OUR FATHER WHO CALLS US TO OBSERVE SPIRITUAL PROTOCOLS

The book of Jude verse 9 says this;

But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

The book of Deutronomy chapter 34 verses 5 - 6 recounts the death and burial of Moses in a valley in the land of Moab as follows;

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.

In this passage, the Lord himself buried Moses but Jude adds details about a spiritual contention that occured between Michael the archangel and the devil over the body of Moses.

The doctrinal lesson that Jude emphasizes is that believers, when operating in the celestial  realm, should be careful to follow the hierachical protocols related to interactions with spiritual beings.

If great archangels like Michael did not insult or condemn spiritual entities like the devil but rather invoked the rebuke of the Lord to repell him, should not humans, at the very least, follow that example?

Jude sternly warned the people that instinctively insulting celestial beings they knew nothing about would lead to their destruction.

The backdrop of this caution by Jude is the infiltration of the church by evil people who had taught believers to be rebellious, to grumble, and to be sexually immoral, to pursue personal profit and to reject authority.

These false teachers also taught believers to heap abuse on beings of whom they knew nothing and thus they were consequently destroyed.

Let us use disernment to avoid false teachers and always observe proper protocols when walking in the spirit.

Amen.

Reference Sources:  www.gotquestions.org