1 Enoch 61:5

Pseudepigrapha

4 The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect, And those are the measures which shall be given to faith And which shall strengthen righteousness. 5 And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths of the earth, And those who have been destroyed by the desert, And those who have been devoured by the beasts, And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea, That they may return and stay themselves On the day of the Elect One; For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits, And none can be destroyed.

2 Corinthians 1:14

New Testament

12 For our reason for confidence is this: The testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God—not by human wisdom but by the grace of God—we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you. 13 For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely 14 just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 15 And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us,

 Notes and References

"... Though the term itself is not used frequently, the concept of a day when God would judge and save pervades this literature (e.g., Apocalypse of Abraham 29:14–21; 1 Enoch 1:3–9; 100:1–6; 2 Baruch 24:1–2; 83:1–7). In some instances an agent of judgment and restoration works on behalf of God, and so the day may be designated by some appropriate expression such as the “day of the Elect One” (1 Enoch 61:5). This day is understood as bringing to an end the present age and to usher in the glorious age to come (e.g., 2 Esdras 7:112–114; 2 Enoch 65:5–11). The Gospels and the letters of Paul use the terms “day of the Lord” and “day of judgment” in continuity with the emphases of Jewish apocalyptic literature (e.g., Matthew 10:15; 11:22, 24; 12:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2). They do, of course, understand the “Lord” in the “day of the Lord” to be a reference to Jesus Christ and his role as judge at the Parousia (e.g., 1 Corinthians 1:8; 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:14). Also in continuity with Jewish literature, Paul uses the expression “day of Christ” to identify explicitly Jesus Christ as the agent of judgment ..."

Martin, Ralph P. Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments (p. 431) InterVarsity Press, 1997

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