The War Of The End Of The World - pg. 84

Worse trials still awaited them in Canudos; they must not allow fear to overcome them, the Blessed Jesus would aid those who had faith. The end of the world continued to be a subject he very often spoken of. The earth, worn out after so many centuries of giving forth plants and animals and sheltering man, would ask the Father if it might rest. God would give His consent and the acts of destruction would commence. That was what was meant by the words of the Bible: "I bring not peace, but a sword!"