how close do you think, with all the craziness in this world, that we are to the second coming of
Jesus Christ? There's a lot of people who preach pre-trib. I mean I've read books that the first
introduction has, if you're reading this and you left you're left behind this is what you do, and
so. But it seems like, it seems like it's bringing urgency but in reality it really kills the idea
of us thinking in multi-generations. Thinking, taking responsibility for our planet and taking
responsibility for our generation and winning them for Christ. But what do you think? What else has
to happen for Jesus to come or how close we are? Anything else we're still waiting to take place,
before the Lord Jesus Christ comes? So on the one hand the table is set, in a way that it's
not been set through previous generations. Even with Jerusalem, the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
There's another strengthening of Jewish control of Jerusalem and things like that. Because
scripture's clearly indicated Jewish Jerusalem wanting the Messiah back. So the table's set in
many ways, but as I see it, there's much that still has to be done. For the gospel to reach
every tribe and tongue, that's still not nearly happening. I mean the vast majority of the world
has access to the gospel and things could happen quickly through internet and other things. But
literally there are more than 2 billion people on the earth. More than 2 billion. So say the
U.S population over six times multiplied, or the population of Ukraine multiplied 50 times.
Who have never heard the name of Jesus. Who don't even know He existed. If you mention His name,
they'll think you're talking about a place or a person in another village. Over two billion.
So as far as I understand scripture, the gospel still has to get to them and there's much,
much more work must be done on the Jewish people. And the bride, the church, Jesus did pray for our
unity. I believe God's going to do something beautiful that He comes to get a bride that's
in much better shape. So I don't know how many of those things still have to unfold, at what rate,
at what pace. Because as I said, God can supernaturally accelerate things. But honestly,
could we dare say that the times that we're living in today,
were any near, could anywhere approach the horrors of World War Two, and the slaughter of two out of
every three Jewish people in Europe, and tens of millions of others dying, and the revived
Roman Empire and the Mussolini. The prophecy experts had it worked out. Hitler and Mussolini,
they were straight out of the Book of Revelation. They had it all worked out. Like I said, "Late
Great Planet Earth" which came out with the late 60's, that was all worked out there. So to me,
although we've lost dear friends to Covid and I myself was in the hospital for a day with covid.
I'm not minimizing what people went through. To me, compared to what I see coming, the
upheaval in the future, that's really of a blip on the radar. And Russia's invasion of Ukraine,
it's tragic. The terrible loss of life which you're acutely aware of, the loss of Russian
life as well. The trauma to so many people that didn't want to be involved with this,
the atrocities that took place. That's absolutely horrific. But I don't see any connection between
that and end time prophecy. I don't. Something would have to unfold on a massively larger scale,
and they would have to ultimately culminate with an invasion or attack on Israel. You know
from a coalition of nations, surrounding nations. So I just, I don't see that we're anywhere near
that. Again it could turn on a dime. We saw how our lives were disrupted by covid,
on a dime. So things could happen. And as much as covid was not the mark, the the vaccine was not
the mark of the beast and covid was not a plague from the Book of Revelation. The whole experience
showed us how Revelation like events could happen. Yeah. How suddenly there could be a world ruler.
Or suddenly people moved by fear are going to submit to certain things. So it kind of gave us
a prelude, in that regard. But honestly I don't know. If I had to guess if Jesus was coming in 5
years or 50 years, I would guess 50 rather than 5. But I don't know. It could be 200 years from now.
You know when the dispensationalists started teaching, they certainly weren't expecting this.
But we know from the New Testament that there was not an absolute teaching of Jesus could
come at any moment. You know, for example when He gives the disciples the Great Commission.
They weren't expecting He's going to come in a few days. He tells Peter how he's going to become
an old man and how he's going to be crucified, right. So there was expectation of time coming.
Some of the parables talk about, like a king going to a far off country and people think,
oh he's never, he's never returning. So those things are all built in there.
You know that there were certain things had to happen. But we live with a sense of urgency
because the judge is at the door. We just don't know when that final breakthrough happens. Wow.