ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE

ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE Standing at the end of human history, we stand on the threshold of Paradise. Man has been seeking a Paradise on earth for thousands of years due to his natural urges. With the coming of the industrial revolution and the age of consumerism, man thought that he could build a Paradise on earth, that the industrial age would culminate into the perfect world—Paradise—that he longs for. The superficiality of the notion that man could make a Paradise on Earth was severely dashed with the coming of pollution, acid rain and global warming. Moreover, now the Covid-19 pandemic has made man realise to the last extent that he cannot build a Paradise on earth. Instead, they are showing that not only is it impossible to build a Paradise on earth, but the present world has almost reached its end. Such signs, both in nature and in history, appear continually. It seems that the period—the period set for the present world by its Creator, has now expired, and the time has come for this temporary world to be