Jude ends with doxology. To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy: to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority.
The promise is that you can be kept from stumbling. Not that you won't struggle, but that you won't fall away permanently. God is holding you through the difficulty. And the goal is to present you before his presence not barely surviving, but with great joy. Celebration. Restoration.
Jude bookends his short letter with this: Jesus is Lord over all, sustaining all things. The false teachers are deceiving, but they're not ultimately in charge. The Lord is. That changes how you face opposition.
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