“...in a few years...”
What does that phrase mean to you?
And what does it mean to God?
Primitive Christians looked forward to Christ’s return during their lifetimes, because He used similar phraseology.
Websters definition of “few”: consisting of or amounting to only a small number.
We are at year 170 now from Joseph Smith’s prophecy that the United States governement would be utterly overthrown in a “few years.” Do you think 170 is “a few”? How many eggs do you want? A few. How many women have you dated? A few. This isn’t translation of Greek or Hebrew manuscripts. He used English to communicate.