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The 1652 Apocalypse Observations
This was finished before the errors of Nikon in 1652. The Old Believers have this manuscript from centuries ago that is a commentary on the book of Revelation. This ancient illuminated manuscript was first printed in the year 1625 at Kiev, in the pure Old Slavonic language. This book comprises the understanding of the ancient Church about the book of Revelation and its three-fold mysterious meaning. For a long time all subsequent Orthodox books about Revelation referenced this work. It has dozens of color images in it which clearly portray for us the events, no matter how well we can read the words. Below are some of these images. Three DjVu files containing the entire manuscript are available on this Russian
web site.
This part is to be kept quiet until the very last days.
The Mightiest Sword.
The Twenty-Four Elders Around the Throne.
Bitter Tasting Words.
Black (Petroleum?) Smoke Rising From the Pit.
Earthquakes, Tsunami’s and Warm Weather Cause Great Distruction.
The Beast and The Antichrist.
Taking the Mark of the Beast.
The Sea Turns to Blood.
The Sickle Cuts Away the Sins of this World.
The Blood will Flow to the Bridles of Horses.
The Sound of a Trumpet.
Paradise.
The River of Life.