Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
Down to the parable of the fig-tree.
Since the beneficent Deity had premised that these things must needs come to pass, although so terrible and dreadful, as they had been predicted by the law and the prophets, therefore He did not destroy the law and the prophets, when He affirmed that what had been foretold therein must be certainly fulfilled. He further declares, "that heaven and earth shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled."
