"And I saw Nine Riders amidst Nine Mounts, and He spoke to me: 'Child of God, see you these Nine?
Nine shall be the Sufferings inflicted upon the world of the Children before it Passes,
Nine shall be the Tribulations through which you will be tested,
Beware the Nine, for it is an ill number.'
And I saw a man riding a pale mount,
And as he passed the world cried out with loss and despair,
The Crowns of the world could not stand against him.
In his wake I saw the form of an elf, riding aback a giant spider,
And as she passed she spoke foul words, and the world descended into discord.
Then, in her wake, I saw a man riding a giant wolf, rapacious and feral,
And brother fought against brother, sister against sister, Children amongst themselves.
A dragon appeared, and the beast had six heads, and beneath those dark wings the world shook,
And I heard the cries of children destitute, devoid of their possessions.
I saw a gaunt figure riding astride a ravenous beast,
And the world cried out in hunger, with not a morsel left.
Then a rider atop a diseased steed,
Bringing plague and death in his wave.
And a giant bat appeared, bearing the seventh rider,
Shrouding the world in darkness with his black wings.
And in the gloom I saw a dreadful sight, a Prince holding Death in his claw,
And the dead rose and danced in his wake, as a mockery of life once lived.
But none of these eight was more dreadful than the ninth,
The Lord of the Nine, the Enemy astride his black steed, bearing his dread sword,
And I beheld him, and knew his name was Oppression.
And I was filled with dread at their sight as I saw the world burn beneath them,
But He spoke to me again, and showed me a maiden clad in golden light, shining from within.
In her hand she held the True Sword with power of Sun and Moon,
And she gathered to her the saints from all corners of the world.
And He said unto me: "For them who trust in the light of Sun and Moon,
No darkness shall blind their eyes. I shall gather them unto me.
But woe to them who despair and turn away from the light,
For they shall fall into the darkness and be consumed by it.
Blessed they whose is the Reign of Eternity, the Reign of God's Child,
For they shall brave the great Sufferings and be born anew."
"And I saw a man made of light itself, blazing like sun and moon, of all the bloods of the Children and of none. Twelve Stars crowned His head, and mountains arose as he spoke. And He said: "Fear not - all shall pass, but I shall be with you at the end of all things as I was at the beginning." And I saw before Him the peoples of the Once-Created, laid at His feet, some clad in light and some in shadow. And those who were in the light gave Him praise, saying: 'Glory be to God, the Father of Filius Larethias, for He has come to right all things in Himself. He has accepted the reign and shattered the Crowns. Now is His time and His eternity. He has come at the end to bring the beginning. Sacred is He, the Creator and the Redeemer, the Cradle and the Grave, the Beginning and the End, Who Is, Who Was, Who Shall be.' And the man spoke to Me: "Child of God, speak you to your brothers and sisters of what I have shown you. Know that I shall come soon. I shall wipe away all tears, and there shall be no more death. Neither sorrow nor crying, nor anymore pain." Amen! Amen! Praise be to God! Come, Lord and Brother, make haste to save us!"
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