Did Jude have the gift of prophecy?
I wonder. It certainly seems a strong possibility. Prophecy
is not merely a feature of the Old Testament, but is also numbered with the gifts given by the Holy Spirit to the New Testament church.
Prophecy was a practical gift. In the early church it also appears
to have been a fairly common one. It did not manifest itself in the expected esoteric, oddball mutterings but rather in “upbuilding and encouragement and consolation”. In this the prophet functioned similarly to the teacher in today’s church.
