Brief: When The Bible Gets Weird

Reading the book of Jude can feel rather head-spinning to modern readers: the angel Michael arguing with the devil over Moses dead body, clouds without rain and crashing waves turning to foam, innumerable references to scriptures both within and outside of the Old Testament. And honestly, it actually gets *weirder* when you know more what the author is talking about - for instance, when you realize he's referencing the idea than angels pissed God off by coming to earth and procreating with human beings, creating a race of giant angel-human hybrids, which caused God to bring the flood and wipe out everyone but Noah.

 

So how do we make ANY sense of this? And why is it that the only verse people quote now in Jude is used against LGBTQ people?

 

Come get into the weeds, and we promise we'll all come out clearer together.