1 Enoch 104:2

Pseudepigrapha

1 I swear to you, that in heaven the angels remember you for good before the glory of the Great One: and your names are written before the glory of the Great One. 2 Be hopeful; for previously you were shamed through suffering and affliction; but now you shall shine as the lights of heaven, you shall shine and you shall be seen, and the portals of heaven shall be opened to you. 3 And in your cry, cry for judgment, and it shall appear to you; for all your tribulation shall be visited on the rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered you. 4 Be hopeful, and do not cast away your hopes for you shall have great joy as the angels of heaven.

Philippians 2:15

New Testament

12 So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God. 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world 16 by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast: that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain. 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you. 18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

 Notes and References

"... Three times in Philippians 1–2, transformation caused by the heavenly world comes into view. In the hymn, Christ is proclaimed as Lord Jesus by all powers from heaven, earth, and the underworld (2:10). The scene evokes the enthronization of the Son of Man in Daniel 7:13–14 as well as the enthronization of the slaughtered lamb in Revelation 5:6–14.10 In Philippians 1:23, Paul desires to depart and be with Christ (σὺν Χριστῷ εἶναι) and might thereby echo the apocalyptic promise of companionship with “God’s elected one” or the “Lord of the Spirits” in 1 Enoch 39:4–8.11 And when Paul challenges the community in Philippians 2:15 to become “children of God ... in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,” he resorts to one of the most traditional apocalyptic images, the resurrection (1 Enoch 104:2; Daniel 12:3; Testament of Moses 10:8–9; 4 Ezra 7:97; 2 Baruch 51:10) ..."

Standhartinger, Angela "Apocalyptic Thought in Philippians" in Stuckenbruck, Loren T. (ed.) The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought (pp. 233-244) Fortress Press, 2017

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