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[Alexandr Korol]

And returning to the topic of the Last Judgment. To this day the topic of the Last Judgment keeps being highlighted to me from all sides, and I already understand: alright, so I have to make sure to mention the icons of the Last Judgment in the book too, to look at them, to pay attention to what gets highlighted for me. And what is being highlighted and shown to me is that where I am right now, or what I am approaching — and this really seems to be relevant at the present moment in time — is the second-to-last level on the icon. If you look carefully at the icons, you will see that events are unfolding, and they are all separated from one another, as if forming a ladder going upward. And on the second-to-last rung, let’s call it that, we can see that the Son of God is depicted there. You can draw an analogy there, compare what there is in common — how He is depicted, in what light, or what He is doing, whether He is standing or sitting, what is around Him. And the first thing you notice is that the serpent rising up from below reaches precisely to this level — that is, at the level where the Son of God is sitting, the serpent is no longer there.

This is the important thing I want to underscore — that the serpent isn’t there. But what should be paid attention to is this: besides this second-to-last level, there is one more level above it. And it is always set apart on its own, as if it has no connection at all with everything below. That is, all the levels below, down to the second-to-last, seem to be human, earthly, and visible. But the very last level seems to be already beyond human vision. That is how I perceive it. Now I also want to refer to what the internet gives me on this topic. Here is what is written: “At the very top is the Lord Sabaoth, God the Father on the throne, surrounded by the heavenly spheres, the angels, the apostles, the prophets. This is eternal glory. This is the uncreated light.” Pay attention — the uncreated light. My attention was drawn to this: what is created and what is uncreated. And so the last rank, the level, this very top, where the Lord Sabaoth is — this is the uncreated* light.

Further on: “Just below is Christ in Glory, in a mandorla, or on a rainbow, or a sphere, sometimes with a cross, or already as the Judge.” And here, too, what is worth paying attention to — what is worth googling, if it interests you as a reader. Look up all the icons of “Christ in Glory” and google or ask the artificial intelligence what is meant by “Christ in Glory” — what this is. And also look into what uncreated light and created light are. What “uncreated” and “created” mean in general.