Do you have a preferred scenario for the end times and my return? Do you find that most believers do and that there are many options to choose from? Have you found this to be a contentious issue between believers? Are you aware of how many believers have made definite predictions throughout the ages and been wrong? It isn’t strictly necessary for you to build a detailed scenario and defend it, but here is a question to help guide your thoughts on this matter. Does you view of the end times have a direct effect on making you a better person today? If not, you should change your scenario. 

Hi Gang;

I'm leaving town for a few days for the memorial services for my mom and dad.

Dale

Do you have any friends who are not believers? You are familiar with the passage that you should not be unequally yoked, and certainly you should not marry an unbeliever, but how far do you take this concept? You conduct business with people every day without examining them concerning their doctrine. You are called to come out from among them and be separate. There have been many approaches to interpreting this, but the Bible does not require you to live in an isolated community. Consider my example. I interacted with all comers. You can maintain your separated identity without isolating yourself from others. You can only let your light shine before men if they are close enough to see it. 

Do you tend to seize on positive or negative events? If you see a magnificent sunrise and someone cuts you off in traffic on the way to work, which tends to dominate your thinking for the rest of the day? Do you give them equal weight, or do negative experiences tend to crowd out positive ones? My word teaches you to be grateful and content, and I tell you to rejoice, so my preference in this matter is made clear. Do you find that it takes intentional effort to choose the positive and minimize the negative, or at least hold it in a true perspective? Make the effort. I wouldn’t expect it of you if I didn’t enable you to do it.