Personal opinion here: God's revelations, and understandings carry with them a "weight of responsibility" - i.e. the "Pearls before swine" thing. SO maybe in God's plan, it's better NOT TO KNOW, than it is to know, but NOT HANDLE the responsibility of the knowledge properly.
I think we've been in "the end times" for a couple of thousand years now, but I DO think that the end may be approaching.
If the MATURE visible church of Eph 4:11-16 is something that WILL ACTUALLY EXIST, then we're not particularly close to the end of the age, it appears. ON THE OTHER HAND, when God pours out His spirit, things can change rapidly. The end of the age is ALWAYS greater in Christian consciousness during times of Revival/Refreshing. Lots of folks were thinking "Rapture" in the '70s. Now - not so much.
Russia will soon attack Israel because of the Israeli strikes into Syria where the Iranians are trying to set up launch points for their attacks against Israel, which can pose a threat to the Russian troops in Syria. We will soon see Damascus nuked for it to be "uninhabitable" as the scriptures prophesy. THAT, I suspect, will set off the attack against Israel, who will defeat 5/6ths of the Russian, Turkish and Iranian forces, Israel will "burn their shields for seven years" (use the nuclear weapon materials to fuel their reactors for seven years), and spend months burying the dead Russians and others on the other side of the sea because of all the contamination.
Three and a half years from the beginning of that war will give us a good idea of the "season" of Christ's coming to admit the five virgins who were ready up and unto His wedding feast (Luke 21:36).
Now THAT is some eschatology. Will I be wrong on some or all points I've made? Perhaps. But what's important is the blessing we receive for studying the prophecies, regardless of what some may think about the study of prophecy. Also, what's important is that God is true, and every man a liar, which includes all of us here.
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