why don't church-going people understand we are in the end times?
Many churchgoers do not understand because they do not know the Scriptures. Prophecy says the wicked will do wickedly, but the wise shall understand. Without scriptural knowledge, people remain blank to how close the end time is, though the last 6,000 years place this age within its final moments.
Les teaches that even in the Bible Belt, most people go to church at least once in a while, but when the subject of the end time is raised, they look at him with a blank look and do not know what he is talking about. He calls it sad that people do not comprehend how close we are to the end time—not in 48 hours, but in the relative terms of the last 6,000 years, we are within the last moments of the age. The reason believers can understand is that they know the Scripture, while the prophecy says the wicked will do wickedly and the wise shall understand. He also cites a statistic that many no longer believe in absolutes, which illustrates why so many lack understanding.