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warnings that are given against sin and apostasy and thespecific reference in some places to the last days. Later in hisepistle Jude specifically refers to the ancient prophet Enoch,saying that Enoch prophesied of these last days.One must read sovereign reprobation into this verse. eplain meaning of the words does not support it.e warning of Matthew Henry applies here. He saysordinary Christians need not be “troubled with dark,doubtful, and perplexing thoughts about reprobation, whichthe strongest heads cannot enter far into, can indeed bear butlittle of, without much loss and damage” and concludes inregard to Jude 4: “Is it not enough that early notice was givenby inspired writers that such seducers and wicked menshould arise in later times, and that every one, beingf o r e w a r n e d o f , s h o u l d b e f o r e - a r m e d a g a i n s tthem?” (Matthew Henry).Sinners are indeed foreordained to condemnation, becauseGod has decreed that “the wages of sin is death.” He has alsograciously given His son and decreed further that “whosoeverbelieveth in him should not perish, but have everlastinglife.” (Jn. 3:16).Revelation 13:8--“And all that dwell upon the earth shallworship him, whose names are not written in the book oflife of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”is verse does not say anything about the basis for havingone’s name added to or not added to the book of life. It doesnot say that those who worship the antichrist weresovereignly reprobated or that they worship the antichristbecause they were not sovereignly elected to be saved. everse simply says that it is the unsaved, those whose namesare not written in the book of life, who will worship theantichrist as opposed to those who are saved.2 Timothy 1:9--“Who hath saved us, and called us withan holy calling, not according to our works, but according110