No. I started to read Bible around 1987, when I studied in Kiev Universtity - after reading a fantasy novel "The_Master_and_Margarita".Is that when you became interested in things Biblical?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita
It is very unusual: (second) half of it devoted to Jesus Christ trial before Pintius Pilate, and the (first half) is about fantastic mistycal events in early Soviet Russia. Soviet part is very sarcastic to Soviets. "Halfs" are shuffled in a novel.
Later in 2000 I have met with Konstantin Kholodov, a businessman of a small retail business (He was a friend of my cousin).
The inspiration came to me in 2004. At that time Hkolodov got an inpiration from God and entered into Church colledge in Kiev, becaming a priest.
Later we discussed an Apoclypse and the Bible many times with him. Unfortunatelly I was unable to revert him from his extreme nationalism, which I strongly oppose (in a peacefull way). And I broke our friendship in around 2016-2017, despite the fact that he is a godfather of my kid.
Now Konstantin Hkolodov is a very well-known priest, military capellan in Ukraine, deputy of chief capellan in Ukraine Army.
Here he congratulates Ukraine with Easter, just after president Zelensky:
(Zelensky are on warming before my godfather).
Here Zelensky honours Konstantin:
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3674581-zelenskij-nagorodiv-kapelaniv-aki-sluzat-u-zsu.html
Church was fully aware of full content of Biblical Apocalypse since 2005 - via my friend Hkolodov and in addition via one Metropolitan bishop:
https://saint.in.ua/arhierey/yepyskop-payisij-vzyav-uchast-u-svyatkuvanni-soboru-vinnytskyh-svyatyh-ta-dnya-tezoimenytstva-ochilnyka-vinnytsko-barskoyi-yeparhiyi/
https://orthodox.vinnica.ua/news/mytropolyt-symeon-pryvitav-z-70-littyam-mytropolyta-vinnytskoho-i-bratslavskoho-romana

