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1 Enoch

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Chapter 11

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.

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Compare 1 Enoch 11:1 and 1 Peter 1:4

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses · New Testament

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Summary

In 1 Peter, the faithful are promised an inheritance kept in heaven, similar to 1 Enoch’s vision of heavenly storehouses opening to pour out blessings. Both draw on texts like Micah and reflect common ancient Near Eastern ideas of divine storehouses.

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1 Enoch 11:1

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses
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.
300 BCE – 100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Enoch

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.
80–90 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Peter

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) ..."
Mark D. Mathews, Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful: Perspectives on Wealth in the Second Temple Period and the Apocalypse of John, SNTSMS 154 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), 45.

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