Change according to Solzhenitsyn

I happen to have a copy of the book From Under the Rubble, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In his chapter titled The 'Direction of Change' he wonders why there is a rebirth of Christianity in the Soviet Union even though it's "under attack with great brutality, while the rest of the world suffers a general decline in faith and religious feeling?" He talks about how they've passed through "bottomless pits" and suffered "utter exhaustion" and the one thing that cannot be taken away is "what's in their hearts kindled by an inner spiritual warmth." They were terribly treated and brutalized in the cold Kolyma (the harsh Siberian North). No one in Europe or America was treated this way for being a Christian.

"The return of Christian consciousness and the presentment of change - mark the special responsibilities of our time" He says. And he says Christianity is the fermenting agent, the "yeast of the world," and causes history to "rise like dough in a trough." Solzhenitsyn was convinced that Christianity alone possesses enough motive force gradually to inspire and transform our world. My question is, will we pass through "bottomless pits" and suffer "utter exhaustion" first, like the Soviets did. He quoted Like 12:56 "How is it that you do not discern this time?"