While it is indeed a difficult task to determine more precisely what is meant by “a falling away” from the Lord and the church, it is rather obvious, according to news sources, that in many places in the world, to date, there has been a decline in devotion to church during this time of Israel’s rebuilding mentioned above. I will not attempt to provide a body of evidence, so called, but point to our common knowledge of these matters. For decades we have heard of decline in Europe and England. One statistic of Western Europe underscores that about 18-22% of the population attends church. While the ordinary Christian may not keep up with some matters, we know that there are billions of people that identify with their national religion, such as Muslim, Buddhism, etc. In many nations of the world Christianity used to be more visible, but intense persecution, war, unfavorable governments, etc., has weakened the presence of conservative Christianity.