I am no biblical scholar.
But I think a better way to look at is, “Man, you DON’T want to know the hour and the day. Just live like its soon, and be a good person.”
All of these people spending their time and energy trying to decipher something that was NOT code.
Amen, brother/sister; you summarized it beautifully.
We have been in “the last hour,” from the time of the first century until now. If every Christian lived as if it truly was “the last hour,” we would be prepared for the Lord’s return at any moment.
John 2:
18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
[Incidentally, from the time of the first century until now, never has there failed to be predictions of the Lord’s imminent return. Every predictor thought they had it right. The lesson is, live each hour as if it is the last. Anticipate the Lord’s return and be about His business. When He finds His servants occupied with carrying out His commands, He will commend them for all eternity.]