And practically... almost all Christians are going to have gone to heaven by dying. Not by rapture or meeting a returned Jesus. That’s the normal pattern. If I die before Jesus comes, I still meet Jesus, so that’s fine with me. God surely frowns on my asking (or worse, presuming) to stick around only so I can crow about having met Jesus returned on earth.
well i certainly don’t bring any of this up to crow- they are just some interesting facts and it appears historic events and prophecy are possibly at the least- beginning to play out-