Actually I have trouble understanding those who want to get as many Jews into Israel as possible, just so God can destroy them. Red cows, new temples all that.
This is important because we need to stand up to the likes of Obama, and solve our problems, not look to our problems as “a sign” that Jesus was not being straight up with those he was talking to.
In that instance He is not speaking of the Rapture but of the coming Mount of Transfiguration. And they instantly knew who Moses and Elijah were, despite being separated by about 1400 years and 600 years, respectively.