I'm not laying down any hard-and-fast rules (and/or 'guesstimates' as such), much less engaging in that ever fraught, time-dishonoured activity of (prophetic) time/date-setting...
but, perchance, could the following succession of verses (in the Newer Testament Book of 1 Thessalonians) perhaps be somewhat indicative of where we presently stand in prophetic time?
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them...and they shall not escape.
(1 Thessalonians 5:1-3)
Interestingly/curiously, 'as fate would have it', just three verses earlier - and also quite clearly in the context of the Last Days of (the first) Earth's history, in particular concerning the events coinciding with the long-anticipated *Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to Planet Earth, we read these words (amongst others less apropos to our discussion/consideration - although certainly not contradictory to that):
The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven...with the **trump (sic) of God
(1 Thessalonians 4: 16)
*Evidently the Koran also features reference/s to the Third Coming of Christ Jesus to the planet, (which, in the biblical version, occurs after the Millennium and in order to execute the much-heralded 'Day of the LORD' Great White Throne Judgment...upon everyone who has ever lived upon Planet Earth, or rather upon the unsaved; those not raised in the First Resurrection).
**Also alluded to in 1 Corinthians, in a major passage about the resurrection of God's (true) 'saints':
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep [in (the first) death], but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump (sic): for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised...
(1 Corinthians 15: 51/52)
Intriguingly - I'm hoping you'll agree - the trump rendering is only in the Authorized Version, i.e. the King James Bible...
...and for my money, at least, shows that 'the One Upstairs', as people so often refer to the Almighty, does indeed have a sense of humour...and will ultimately have the last laugh!
but, perchance, could the following succession of verses (in the Newer Testament Book of 1 Thessalonians) perhaps be somewhat indicative of where we presently stand in prophetic time?
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them...and they shall not escape.
(1 Thessalonians 5:1-3)
Interestingly/curiously, 'as fate would have it', just three verses earlier - and also quite clearly in the context of the Last Days of (the first) Earth's history, in particular concerning the events coinciding with the long-anticipated *Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to Planet Earth, we read these words (amongst others less apropos to our discussion/consideration - although certainly not contradictory to that):
The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven...with the **trump (sic) of God
(1 Thessalonians 4: 16)
*Evidently the Koran also features reference/s to the Third Coming of Christ Jesus to the planet, (which, in the biblical version, occurs after the Millennium and in order to execute the much-heralded 'Day of the LORD' Great White Throne Judgment...upon everyone who has ever lived upon Planet Earth, or rather upon the unsaved; those not raised in the First Resurrection).
**Also alluded to in 1 Corinthians, in a major passage about the resurrection of God's (true) 'saints':
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep [in (the first) death], but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump (sic): for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised...
(1 Corinthians 15: 51/52)
Intriguingly - I'm hoping you'll agree - the trump rendering is only in the Authorized Version, i.e. the King James Bible...
...and for my money, at least, shows that 'the One Upstairs', as people so often refer to the Almighty, does indeed have a sense of humour...and will ultimately have the last laugh!