[WKUHilltopper]

"Wasn't it written somewhere something to the effect that "you'll know not the time nor the place"

Yep. It also is written as a command for you to know the season as well...

[MsLady]

More or less, we won't know the exact time. The Bible doesn't say we won't be able to figure out when it's near. We were given all the signs that would lead up to Christ second coming.

Mt 24:34 - I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

It will happen in a generation. Ever generation since Christ has had some of the signs, but, we are the only generation since Christ to see the Jews returning to Israel and establishing it as there home land again. Many other prophecys have been or are in the process of being fullfilled. One of them that sticks out in my mind is this one: Da 12:4 - "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."

Here's another one: Rev. 11:9 - For three and a half days they'll be there - exposed, prevented from getting a decent burial, stared at by the curious from all over the world. This verse reminds me that everyone all over the world can view news instantly. What generation before us was able to do that? Things are escalating very quickly now.