_Inscription by Luther._--In looking at some of the old books in the
library of the British Museum, I observed, on the fly-leaf of an old
Bible, an inscription by Martin Luther, the meaning of which was the
following:--
"Elijah the prophet said, the world had existed 2000 years before
the law (from Adam to Moses); would exist 2000 years under the
Mosaic dispensation (from Moses to Christ), and 2000 years under
the Christian dispensation; and then the world would be burnt."
The manuscript was in German and very much effaced, so that I am not
able to remember the words, though I very well remember the meaning.
Could any reader inform me in what part of the Bible this prophecy of
Elijah's is to be found? for I have searched for it in vain.