Jubilees 23:30

Pseudepigrapha

29 They will complete and live their entire lifetimes peacefully and joyfully. There will be neither a satan nor any evil one who will destroy. For their entire lifetimes will be times of blessing and healing. 30 Then the Lord will heal his servants. They will rise and see great peace. He will expel his enemies. The righteous will see this, offer praise, and be very happy forever and ever. They will see all their punishments and curses on their enemies. 31 Their bones will rest in the earth and their spirits will be very happy. They will know that the Lord is one who executes judgment but shows kindness to hundreds and thousands and to all who love him.

1 Enoch 96:1

Pseudepigrapha

1 Be hopeful, you righteous; for suddenly the sinners will perish before you, and you will have dominion over them according to your desires. 2 And on the day of the tribulation of the sinners, your children shall rise and soar as eagles, and higher than the vultures will be your nest. You shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth and the clefts of the rock forever, like coneys before the unrighteous, while the sirens will mourn because of you and weep. 3 Therefore, do not fear, you who have suffered; for healing shall be your portion, and a bright light shall illuminate you, and the voice of rest you shall hear from heaven.

 Notes and References

"... further apocalyptic motifs can be found throughout the canonical letter. Philippians 1:1–3:1 4:1–7 is called a “letter of joy” because Paul makes continual requests to rejoice (χαίρειν κτλ) and there are reassurances of joyful feelings on both sides: Paul’s (Philippians 1:4, 18; 2:2, 17; 4:1) and the community’s (1:25; 2:18, 28; 3:1). When Paul finally prompts the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always; I shall say it again: rejoice ... The Lord is near” (Philippians 4:4–5), the eschatological dimension of this joy becomes obvious. Despite current sufferings (Compare Philippians 1:12–18, 28–30), Paul and the community participate already in the heavenly joy as God’s righteous ones in their state of salvation, similar to such announcements in late prophetic and apocalyptic literature. (Compare Isaiah 65:17-22; 1 Enoch 103:3; Jubilees 23:30; 1 Enoch 51:5; 1QS 4:7; 2 Baruch 73:2; and more) The final day is called here characteristically the “day of Christ” (ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ, Philippians 1:6, 10; 2:16). It is not so much a day of judgment, as is the “day of the Lord” in 1 Corinthians 3:13; 5:5 (Compare Amos 5:18, 20; etc.), but it is a day of praise and glory for those who remain faithful.9 “Christ’s day” in Philippians will be a day of salvation similar to the way Paul quotes from LXX Isaiah 49:8 in 2 Corinthians 6:2 ..."

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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