Very clever. I like it.
That said, there are some things about our times that provides good reasons why now might be the real "End Times."
One, for the first time in the history of the world, we have the capacity to complete destroy human life on the planet (and not just with nuclear bombs, but also with lab designed bugs). And given the nature of human beings, some nuts--scientists, military generals, or both--are going to try.
Two, we are on the verge of being able to transform humans into an entirely new species via genetic manipulation. Toss robotics/cybernetics into the mix and we get an even more complicated array of species.
None of this is mentioned in the Bible except for perhaps the "times of Noah" comment (when it is thought by some Biblical scholars that the Fallen Ones were creating hybrid humans and animals).
“...thought by some Biblical scholars that the Fallen Ones were creating hybrid humans and animals...”
Reminds me of one of those lost books referred to in the Bible. One was supposed to have been discovered, in Italy, in the 1600s, and scholars think it is fake. However, it mentions what seems to be DNA manipulation, a concept that certainly was not extant in the 1600s.
“Very clever. I like it.”
From The Parousia, J Stuart Russell, 1878
[That said, there are some things about our times that provides good reasons why now might be the real “End Times.”
One, for the first time in the history of the world, we have the capacity to complete destroy human life on the planet (and not just with nuclear bombs, but also with lab designed bugs). And given the nature of human beings, some nuts—scientists, military generals, or both—are going to try.]
I agree. Not all do, of course. No one can set a date of course. Pretty much around the time of Israel’s rebirth, yes, the nations of the Earth can now kill every human on Earth (if not by nuclear detonation, then by radiation). And then there’s chemical and biological warfare.
For that reason alone, these are perilous times. Add in the Democrat rioters in the cities. Even more so.