At the end of the...
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At the end of the movie, Fiddler on the Roof, the Jewish villagers have been ordered off their lands, to move on to some other place. They have lost everything, even their homes and community, as each family plans to seek out family members in some other part of the world. In the midst of this great sadness and loss, one of the characters turns to the rabbi and says, "With so much violence and sadness, wouldn't this be a good time for Messiah to come?" The rabbi answers him, "We'll have to wait for him someplace else." The disciples thought it would surely be the end of the world if the temple were destroyed. The Romans thought it was the end of the world if the barbarians entered the city. The people of Europe thought surely the plague was the end of the world. The followers of Jim Jones thought the coming of American investigators must surely be the end of the world. Jesus says to the disciples, "Just because there is violence and sadness, don't expect that the world will end." -- Herrmann
