1 Enoch 98:7

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5 And barrenness has not been given to the woman, but because of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children. 6 I have sworn unto you, sinners, by the Holy Great One, that all your evil deeds are revealed in the heavens, and none of your deeds of oppression are concealed or hidden. 7 And do not think in your spirit nor say in your heart that you do not know or see that every sin is recorded every day in heaven in the presence of the Most High. 8 From now on you know that all your oppression with which you oppress is recorded every day until the day of your judgment. 9 Woe to you, fools, for through your folly you shall perish; and you transgress against the wise, and good fortune shall not be your lot.

Jubilees 30:19

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18 Levi’s descendants were chosen for the priesthood and as Levites to serve before the Lord as we do for all time. Levi and his sons will be blessed forever because he was eager to carry out justice, punishment, and revenge on all who rise against Israel. 19 So blessing and justice before the God of all are entered for him as a testimony on the heavenly tablets. 20 We ourselves remember the justice which the man performed during his lifetime at all times of the year. As far as a thousand generations will they enter it. It will come to him and his family after him. He has been recorded on the heavenly tablets as a friend and a just man’. 21 I have written this entire message for you and have ordered you to tell the Israelites not to sin or transgress the statutes or violate the covenant which was established for them so that they should perform it and be recorded as friends.

 Notes and References

"... In the context of politeuma, the “book of life” in Phil 4:3 would be a heavenly citizenship list (compare Hebrews 12:23; Revelation 21:27). The biblical and apocalyptic ideas of heavenly books are multifaceted (compare 1 Enoch 1). There are books which contain the deeds of the righteous and sinners (compare 1 Enoch 98:6–8; 104:2, 7–8; Jubilees 30:19–23), and others record the prayers of the righteous (1 Enoch 99:3). Enoch can read the heavenly tablets on which the future is recorded (1 Enoch 103:1–4; compare Revelation 10:8–10) and sometimes those heavenly writings are lists of those to be saved (compare 1 Enoch 104:1). It is called “book of life” or “of the living” in LXX Psalm 68:29; Jubilees 36:10; Revelation 3:5; 13:9. On the concept, see Leslie Baynes, The Heavenly Book Motif in Judeo-Christian Apocalypses 200 B.C.E–200 C.E., (Leiden: Brill, 2011) ..."

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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