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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 123 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter XCI

XCI. 12.-17. The Last Three Weeks . CHAPTER XCI. 12. And after that there shall be another, the eighth week, that of righteousness, And a sword shall be given to it that a righteous judgement may be executed on the oppressors, And sinners shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous. p. 134 13 And at its close they shall acquire houses through their righteousness, And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore, 14 d . And all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness. 14 a . And after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world, b . And all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth, c . And the world shall be written down for destruction. 15. And after this, in the tenth week in the seventh part, There shall be the great eternal judgement, In which He will execute vengeance amongst the angels. 16. And the first heaven shall depart and pass away, And a new heaven shall appear, And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light. 17. And after that there will be many weeks without number for ever, And all shall be in goodness and righteousness, And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever.
Themes
Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

The passage mentions the Great King in glory and the powers of the heavens giving sevenfold light in the new heaven.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The unfolding of history through ordained weeks towards a specific divine end demonstrates active ordering of the cosmos.

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Living Godtheology

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

God is depicted as an active agent who executes vengeance, builds a house, and orders the weeks of history.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

History is structured into specific numbered weeks (eighth, ninth, tenth) and involves sevenfold light, indicating numbers as a cosmic structure.

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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.

[auto] The passage centrally details the great eternal judgement, righteous judgement revealed to the world, and vengeance executed on sinners and angels.

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Related passages · 2 parallels
buddhism|The Dhammapada|Chapter XIII, Section 1a
p. 47 CHAPTER XIII. THE WORLD. 167. Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world. 168. Rouse thyself! do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue! The vir…”
Both passages discuss the ultimate triumph of righteousness and the establishment of a new, virtuous world order. Passage A describes a series of weeks leading to the final judgement and a new heaven, while Passage B emphasizes following the law of virtue and the ultimate liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST€
Give heed unto the Rulers of the twelve Aeons, these which hated me in jealousy. Be watchful with my power and deliver me, and let me not remain in this darkness: because I believed thee, and they made me foolish greatly because I believed…”
Both passages describe a final judgement and a transformation of the world, with themes of righteousness, deliverance, and the establishment of a new, righteous order. They share a vision of ultimate justice and redemption, though they come from different mystical traditions.