The Prophecy of Zarah
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the early part of the 20th century is one of the most important episodes in the field of Bible scholarship. They have been studied and transcribed for decades, so it was quite a shock when an unnoticed Hebrew text was found in the collection. The theology of this text, apart from references to Sheol (the abode of the dead) and the primordial chaos monster Leviathan, is quite unlike anything found in the Qu’mran community, the Bible or the Ancient Near East as a whole. Here is the entirety of the text, as translated so far:
This is the vision of prophetess Zarah
revealed to her in the dark of a dead land
and written in the dust of a blind moon.
There are Things that were tamed in the beginning of the cosmos
and chained by the stars
which were placed in a sigil of five dimensions
in the tongue of a formless race which was ancient
before the elements.
Their servants were condemned to the mirrors,
to serve as reflections until the sigil of stars
comes undone.
At that time their Masters will return
and the one called Leviathan will drown the stars
in his ichorous waters.
The Gods of man will be as mortals
and those who knew life after death will suffer
as the living.
Blessed are the godless.
Blessed are those for whom death is extinction.
All the host of Heaven and Hell will alike
be tormented by the returned Ones,
whose hatred has festered for millions of years
as the burning stars chained them
beyond the attainable World.
The Reflections will creep from the mirrors and waters
to cackle and sizzle in a tongue without reason:
and they will catch mortals and drive them to madness
and those will be lucky:
for their Masters will come and they will not allow
the salvation of Madness.
Time will die before them and their reign will be timeless.
Reason will be slaughtered and space will be senseless.
Black stars will hang in the sky choked in ichorous waters.
The Gods of the mortals will be feeble before them
and no law will be left but the whim of the hateful,
the Things that were chained when the cosmos were formed.
Blessed are the dead who know nothing.
Blessed are those who did not trust Salvation
but had faith in extinction at the dust of the body.
These are the only ones who are spared.
All of this I, Zarah, have seen in the dead land,
and inscribed in the dust of a blind moon.
It has been revealed to me in Sheol,
and been made known to me in the Pit.
And it has been shown to me that writings from Sheol
will be seen in the land of the living
as the chain of the stars become weaker.
As the sigil comes closer to breaking, the
It should be noted that the translators make the ridiculous assertion that more writing appeared from the start to the completion of their reconstruction of this text, and indeed that vague impressions of letters have already formed below the last sentence, which now ends at “the”. This should be taken as a highly unprofessional attempt at explaining away the slow process of translation. The grisly suicides of, as of this writing, two of the original translation team, should likewise be ignored.
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Credited to mngamojemo.
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Yes, this story is glorifying atheists. I’m a Christian. I’m not offended. Y’all shouldn’t be either.
Have an ice day.
Rereading this six years later, I really appreciate how butthurt all the people who think I’m an atheist got.
For the record: I’m not named Sarah or an atheist, but I am pretty pale. “Zara” (זארה) is Hebrew for “stranger”. Obsidian mirrors existed in the general Mesopotamian area for thousands of years before the intended time period of this, although only in the hands of the upper classes- the class any female who was literate would almost certainly belong to. The diction was absolutely not supposed to resemble King James’ holy book: it was “translated” by moderners, and written while I was reading through the NRSV text of the Oxford Annotated Bible.
I got paid 50 bucks for this by a Lovecraftian ezine, even though I made it clear in the submission that it had already been published on the defunct pre-wikia http://www.creepypasta.com. Don’t know who ported it here when that went down, but I appreciate them. :) This is no classic, but a few people got it, and that’s all I need.
Goku’s kicking that things ass
* looks at bible.* I wonder if I should burn it?
I liked it. It wasn’t creepy, or scary. I put it with all the other “apocalypse” stories I’ve heard. Mildly entertaining, and fantastical.
I cannot even begin to say how much of a waste this is,but then again,it’s just a atheist’s idea on ”the world and whats to come” so why should I pay any attention to it?
But who was Cthulhu?!
Kinda funny but to whomever is reminded of Lovecraft by this: It is based on the prophecies of ancient Mesopotamian peoples, such as the Sumerians, Zoroastrians, etc. Lovecraft had an early fascination with the Middle East, however the things he wrote about were too similar to recent discoveries on the ancient cultures aforementioned than were available widely in the twenties.
Mr Lovecraft knew something.
In fact he frequently sited influence from his dreams. So make of that what you will.
I’ve been living in a place and a life that sees most of this as a reality, Someday you may hear my stories here too. Or elsewhere. I wish only to help. If it peaks your curiosity, dig deeper. Be careful. Be ready, Because shit may hit the fan soon should we fail here…
I am not trying to appear self important. I’m just different. And I want to do all I can to help all I can in the time I have. Understand my goal and my seriousness.
After all, I’m only trying to help.