Yes, and so is the collapse of our sun. Every 24 hours we are one day closer to that happening. Does that make it imminent? No, not really.
He knows it's getting closer, too.
Does he? In the same way he knows the sun is getting closer to collapsing? "No man knows the hour..."
Seriously, people have been predicting the end for 2000+ years. Many people in every generation have claimed that this time it really, really is the end.
Seriously, people have been predicting the end for 2000+ years. Many people in every generation have claimed that this time it really, really is the end.
Sorry, but that's an incredibly inaccurate position to take, even though it's taken with great regularity, because the meaning of this passage is totally distorted by taking a snippet out of context. Christ said "no man knows the HOUR," but He also commanded us to pay attention to the signs so that we would know the SEASON. People in prior centuries ignored one KEY element that could not possibly have been in place, the re-formation of Israel. IMO the rebirth of Israel in 1948 clearly signaled the start of the SEASON.
I don't know how long that season is, but signs are lining up like pieces on a chess board: The ever-shifting European realignment. The description of the times that is an exact description of the times we live in. Russia making rumblings in the Middle East. The list goes on and it's no longer a stretch to see the conditions being met. Common sense reading of the signs reveals a perfect match for the times.
MM
Since 1948, that explanation sounds exceedingly more hollow and shallow, to me. And to millions of other Israel/prophecy watch watchers.