A very relative term. It is always getting closer. It could be tomorrow or 10 years or even 100 years. I get up each morning and get ready to leave the house. It would be a really bad idea to leave then decide to get ready, in all kinds of ways. Being prepared for life after death is just as important to me. The Bible is, among other things, prophetic. It spoke of the birth, life, and death of Jesus before he was born. The end of this world is prophesied also. There are few prophecies left to be fulfilled before God "pours out His wrath" upon this earth. I am simply a messenger trying save as many people as I can from a building which will "soon" be burning.