As our bodies near the end of their "useful" life (or any life at all), it is no cause for concern among those who still "think". And this applies not just to those who believe in the Lord, but to the ideals held dear and expressed in what we do in the here and now. When our founding documents were crafted and signed, a significant turn of thought was codified and set loose upon the land. I think of it now as "letting the cat our of the bag".
Good luck tyrants, ever getting that cat back in.
Yes, in the struggles for power, the natural fight between good and evil, many, many will die. Whole forests will be crisped and flattened. This does not mean we are destined to forever lose sight of the forest for (because of) the trees.
Warrior monks all, what we do today really will echo through eternity.