"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." -Matthew 5, verse 5.
I regard that one verse, and its implications, as one of the most dire, tragic, and hopeless of all the prophecies in the bible.
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." - Ecclesiastes I, verse 9 your statement is not so new. even the Bible itself gives phrophecy about the destruction of the world. so, those who lived in the 'old days' were not really (or did not need to be) ignorant concerning the destruction which would befall the earth. of course, the catch is to recognize/accept the new jerusalem as the inheritance of the "redeemed". _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com