Both texts make reference to the Lamb(s) of God, to a messianic figure who will herald the end of days, to the beasts (dragons and leviathons) who will raze the earth of sinners, and both texts describe a very similar process by which this earth will be destroyed, and replaced by the eternal "holy city.... " The monsters in Enoch serve a dual purpose, both physical and intellectual.8 According to Rabbi Johanan, the "flesh of the monsters will be of great physical nourishment for the bodies of the righteous," serving the physical needs of those whom God saves during the end ...

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