Another example is 2 Peter 3:4, which describes a “sense of illusory ease and even boredom” that precedes Jesus’ return. Even Jesus’ disciples asked Jesus for “what we often want, that definitive prophecy chart that can be timestamped by events. ‘Tell us when these things will be in the end of the age,’ they asked him,” Moore said. “But Jesus wouldn’t give it to them, and he told them, ‘Don’t trust anybody who says that they can.’” Moore quoted Mark 13:7: “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed…This must take place, but the end is not yet.”
Regarding whether or not we are in the “last days,” Moore said that, yes, we are. Hebrews 1:2 tells us that the time period since Jesus’ resurrection is the “last days.”
“Could Jesus return at any moment? Yes, absolutely. He says, ‘Be ready like a thief in the night.’ But can we track that coming based on the bombing schedules of Israel and Iran?” asked Moore. “No. We should act every second, whether in peace or in war, as though we might be a millisecond to judgment day, but we don’t know when that is.”
“Instead, we have the word of Jesus, who says to us that the kingdom is advancing, invisibly, like fermenting yeast or germinating seed,” said Moore. “We have the word of Jesus that says he will not leave us as orphans. He will come to us—John 14:18.”
“What will happen with Iran? What will happen with the Middle East? What will happen with your life this next week?” Moore asked. “I don’t know. But I know we can trust him. And that’s all the prophecy chart we need.”
