I don't believe church-goers when they say that Jesus said "no man knows the time and the seasons."
... because my bible reads: "know that it is at the doors when you see these things" Matt 24:32-33.
Rather it says we do not know the "day" nor the "hour." But we do what we are asked in "due season." (vs 45)
Maybe the problem is that church-goers would prefer that everyone else was in the dark about that which Paul said we should "know perfectly." (1 thess 5:2)
No man knows the day or the hour, but where is it written that it is proper to turn a blind eye to the seasons and times when the markers of His return are shown before our faces on a daily basis?
"all gifts have ceased and there are no more prophets."
"Therefore you do NOT lack ANY spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. " (1 cor1:7)
Some say we all lack 100% of spiritual gifts since the New Testament is finished. I believe as Paul, ... that we retain 100% of all gifts as we wait eagerly for the Lord's return.
"Paul got on to the Thessalonians because they thought the second coming was imminent and they all quit their jobs."
What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:29 - 31)
Some err in the expectation that He is coming before His time. Others err in the expectation that He is delayed and won't be here anytime soon. Please let us be counted among those that are correct, and if not correct then let us be a people like Paul who err towards too early rather than too late.
"[Jesus] will come like a thief in the night and thieves always break in when you least expect them to"
as an excuse to have no watchfulness and to be unaware"And at midnight there was a cry made: `Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.' Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps." ... "and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut." (Matt 25:6,7,10)
Some don't hear the cry and are caught unawares but all of this teaching is so we are warned to not let it happen. Shall we then let it happen saying that is the way God wants it?
Rather, grace is the gift of God given to all those who come to Him in faith who believe in the name Jesus Christ and accept His sacrifice into them as the payment for forgiveness of sin. ~ God [Letters from God and His Christ - Volume 2 - I Am the Lord God Almighty!...The Only God! Why Oh Peoples of the Earth Do You Fight Against He Who Has Overcome the World? Kick Not Thy Foot Against the Rock]