QT 3/1/2022 Matt 21:33-41, How close are we to the seventh millennium of human history?

Matthew 21:33–41 (ESV) — 

33 “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. 35 And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

NOTE: Since the leaders and especially the Jewish leaders would have recognized the vineyard as Israel from the book of Isaiah, Jesus' version of the story with the Father (God) sending his son is a direct reference to him as God's son and possibly was used by the high priest Caiaphas in his charge to Pilate ("he called himself the Son of God"). The parable is prophetic, God does send his Son and Israel does kill the son. And God judges the nation in 70 AD for not recognizing the time of his coming. There is still a judgment, and salvation for the nation that will occur in the tribulation. I don't know how close we are to the end of times. It seems as if things cannot get any worse. It is now approaching 2000 years after the death of Christ. Arguably there are 4000 years of recorded history prior, although the Jewish calendar only records 3791 years before Christ's death. Meaning, that we are nearing 6 millennium. Will the seventh millennium be the reign of Jesus on earth?

PONDER: 

1) What am I doing in these potential final days to share Jesus with those around me?

PRAYER: Father, thank you for my salvation. I pray I would not hide your light under a bushel basket but would make it clear to all. Give me boldness and courage to share with those around me.