In these notes, written on a letter bearing the remnants of its red seal wax, Newton calculated- based on the Book of Daniel 7:25- that the End of Days will arrive in the year 2060.  Newton's calculations relied on his belief that the starting point for his calculations was the year 800 c.e, when Charlemagne founded the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope's supremacy commenced. Here, Newton believed, began the period of the "Apostate" Church's deepest corruption which will end in apocalyptic events such as plagues and fires, the terrible battle of Armageddon and eternal damnation of the wicked mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

Newton's extensive study of Christian doctrine brought him to the conclusion that the doctrine of the Trinity was a corruption of the original Biblical doctrine. He believed that the Scriptures taught that God is one divine person and that this one divine person is the Father, while Christ is the literal Son of God, having no human father.

Newton hid his beliefs. Had his contemporaries known of them he would have been considered a heretic. He however, believed that he held the true belief.

 

Citations from the 'Twelve Statements on God', in the attached photograph

Par. 1 - "The [word] God is no where in the scriptures used to signify more than the three persons at once."

Par. 3 - "When ever it is said in the scriptures that there is but one God, it is meant of the Father."

Newton believed that the temple described in the prophecy of Ezekiel would materialize at the End of Days. He therefore invested much effort in studying matters related to the Jewish Temple and its rituals.

This trilingual manuscript- written in Latin, Hebrew and Greek- shows that Newton was familiar not only with the work of  scholars of his time but also with the ancient Jewish sources including the Mishna , the Zohar, the Talmud, and many more.

On the third line from the top Newton copied, in meticulous Hebrew script, the words:

ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד "Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for all eternity".

Newton's preoccupation with the Apocalypse of John elicited this realistic map of the Near East which illustrates the geography of the region in which the Apocalyptic events will occur. According to Revelations 9, four angels will be released on the Euphrates River and will punish the sinners. Newton believed that the Fifth Trumpet is Islam, and the Sixth – the Ottoman Empire. He also identified the four angels as the Sultanates marked out on the map: Iconium, Damascus, Mosul and Miapharekin.

Besides being a brilliant scientist and theologian, Newton also displayed adroit skills as an administrator. In 1696, he was appointed Warden of the Royal Mint in London. In this capacity Newton wrote this letter to the tin mine owners, explaining to them through meticulous calculations that Her Majesty, Queen Anne, has already purchased from them much more tin than she can sell, leaving her with "dead stock" (surplus), which can only be sold at a loss.

He therefore announces his decision to end the contract with them.

Newton also took a deep interest in alchemy. Although most of the alchemical papers are in Cambridge, the NLI possesses some alchemical papers, amongst which there is one unique page. It is a part of Newton's copy of an English translation made in 1624 of The Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures, by the famous French Alchemist Nicholas Flamel. Newton sketched Flamel's symbolic figures, and described their alchemical role in the text below .

 

photograph:

"She is now like a Lion devouring all metallic nature and turning it to pure gold…"