Museum Poster · Timeline Theme Table
1 · Core Story & Meaning
Jude is a brief but urgent letter calling believers to contend for the faith amid corrupt teaching and moral compromise. It pairs sharp warnings with strong assurance that God is able to keep His people.
Core Sentence · Jude in One Line
Believers contend for the faith with discernment, grounded in the assurance that God keeps them.
Faith entrusted
├─ distortion detected
├─ judgment recalled
├─ community warned
├─ mercy practiced
└─ God keeps His people
Emotionally: urgency → clarity → vigilance → confident hope.
Four Major Movements
How the book actually flows:
1. CALL TO CONTEND (1–4): faith defended
2. WARNINGS FROM HISTORY (5–16): judgment remembered
3. HOW TO RESPOND (17–23): build, pray, show mercy
4. DOXOLOGY (24–25): kept by God
Warning–hope rail for the museum walk.
2 · Key Scenes & Emotional Gestures
Urgent discernment paired with confident hope.
Scene · Contend for the Faith (Jude 3–4)
Truth must be defended.
Faith → vigilance → action
Urgency sharpens resolve.
Scene · Warnings Remembered (Jude 5–11)
History instructs discernment.
Rebellion → judgment → warning
Sobriety steadies faith.
Scene · Build Yourselves Up (Jude 20–23)
Active faith responds wisely.
Prayer → mercy → rescue
Compassion guides action.
Scene · Kept by God (Jude 24–25)
Confidence rests in God’s power.
Guarded → presented → joy
Peace crowns vigilance.
3 · Timeline of Themes by Argument Flow
Top = contending for truth; bottom = kept by God.
| Argument Order |
Section Block |
Creation |
Fall |
Covenant |
Promise |
Faithfulness |
Exile |
| 1 · Jude 1–4 |
Call to Contend |
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distortion confronted |
faith entrusted |
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| 2 · Jude 5–16 |
Historical Warnings |
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rebellion judged |
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false influences |
| 3 · Jude 17–23 |
Faithful Response |
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restoration hoped |
merciful action |
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| 4 · Jude 24–25 |
Doxology & Assurance |
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kept by God |
secure joy |
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Jude is the museum’s ‘warning tower’: discernment sharpened by history, confidence anchored in God’s keeping power.