That EARS TO HEAR issue is going to increasingly be a life or death issue in this sphere literally; as it has always been vis a vis eternal life.
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. - Matthew 24:37-42