Good bet there with your pastor!
I’m going to piggy back on his point with technology. On that basis alone we should be gone soon. A few years from now (3-5) they (Musk/Branson) want to colonize Mars.
Something happens that prevents this. We have a few clues as to what per Scripture.
Would it not be a hoot if during the SOTU address the Rapture occurs and President Trump and a good percentage of the republicans disappear?
Imagine the looks on the faces of the media and the democrats.