I am not sure parts of the bible were not written in anticipation of times like these and play into the hands of TPTB, especially Revelation as it plays on our fear and that is how they control us. Like I said if you study the dark ages it is a period much like today and I believe if humanity as a whole does not wake and address our own dark sides we are doomed to repeat it. A lot of people are waking up today but not enough yet. I hope we do before we are plunged into the abyss. I am starting to feel that this is not a god ordained process written in stone(as TPTB would have us believe) other than the fact that if we do not wake up to our true natures(god given)and deal with our dark sides we will suffer greatly and my have to repeat this cycle all over again.