2 Baruch
Chapter 23
- 1 And I answered and said: 'Not so, O LORD, my Lord.'
- 2 And He answered and said unto me: 'Why therefore are you troubled about that which you know not, and why are you ill at ease about things in which you are ignorant?
- 3 For as you have not forgotten the people who now are and those who have passed away, so I remember those who are appointed to come.
- 4 Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then the multitude of those who should be born was numbered, and for that number a place was prepared where the living might dwell and the dead might be guarded.
- 5 Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead.
- 6 And again it is given to you to hear what things are to come after these times.
- 7 For truly My redemption has drawn nigh, and is not far distant as aforetime. 24. The coming Judgment.