Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, is said to have invited famed statistician Prof. Roberto Bachi to his home prior to the Declaration of Independence and informed him of the intention to establish the State of Israel. Prof. Bachi, who would later go on to found Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, conducted a study that he presented to Ben-Gurion a few months after that meeting. According to Bachi, by the year 2000, this new State of Israel would still be able to accommodate only a few million people, not more. His recommendation was against founding a state. Back then, some 600,000 Jews lived in the country. Today, the overall population is nine million.
“By the end of the 21st century, 24 million people will live in Israel,” says Prof. David Passig’s prognosis. He is an Israeli futurist specializing in technological, social and educational futures. “And overpopulation will not be the primary problem.” Most think that looking 100 years into the future is a waste of time. After all, none of us will be around. “But if...
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There will be wars and strife and degradation until The Prince of Peace, The Lord Jesus Christ, rules in Jerusalem during the Millennium, with a rod of iron. The future of the world is given in detail in the Holy Bible.