Judgment on Wickedness

Though not included in the Protestant canon, the ancient book of 1 Enoch holds significant theological weight for understanding Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament. Jude's epistle, in particular, draws from it, even quoting directly from 1 Enoch 1:9: "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." This passage vividly portrays a divine, cataclysmic intervention. It speaks of God's arrival with a multitude of angelic beings, not for salvation, but for a singular purpose: to judge and to convict. The emphasis is on the universality of this judgment, encompassing all the ungodly and every one of their impious actions and words.