And yet in Matthew 24:3 when the disciples asked '“Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”', Jesus didn't blow them off with your answer nor tell them that they were lusting after signs of His return they were sinning by asking. He could have told them *None of your business*. He didn't.
Jesus answered it and gave them the signs that the end of the age was drawing near. That encompasses verse 4 - 33 where He concludes in verse 33 with this.... Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.
If Jesus didn't want us to know, He wouldn't have answered them.
Then in verse 36 He specifies that no one knows the day or the hour, but that follows His entire dissertation giving the signs that His coming is near.
He concludes with this......
Verses 42-44 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
He expects us to be on the lookout and commends those who are as being wise and faithful servants who will be rewarded.
Verses 42-44 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
I’m sorry but this is a commandment to live righteously, because our individual or collective judgment can arrive when we least expect it. That is the full context. We can have some concerns about His return, but it must not be something that occupies us, any more than the lily caring for what it wears on the morrow.