Early Manuscripts of Jude Support the Christ-centered Model on Theophanies.

Some of you may know that the Christ-Centered model has the Son taking the form of a Man in Heaven from the beginning, and that all of those anthropogenic appearances of Yahweh in the Old Testament were Him, not God hopping in and out of human form. The Two Powers theology of the ancient Hebrews supports this view. Now it turns out, there is support for it in Jude as well. Verse five reads...

5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord[c]at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.

If you will click on that tiny "c" after the word "Lord" in the verse above it will take you to this footnote. It says that many early manuscripts say "Jesus" here. In other words, Jude identifies Yahweh who led Israel out of Egypt as our Lord Jesus Christ. This fits what is said in the book. When the people of Israel looked at God, the pre-incarnate form of Christ was who they were supposed to see.


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