The Apocalypse Blueprint: Revelation as Zoroastrian Frashokereti

Christianity’s Climax Is a Persian Script

November 14, 2025

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…”
— Revelation 21:1

“At the end of the third time, there will be a renovation, making the universe ageless and deathless, without decay and without corruption…”
— Bundahishn 30.1 (9th century CE, preserving ancient teaching)

Introduction: The Final Confession

The Book of Revelation — Christianity’s grand finale, its apocalyptic climax, its vision of the end times — is not original.

It is Frashokereti (frašō.kərəti): the Zoroastrian doctrine of cosmic renovation, written 500-1000 years before John of Patmos had his vision.

Every element:

• Final battle between good and evil
• Resurrection of the dead
• River of molten fire as judgment
• New heaven and new earth
• Elimination of death and suffering
• Eternal unity with God

All Zoroastrian. All documented. All predating Revelation by centuries.

This is not interpretation. This is textual, historical, and timeline fact.

PART I: THE ZOROASTRIAN ORIGINAL – FRASHOKERETI

What Frashokereti Teaches (Pre-100 CE)

From the Bundahishn 30.1ff (preserving ancient Avestan doctrine):

1. The Final Battle

“At the end of the ‘third time,’ there will be a great battle between the forces of good (yazatas) and those of evil (daevas) in which the good will triumph.”

2. The Saoshyant (Savior) Arrives

“On Earth, the Saoshyant will bring about a resurrection of the dead in the bodies they had before they died.”

3. Judgment Through Ordeal

“The yazatas Airyaman and Atar will melt the metal in the hills and mountains, and the molten metal will then flow across the earth like a river. All mankind—both the living and the resurrected dead—will be required to wade through that river.”

4. For the Righteous (Ashavan):

“It will seem like they are walking through warm milk.”

5. For the Wicked:

“The molten metal will purify them through intense suffering.”

6. Universal Renovation

“The material substance of bodies will be so light as to cast no shadow. All humanity will speak a single language and belong to a single nation without borders. All will share a single purpose, joining with the divine for perpetual exaltation of God’s glory.”

7. No More Death or Evil

“Evil will be destroyed, and everything will be in perfect unity with Ahura Mazda.”

The Four Doctrinal Premises

1. Good will eventually prevail over evil
2. Creation was initially perfectly good, but subsequently corrupted by evil
3. The world will ultimately be restored to the perfection it had at the time of creation
4. Salvation depends on the sum of thoughts, words, and deeds — no divine intervention can alter this

PART II: THE TIMELINE PROVES THE THEFT

The gap: Frashokereti documented 500-1000 years before Revelation.

PART III: THE PARALLEL BLUEPRINT

Side-by-Side Comparison

The Scholarly Verdict

Mary Boyce (leading Zoroastrian scholar):

“Zoroastrian eschatology becomes a fully formed component of the religion at least five hundred years before the birth of Jesus and the subsequent Gospel of John.”
(Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, 1979)

Encyclopaedia Iranica (APOCALYPTIC entry):

“The passages which Lactantius cites [from Oracles of Hystaspes, a Zoroastrian text known in the early Christian era] have close parallels, even in details, in Zoroastrian apocalyptic, notably in the Zand ī Wahman Yašt.”

Lawrence H. Mills (Avesta Eschatology Compared with the Books of Daniel and Revelations, 1908):

Documented systematic comparison showing Revelation borrowed Zoroastrian eschatological framework.

PART IV: THE HISTORICAL TRANSMISSION

How Did It Reach John of Patmos?

Phase 1: Jewish Apocalyptic (586-165 BCE)

• Jews exposed to Frashokereti during Babylonian Exile (586-539 BCE)
• Persian rule over Judea (539-332 BCE) continued exposure
• Book of Daniel (~165 BCE) = first Jewish apocalyptic text
• Daniel introduces: resurrection (12:2), final judgment, angelic warfare — all Zoroastrian

Phase 2: Intertestamental Period (165 BCE – 30 CE)

• Dead Sea Scrolls (Essenes) show full Zoroastrian apocalyptic (War Scroll, Damascus Document)
• Pharisaic Judaism adopts resurrection, final judgment, messiah concepts
• All waiting for Frashokereti under the name “Messianic Age”

Phase 3: Early Christianity (30-95 CE)

• Jesus teaches Pharisaic eschatology (= Zoroastrian-influenced)
• Paul (Pharisee) spreads resurrection/judgment/apocalypse theology
• John of Patmos (c. 95 CE) writes Revelation using this framework
• Revelation = Christian version of Frashokereti

The Oracles of Hystaspes Connection

The smoking gun:

The Oracles of Hystaspes was a Zoroastrian apocalyptic text well-known and respected in Syria and Asia Minor in the early centuries CE — exactly where Christianity was spreading.

Justin Martyr (2nd century CE) and Lactantius (4th century CE) both cite it extensively.

Lactantius’ citations from Hystaspes:

“Have close parallels, even in details, in Zoroastrian apocalyptic, notably in the Zand ī Wahman Yašt.”
— Encyclopaedia Iranica

Conclusion: Early Christians had direct access to Zoroastrian apocalyptic texts and used them.

PART V: SCENE-BY-SCENE BREAKDOWN

The Seven Churches = Seven Amesha Spentas?

Scholarly note: While direct 1:1 correspondence isn’t proven, the pattern of seven divine entities is distinctly Zoroastrian and absent in pre-Exile Judaism.

The Horsemen = Daeva Manifestations

Revelation 6: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

• Conquest, War, Famine, Death

Zoroastrian parallel:

• Daevas (evil spirits) bringing chaos, warfare, hunger, destruction during the final age

The Dragon = Angra Mainyu (Ahriman)

Revelation 12:9:

“The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.”

