finkelstein, I believe you are wrong to accuse all end time prognosticators of dishonesty incompetence and exploitation.Acts 1:7 states: that is not given to the best even, to understand times and seasons, Newton risked everything in his undercover secret religious writings. It is very hard to labour through the convoluted genealogies of scripture to come to a good result at the right side of the equal (=) sign.
Many sincere students, wt heavies included, remembered the last words in the talking snake stories collection . I am coming quickly (soon) come!