2 Baruch 20

Related ancient text — scholarly reference

Extra-canonical text — not LDS scripture and not in the KJV Apocrypha. Provided as scholarly reference for parallel literature of the Second Temple period and the early Christian era. Read with discernment; the Apostle Jude quotes 1 Enoch and Paul knew this material, but inclusion here is for study, not doctrine.

1Therefore, behold! the days come, and the times shall hasten more than the former, and the seasons will speed on more than those that are past, and the years shall pass more quickly than the present (years).

2Therefore have I now taken away Zion, in order that I may the more speedily visit the world in its season.

3Now therefore hold fast in thy heart everything that I command thee, and seal it in the recesses of thy mind.

4And then I will show thee the judgement of My might, and My ways which are past finding out.

5Go therefore and sanctify thyself seven days, and eat no bread, nor drink water, nor speak to anyone.

6And afterwards come to that place and I will reveal Myself to thee, and speak true things with thee, and I will give thee commandment regarding the method of the times; for they are coming and tarry not.'

Public-domain text (R.H. Charles 1913 and equivalents). These works are not canonical, but several were widely read in antiquity and one (1 Enoch) is quoted by name in Jude 1:14–15. Useful for understanding the doctrinal landscape from which the apostles and earliest saints taught.