The Divine Incantations Scripture[a] is the oldest-known Chinese classic text that details an apocalypse.
The Divine Incantations Scripture sought to clarify the general function of gods as “merely the officials of the celestial bureaucracy”.
[3] It also mentions Li Hong – a messianic liberator who appears at the chaotic endings of time cycles to restore order in heaven and on earth.
This text was unique for its time in that it promised the aid of celestial “ghost troops” to aid upholders of its teachings, and acknowledged the dynamic obedience and simultaneous danger of various “daemon kings” that also inhabited a fantastical version of the metaphysical world.
These characteristics draw interesting parallels with the cosmic and celestial warfare depicted in the Book of Revelation completing the New Testament canon of the Christian Bible.