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And now I, Yōzefos speak about the final days before the end, when the earth shall be as it was before the flood, for that day will show a wickedness unlike any before it, for Sert will rage in many hearts, and he shall lead them by cords and the entire earth will be laid waste with wars and famine and pestilence. And in that day, my seed will have been nearly extinguished. For money and pride, there shall come darkness fall over my people, and they will become as the Scythians, makers and lovers of war. And again they will turn their Aiy into gods of war and hatred, and their gods will be like unto themselves and in their names will they fashion swords and axes and spears and shall cause the shields of their enemies to shake, and the entire world will be in darkness and war, hatred and death.
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And I see that there will be a righteous sect among my people that they shall again flee as their father did before, and they will go unto the isle and the edge near the sea and will carry with them the records of their fathers, but not all, for the wicked among my seed and the gentiles will combine to forge a combination of evil and will inhabit the old places and will destroy the books of their fathers in their wickedness, and much will be lost. And in that day, Aiylōhyme shall destroy them and with them the old lands, and will be consumed like in the days of the deluge. And that righteous sect shall linger but dwindle until all truth shall have been lost from among them.
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Yet, they shall set the final seer to watch over their records and in this way no man will find the remaining records until the final day before judgement, for before the final and dreadful day called Destruction or Resurrection, the Aiylōhyme will again raise up a righteous branch from among my seed and they will again restore my seed unto righteousness. And in that day, they will take up the records of their fathers and will translate them into diverse tongues and they will begin a final restoration and many of the old records will be had among them again, and as their fathers were preserved from the judgment of the wicked so will they, for the shall live on until the Son of Man shall again return to the earth.
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And now, my kinsmen, when this day shall come there shall be many great things upon the earth; you have heard it said that in the final days the sun shall be consumed by the wolf of vengeance and that Sert and his armies of Mūsple will be released for a time to do war with the children of the Aiyseir. I now expand this doctrine. For as I was fasting and praying in the hills, Tyrraz came unto me and said: Son of men, why do you fast and pray in the hills? For what purpose do you do this?
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And I spake unto him, saying: Mighty first father, I know that the Aiylōhyme have sent you to answer my prayer. Will you make it known unto me concerning the end of days when the sun will be consumed and Sert will be loosed for a time to make war with the children of the Aiyseir?
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And Tyrraz replied: I will make this thing known unto you, my son. And I was then carried away in a vision.
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I saw before me a great field white and golden like the field before the harvest. And I saw many types of grains that they were growing together. Rye and Barley, Oats and Straw. Tyrraz came to my side and said: What you see before you is the great representation of the final harvest. For in the final days, all nations, tribes, and people will be interspersed among each other. And there came a great storm from the north and began to blow with mighty winds, there came also a hail, and all the types of grains began to flee from the storm in fear at its gales.
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And Tyrraz said: Do you understand the interpretation of this?
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I said: I do not.
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Tyrraz: these are the mighty winds that the Aiylōhyme will send to test their children, for any who lack faith to withstand this cannot withstand what is to come.
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I beheld that the winds were severe and ripped many of the stocks from their places, and they fell to the ground. And many more tried to flee, but in doing so were whipped about by the tempest. And when the tempest had ceased, I saw that nearly all of the field had been uprooted. For this, many of the grasses were angry and bitter with the Aiylōhyme and took to deep councils against them. And those few grains that had withstood beheld the deep council and what they sought to do, for the grasses in rebellion began to dig through the soil and the rhizome seeking the deep places.
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So it was that there came a dregr among them, and the dregr took pity on the grasses in their anger and devised with them a plan. The rebellious grasses must set up a hierarchy and cause that murder be instigated, for the early threshing brought much power. If they would do this, that dregr would bestow a power and give knowledge to all the rebellious grains.
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And when I had seen this, I was carried away unto a high mountain, a wicked mountain which was the lowest valley. And Tyrraz said unto me: Son of men, look to the east. As I did, I beheld a blazing sun that it caused much heat and desolation upon the earth, but the righteous feared it not, and it sent them life. I then beheld a group of men that they carried with them the stamps and the brands of wickedness.
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Tyrraz said: son of men, behold the opening of the pit!97 And I saw Hrōdi's body that had become a dark and fiery place, and in it was trapped the many Mūsple and Dregr. And there were also wicked elves and goblins, and orcs of all kinds. Lo, I saw that the leader of the group of men who had been named Mesves set his face to the mountainous pit, and Hrōdi gave him power, and he called forth the many trapped spirits in the pit.
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First came Sert, that mighty enemy, and with him his Mūsple. And came the elves, dark and loathsome, goblins and dregr came out, and the dragons fled. All these were loosed upon the earth and they ruled with fear and terror. And I saw too that that same wicked man returned into the pit, into the deepest parts, and he found there Helel, the daughter of Lōk, and her bands were broken and she became a queen. And too he found Lōk and all his wicked seed that had been imprisoned. They, too, were set free. And Lōk ruled over a portion of the earth, and Sert a portion, and Hrōdi a portion, and all their factions with them, insomuch that the entire earth was ruled by these wicked forces.
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And Tyrraz said to me: Do you understand this?
