Zoroastrian eschatology

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Zoroastrian eschatology, by 500 BC, had fully developed a concept of the end of the world through a divine devouring in fire.^{[citation needed]}

According to Zoroastrian philosophy, redacted in the Zand-i Vohuman Yasht, "at the end of thy tenth hundredth winter [...] the sun is more unseen and more spotted; the year, month, and day are shorter; and the earth is more barren; and the crop will not yield the seed; and men [...] become more deceitful and more given to vile practices. They have no gratitude.

Honorable wealth will all proceed to those of perverted faith [...] and a dark cloud makes the whole sky night [...] and it will rain more noxious creatures than winter."

Saoshyant, the Man of Peace, battles the forces of evil.^{[citation needed]} A resurrection will then occur, and the righteous will live in peace for eternity while evil will be condemned to an eternal existence within molten metal. The righteous will, "wade through the metal as if warm milk," while the evil are scalded.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of the battle between the righteous and wicked, the Last Judgement of all souls will commence. Sinners will be punished for three days, but are then forgiven. The world will reach perfection as poverty, old age, disease, thirst, hunger, and death are halted.

[edit] See also

• As-Sirāt

[edit] External links

• Eschatological beliefs
• Zand-i Vohuman Yasht
• Frasho-Kereti

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