[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I won't agree that it is all immaterial, but you are right in the fact that he ignores the signs of the times at his peril.

[Quix]

I figure God put all the prophecies in The Book about our era for a purpose.

He never seemed to write a LOT of ancient history down for us after the fact just for the fun of it.

He did produce a LOT of prophecy before the events for a diversity of reasons. I doubt He's changed much on that score.