Always be prepared, but do not panic, and do not run towards those who are proclaiming to know when Christ is returning. Do not follow false prophets. Do continue to reach out to those around you and share the love of Christ.
REMEMBER what Jesus said: "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."
Nobody is predicting he day and hour here.
While nobody knows the day or the hour, we can read the signs that Jesus Himself gave us to be aware that His coming is near. Jesus Himself told us that.
Otherwise, what would the point be of Him warning us to watch and be ready?
Even the bridemaids with their lamps were watching, waiting, and expecting, even though they didn’t know the exact hour.
No we are NOT to know the DAY or the HOUR!
But we ARE to KNOW the SEASON.
Matthew 24 - Jesus was very critical of those who claim to be able to tell the signs of upcoming weather but who ignore the very signs of His soon return!
When we see the fig tree begin to blossom, we know the SEASON of Spring is very near.
When we see the signs of the time begin to happen (and these signs are all around us like the fast increasing birth pains of a woman about to give birth) then we are to KNOW the time of His Return is VERY near!
Amen to that.