Jude is really letting the false teachers have it. In verse 9, Jude talks about the Archangel Michael and Satan arguing over the body of Moses. This is a controversy about the book of Jude. Jude quotes extra biblical sources as if they are true. This occurs in the Michael account and later in the book when Jude mentions Enoch. I dont' find this particularly troublesome. I believe these stories are true, yet the works in which they are contained are not canonical.
The story we are discussing comes from a book called "The Assumption of Moses". No one is really sure what the argument over the body of Moses was really about as Jude doesn't go into detail. Whatever the dispute Michael said "The Lord rebuke thee" to the devil. In other words,take it up with Jesus. He is the judge.
I find it interesting that many evangelists are always casting out one spirit or another. Michael left it with Jesus. Whose example should we follow? I think you know the answer to that question.
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