Did divine revelation continue after the faith was fully revealed to Gods people (Jude 3)?
Because God has no more to add to the faith, Jude 3 looks to some people like a clear statement that all divine revelation would cease once the Bible was no longer being written. Jude 3 reads as follows: Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Does this verse actually say anything about when divine revelation would cease, or indeed whether it ever has? When Jude was writing these words, which had not yet become part of the New Testament, divine revelation was indisputably still taking place. The New Testament – Jude’s letter itself! – was still being written, and had certainly not yet been delivered to the saints. John MacArthur tries to dispose of this time problem by presuming that Jude’s statement “looked forward to the completion of the entire canon.” [1] But what evidence does he find in the text to suppos
