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In 1 Peter, the faithful are promised an inheritance kept in heaven, language similar to 1 Enoch’s vision of heavenly storehouses opening to pour out blessings. Both texts draw on language found in the Hebrew Bible and reflect common ancient Near Eastern ideas of divine storehouses.
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1 Enoch 11:1
Pseudepigrapha
1 And in those days, I will open the storehouses of blessings that are in heaven, so as to send them down upon the earth to bless the work and labor of the children of men. 2 And truth and peace will be joined together throughout all the days of the world and through all the generations of men.
Date: 200-50 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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1 Peter 1:4
New Testament
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
Date: 60-65 C.E. (If authentic), 80-90 C.E. (If anonymous) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... God cleanses the earth from all iniquity and an age is envisioned in which God ‘opens the store chamber of heaven’ upon the righteous (1 Enoch 11:1–2), language taken from the blessings of the Deuteronomistic tradition (Deuteronomy 28:16) ..."
Mathews, Mark D.
Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John
(p. 45) Cambridge University Press, 2013
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