It is only five to six hundred years ago that there was no scripture in circulation. It is only in these last two hundred years that the great art, music, and scripture of the world have been made available to the common man. Education, up to that time, was primarily for those who entered the church, but for those outside the church, there was a very little such opportunity. In this last century, the world has become less afraid of hell and damnation, less afraid of God, and less afraid of disease. In essence, our human consciousness is rapidly becoming illumined with the understanding of the grace of God.