The Book of Secrets
From the Dead Sea Scrolls
This scroll (otherwise known as the Book of Mysteries) is one that has caught the imagination of quite a few people, it was one of the texts that was chosen not to be included as part of the Bible, yet the actual words used within the text seem to be quite prophetic.
The scroll starts by addressing the type of reader that is expected to be reading it, I believe this text was written for prophets, calling them people who ‘understand parables and riddles’ and even understand the ‘origins of knowledge’. This idea of seeking the origins of knowledge is a theme throughout the scroll, mentioning the ‘secret of the way things are’ and that people have misunderstood the ‘eternal mysteries’.
The sections which seem to be prophetic are where it mentions an ‘Era of wickedness‘, and also in another part a time where evil will be wiped from the face of the Earth. It describes the comings and goings of nations and people, of oppression and the advancement and they way that things have always been, in a way saying how history repeats itself because we are all flawed and as humans we make the same mistakes over and over, and as nations we do the same also.
I think a very relevant text for today’s readers, although as this script is not published you may only find a copy of the interpreted scroll online. Recently more and more texts which were never previously published are being made available to the public.
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