GREAT POINTS.
REGARDING A KEY END TIMES SIGN:
BTW, my pastor just returned recently from a visit to Albuquerque and a pastor's meeting with Hosanna music org and the--I think--American Bible society who are collaborating to get wind-up/solar MP3 players with Scriptures in their language. If my memory serves me right, they expect to have 96% or more of the remaining people groups without a Bible--to have at least major portions of The Bible within 8-12 years. They calculate it will take $25,000 to provide one people group with the Scriptures orally in their language--rather essential since many such groups have no written language and most individuals would be illiterate anyway.
A wonderful serendipity thing . . . they group requires that the people group/tribe
CHOOSE THE PERSON OF PEACE--WHO IN THE TRIBE IS KNOWN AS A "PERSON OF PEACE" AND THAT PERSON IS THEN CONTRACTED TO HOST ONCE A WEEK 1 HOUR OR SO OF LISTENING TO THE BIBLE ORALLY AND 1 HOUR OR SO DISCUSSING IT.
They discovered that just doing that--in one case, going back a year later--there were 60+ quality churches already up and going just from the Scriptures and Holy Spirit leading the people from The Scriptures.
PRAISE GOD!