Jesus Lives. John 20:29
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Here's one example. In the late Middle Ages, mainly the 15th century, all of civilization seemed to be dying out. The Black Death (Plague) had killed up to half the population in Western Europe and there was no known remedy. People blamed the Jews in some cases and killed them. All social institutions were in chaos. The old standards were not holding--Feudalism was dying, an orderly and powerful Christian Church (Papal, of course) was corrupted and no longer trusted by many people, rebellions and wars were epidemic, the economy had shifted from local self-sufficiency to commerce and new classes were rising as others were falling, science was beginning to challenge religious knowledge, the Renaissance was competing against not only old forms of expression but traditional values, too, and on top of this there were some of the worst natural disasters ever experienced by Western man. Is it any wonder that people thought that the end of the age was upon them?
Well, has anyone really seen what scientific things
Probably.
Maybe.
Time and time again in the past, people in Western Civilization were convinced by the trends in society that the end was going to be THEN! But it didn't happen. The fact is that the church has had its highs and lows throughout history and each low has prompted some reform movement that launched the church into a new era of prominence, although not in exactly the same way as before.
So we could be close to the end, but don't count on it. Do count on the church not just wimping away until it is no more. Something will happen to prevent that, but when and how is not clear at this time.
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