Jesus and the Last Day
Many times in Revelation it has been said that the world will get worse before Judgment Day. With everything going on with Covid-19, the election, crime, and the persecution of the Christian Church, do you think Judgement Day will come sooner rather than later? I understand that only God knows when Judgment Day is but I'm asking what you personally believe. That leads me to another question. I forgot what verse this was, but somewhere in the Bible Jesus said he did not know when Judgment Day was, that only the Father did. How is that possible if God is 3 in 1?
I really try to refrain from injecting personal opinion into these answers. I appreciate your interest in what I think, but more important is what Scripture says. The Bible teaches that Jesus will return visibly to this world on the Last Day “soon” (Revelation 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20). Existing outside time, Jesus can say “soon” and mean it—regardless of how many years in human history elapse from when he promised to return and when he will return. It comes as no surprise, then, to read that Christians in every day and age have looked at circumstances around them and thought that the Lord’s visible return was imminent.
Your second question addresses what Jesus said in Mark 13:32: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” As true God, Jesus knows all things; he certainly knows the day and hour of his visible return to this earth. It is important to keep in mind that Jesus spoke those words during his state of humiliation—that time in his earthly life when he did not always or fully make use of his divine attributes.
Each hour and each day bring us closer to the Last Day (Romans 13:11). That is reason why the Bible uses the word “now” (2 Corinthians 6:2) in exhorting people to tend to their spiritual needs.