The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 27 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter X (part 2)

And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil.

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And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth.

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⌈ And all the children of men shall become righteous ⌉ , and all nations shall p.

39 offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me.

And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

Themes

◆Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

The text describes the cleansing of the earth from sin and oppression, implying the final judgment that precedes this restored state.

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◆Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

God speaks in the first person ('I will never again send'), demonstrating an active and personal divine presence.

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◆Ritual Puritypraxis

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

The command to cleanse the earth from uncleanness and sin reflects a focus on moral and spiritual purity required for the divine state.

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◇Frashokereticosmology

The final restoration/renovation of the cosmos.

[auto] The passage centrally depicts the final restoration and renovation of the cosmos through the cleansing of the earth and the return of abundance.

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