Have you ever been in a situation where you have been so busy working on something that when someone has come to you and said, “Do you know what time it is?” you have had to reply that you have no idea.  All you know is that the time has passed and that it must be getting near to winding up time.

Or have you ever worked with someone who is a “clock-watcher” who kept reminding you every few minutes what the time was, and who was obviously more interested in how long it was to finishing time than they were in getting the work done?

Acts 1: 4 – 11

4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptised with water, but you shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
We are to be busy working – not watching the clock!  All we need to know is that Jesus’ return is nearer now than when we first believed!  It is getting closer to finishing time!

Romans 13: 11

11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

I have listened to and read a fair bit of the teaching from many of the multi-faceted angles on the end-time scenario and to be honest all of the conflicting views can actually be very plausible.  But is the fact that we have been given no authority over the time of the end the reason why there is so little actual revelation of truth in regard to this subject?  Personally, I think so.

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