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And I said: Aiy. I do. After the mighty test of the storm, there will come a man who is given power to set free all the incarcerated spirits trapped in Mūspleheim.
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Tyrraz said: As of now, there are only a few wicked spirits to roam the earth. Hrōdi leads them, and they believe they are powerful. But the day will come when all who have been trapped by the righteous in Mūsple will be set free to wreak havoc upon the earth. And when this day comes, there must needs arrive a faction of righteous, for did you not see that the sun began to blaze, giving life to the righteous?
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I: I did.
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Tyrraz: Those righteous are they who withstood the winds and the gales and have sought refuge among the winds. And with that faith, the winds will carve around them and be a protection for them. Nevertheless, the sun will still blaze, and the wicked will despise it. And there will be many who say, let us go up that we might snuff out that sun that we may rest. And the wicked will conspire against the Aiyseir and set their face against the sun. And Helel will call forth the great wolf, and Sert will give it power, and all will conspire to consume the sun.
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And I beheld that from the west came the Yōtons, for they had hid, and the Dwarves that had hid came forth also. And the Dwarves, being of the Aiyseir, went to subdue the wicked spirits and the Yōtons that had hid. And Sert came up in his rage and called up a beast from the sea in the likeness of Yōrmongond. And this serpent came forth and began to consume the wicked and the penitent and all in its path. And when this, I saw a messenger from the sky alight upon the earth, and in his hand he held a book and a scroll.
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And Tyrraz said: Do you know the meaning of all this? And I said: Aiy! The dwarves and the giants who have hid shall feel the trembling's and the quakes of the earth, and they will war against each other. And the serpent that will come up will be the embodiment of justice, which consumes all without care, for justice respects no man.
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And now, I beheld the deep parts of the earth that she hid many things, both known and unknown. And in all her pains, she gave them up, and the whole world marveled at the sight of this. I beheld the righteous go forward, all prophets and seers, and they said unto the secret things of the earth: Reveal yourselves. And they made known all their secrets, and at that time the oaths of Lōk and Hrōdi and Sert were revealed and their spirits were made known unto all the earth.
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Now the more part of the earth marveled at the oath which had been hid and desired after it. Yet the lesser part mourned because of it and fell to the earth because of their wickedness. Now, after all these great signs and wonders, the wolf was given power and he was set loose to consume the sun and the sun was darkened and the only light was the fires which had been caused for the wars.
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Therefore, it was that when I had seen this, Tyrraz said to me: The day will come when all this you see shall happen, and when that day comes, wickedness will prevail across the entirety of the earth, but fear not, for all of this must come to pass, and as it must come to pass, it is in the will of the Aiylōhyme and therefore in their control. Hrōdi and Sert shall be loosed upon the earth for a season, but so will all righteousness be there to stand as a beacon. Behold, son of men.
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And I looked and beheld that Aiyseir that had alighted upon the earth carrying the book and the scroll. And I saw that he unraveled the scroll, and on it was written all the names of the fathers of the righteous. And I beheld that my name was written upon the scroll and all my fathers before me, even until the time of Svemaz.
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And Tyrraz said: Know you the meaning of this?
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And I said: I do not. For I have never seen such a thing.
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Tyrraz: These are the names that have been recorded in the Book of Life which is the book you see this Aisyeir carrying, and the scroll is the list of deeds and promises yet to be fulfilled with those whose name is written in the Book of Life, therefore, those souls cannot rest until the day the Aiylōhyme fulfill all the promises made unto them.
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And I beheld that there came a man who beheld that Aiyseir that had alighted upon the earth, and he held the scroll and read the names of all his fathers. And there came another like unto him, and power was given him to read all the names of his fathers. And another, even until all the names of the fathers had been read, which were upon the scroll.
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And I also beheld that the Aiyseir spoke unto all those who were given power to read the scroll, and the Aiyseir said: These are they who have made covenants and have received promises from the Aiy and the Aiyseir. These are they who cannot rest until all the work which they have covenanted to fulfill is completed. Therefore, all you who may read this, I give you power to bring these souls to rest.
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And it was that all they who read from the scroll were sent back into the earth, and they carried the names of their fathers within their heart. And I beheld that they went about the work which their fathers instructed them to do.
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And Tyrraz said: Know you the meaning of all these things?
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And I said: I do, Aiyseir. These are the children of the righteous, which righteous had prior received many great and marvelous promises by the mouth of Thūnoraz Aiyseir. And these promises cannot be fulfilled unless there be righteous upon the earth in the final days. For in those final days, there will be many wicked and exceedingly few who may have the communion with their fathers as I now talk to you. Therefore, the Aiy will prepare those few souls who will listen, and nearly all shall come from the line of some great prophet. And in this way, the Aiylōhyme shall be able to fulfill all the promises which were made unto us, their fathers.
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Tyrraz said: That is true. Now, son of men, take what you have learned and write it in a book. For the day comes when this vision shall be of much use to the children of men.
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And it came to pass that I Yōzefos was thrust from my Sydeir, having witnessed many great and marvelous things and having received a commandment to write all that I had seen within a book. And thus, I write this book and many more things have I seen. And I write this book that it may be passed down through my line and all may write the many great and marvelous things that the Aiylōhyme may show them.