Where there is carrion there are eagles, and from the nation of sinners shall arise martyrs of the truth of God.

As the trees blossom and sprout after the hard winter, so shall the Kingdom of Heaven blossom forth from the purified people.

For the glad tidings will penetrate through the whole universe, and happy will be the nations which accept it." "Heaven upon earth ?" asked someone from the swaying crowd.

Jesus answered: "Not your heaven upon earth! Not that! For the earth is too weak to bear heaven.

The earth is doomed, and of that doom the downfall of Jerusalem is but a parable.