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Realize that while they have been saying that for 2,000 years, Jesus also said that we would know when it's very close "Even at the door".
Apparently not, since people have felt it's very close, again for 2,000 years.
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Even pretending to disregard the signs of the End Times that have come, such as Israel being remade in a day, (Which only happened as late as 1948)
A self-fulfilling prophecy, isn't it? Do you think the people who refounded Israel were unaware of what Jesus said? This isn't like predicting a Solar Eclipse; The Moon doesn't decide that it should cover up the Sun because somebody on Earth said it would. People do.
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realize that the Bible even goes so far as to say that people will be scoffing more than they ever have (some of the scoffers would be in the Church) about His (Jesus'es) Second Coming.
What a shock, people scoff at something that sounds ludicrous. That's not a prediction, any more than me saying "I know you're not gonna believe this, but an alien came in and stole those cookies", and then saying "Aha! I knew you weren't going to believe me, hence Aliens exist!"
It's a childish route of thinking, and it's only purpose is to make people who don't know any better feel undeservedly smug.
Have you thought that maybe people aren't scoffing at you because somehow Jesus is pulling their strings? It could be because you think Jesus is pulling their strings that they scoff at you.