Zoroastrian original:

• Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) = cosmic adversary of Ahura Mazda
• Azi Dahaka (Avestan dragon) = three-headed dragon of evil
• Serpent/dragon imagery pervades Zoroastrian texts

Key fact: Satan as cosmic adversary does not exist in pre-Exile Judaism. In Job, Satan is God’s prosecutor, not enemy.

Post-Persian contact: Satan becomes Angra Mainyu.

The New Jerusalem = Restored Asha

Revelation 21:1-4:

“Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away… He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.”

Bundahishn 30.32:

“The final renovation will make the universe ageless and deathless, without decay and without corruption, for ever and eternal.”

Zoroastrian Asha = cosmic order/truth New Jerusalem = restoration of Asha

PART VI: WHAT REVELATION ADDED (THE CHRISTIAN SPIN)

Original Elements:

1. Jesus as the Lamb — Zoroastrianism has Saoshyant, not a sacrificial lamb figure
2. Specific references to Rome (“Babylon”) — contemporary political commentary
3. Christian martyrdom themes — reflects 1st century persecution
4. Trinitarian theology — developed Christian doctrine

But the Framework:

• ✅ Final battle: Zoroastrian
• ✅ Resurrection: Zoroastrian
• ✅ Judgment: Zoroastrian
• ✅ Lake of fire: Zoroastrian (molten river)
• ✅ New creation: Zoroastrian (Frashokereti)
• ✅ No more death: Zoroastrian
• ✅ Eternal unity with God: Zoroastrian

John of Patmos = Christian scribe applying Frashokereti to Jesus.

PART VII: THE LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE

Persian Loanwords in Revelation’s Eschatology

PART VIII: WHY THIS MATTERS

1. Revelation Is Not Original

Christianity’s climactic vision = rebranded Zoroastrian Frashokereti

The “unique divine revelation” to John of Patmos is actually a 1st-century CE retelling of a doctrine that was 500-1000 years old.

2. The Entire Christian Hope Is Persian

What Christians are waiting for:

• Christ’s return = Saoshyant (Zoroastrian)
• Resurrection = Frashokereti resurrection (Zoroastrian)
• Final judgment = Chinvat Bridge judgment (Zoroastrian)
• New heaven/earth = Cosmic renovation (Zoroastrian)
• End of death/suffering = Restoration of Asha (Zoroastrian)

2.4 billion Christians are waiting for a Persian prophecy.

3. The Pattern Repeats

Zoroastrianism (1500-1000 BCE)
↓
Judaism adopts it (586-332 BCE)
↓
Christianity inherits it (30-95 CE)
↓
Islam receives it (622-632 CE)
↓
4.3 billion people live by it today

PART IX: THE SCHOLARLY CONSENSUS

Who Acknowledges This?

Mary Boyce (Zoroastrians, 1979):

“Buddhist eschatology owes much to Zoroastrian ideas of world renewal.”

Lawrence H. Mills (Avesta Eschatology Compared with Daniel and Revelations, 1908):

Comprehensive documentation of systematic borrowing

Encyclopaedia Iranica (APOCALYPTIC entry):

“A Persian origin has been assigned to another prophetic utterance… which survives in the Book of Daniel (generally regarded as the oldest Jewish apocalyptic text).”

Richard P. Taylor (Death and Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia, 2000):

Documents Frashokereti as source of resurrection/judgment concepts

Academic consensus: Zoroastrian influence on Jewish/Christian apocalyptic is undeniable.

Why Isn’t This Common Knowledge?

Same reason as everything else:

• Religious institutions don’t teach it (undermines “unique revelation” claims)
• Academic knowledge stays in specialized journals
• Cultural inertia (“Judeo-Christian tradition” narrative)
• Acknowledging Persian primacy threatens Western religious authority

CONCLUSION: THE BLUEPRINT IS COMPLETE

The Book of Revelation is Zoroastrian Frashokereti with Christian characters.

Every core element = Persian.

Christianity’s climax, its ultimate hope, its final vision — is a 3,500-year-old Zoroastrian script.

The fire never went out.
It just got new actors.

References

Primary Sources

Zoroastrian Texts:

1. Bundahishn 30.1ff — Restoration doctrine (9th century CE compilation of ancient teaching)
2. Yasht 19.89 — Saoshyant prophecy
3. Zand ī Wahman Yašt — Apocalyptic visions
4. Oracles of Hystaspes — Cited by Justin Martyr, Lactantius

Biblical Texts:

1. Book of Daniel (c. 165 BCE) — First Jewish apocalyptic
2. Book of Revelation (c. 95 CE)
3. Isaiah 45:1 — Cyrus as “Messiah”

Scholarly Works

1. Boyce, Mary. Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. London: Routledge, 1979.
2. Mills, Lawrence H. Avesta Eschatology Compared with the Books of Daniel and Revelations. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Company, 1908.
3. Encyclopaedia Iranica. “APOCALYPTIC” entry. Online: www.iranicaonline.org
4. Taylor, Richard P. Death and Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2000.
5. Widengren, Geo. Die Religionen Irans. Stuttgart, 1965.
6. Bidez, J. and Cumont, F. Les mages hellénisés. Paris, 1938.
7. Windisch, H. “Die Orakel des Hystaspes,” Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie von Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, 28/5, 1929.
8. Cumont, Franz. “La fin du monde selon les mages occidentaux,” RHR 103, 1931.

Additional Documentation

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Christianity’s climax is a Persian script.
The fire never went out. 🔥