The Unexpected Truth
1 Corinthians 13:8 KJV
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Lost civilizations have vanished at what appears to be the heights of human accomplishment. The knowledge held at the Library of Alexandria was lost. It didn’t burn down all at once. Interest dwindled during the Roman period. Only part of its collection was accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during his civil war in 48 BCE. Some of it was rebuilt. Interest dwindled during the Roman period. What remained after Julius Caesar “accidentally” burned part of the collection during his civil war in 48 BCE, was lost over a period of 300 years. What was left was finally destroyed by a Palmyrene invasion between 270 and 275 CE.
Even the reference of Time was changed. The transition from BC/AD (Before Christ / After Death) to BCE/CE (Before Common Era / Common Era) was a gradual academic shift toward religious neutrality in 1700. BC and AD was a universal designation for well over a thousand years. (In 1,000 years, there are typically between 33 and 40 human generations.) Over 33 generations agreed on a new beginning of Time, after the death and resurrection of Christ. “Human progress” often covers up the past, and history can be lost within 3 generations.
Matthew 24:34-35
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Hebrews 4:12 NIV
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
