The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 66
The just who shall escape the great judgment shall shine forth more than the sun sevenfold.
1nd now, my children, keep your souls from all injustice, such as the Lord hates.
2 Walk before his face with terror and trembling and serve him alone.
3 Bow down to the true God, not to dumb idols, but bow down to his similitude, and bring all just offerings before the Lord's face. The Lord hates what is unjust.
4 For the Lord sees all things; when man takes thought in his heart, then he counsels the intellects, and every thought is always before the Lord, who made firm the earth and put all creatures on it.
5 If you look to heaven, the Lord is there; if you take thought of the sea's deep and all the under-earth, the Lord is there.
6 For the Lord created all things. Bow not down to things made by man, leaving the Lord of all creation, because no work can remain hidden before the Lord's face.
7 Walk, my children, in long-suffering, in meekness, honesty, in provocation, in grief, in faith and in truth, in (reliance on) promises, in illness, in abuse, in wounds, in temptation, in nakedness, in privation, loving one another, till you go out from this age of ills, that you become inheritors of endless time.
8 Blessed are the just who shall escape the great judgment, for they shall shine forth more than the sun sevenfold, for in this world the seventh part is taken off from all, light, darkness, food, enjoyment, sorrow, paradise, torture, fire, frost, and other things; he put all down in writing, that you might read and understand.
Did You Know?
The just who shall escape the great judgment shall shine forth more than the sun sevenfold.
In this world the seventh part is taken off from light, darkness, food, enjoyment, sorrow, paradise, torture, fire, frost and other things.
Every thought is always before the Lord, who made firm the earth and put all creatures on it.
The Lord is there if you look to heaven or take thought of the sea deep and all the under-earth.
Enoch tells his children to love one another in long-suffering and faith till they go out from this age of ills as inheritors of endless time.
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Commentary
In brief
Enoch exhorts his children to avoid all injustice and idolatry, serving the true God alone with reverence while enduring trials in meekness, faith, and mutual love. The just who escape the great judgment will shine sevenfold brighter than the sun, since the Lord sees every thought and has recorded these matters for understanding.