How close are we to the trumpet call that will take believers out of this existence?

Les explains that the trumpet call is like the signal in the Roman army: when the battle was over and the Romans were victorious, the generals would let the legionaries know they were going home to Italy and Rome. That was the trumpet call every legionary could be exalted by—the battle is over, we have won, and we are going home. Les says that is where we are: in a battle, and Christianity worldwide is coming under ferocious attack, with persecution rampant against Christians. It is a warfare, and it is going to get worse. What a joy, then, to hear that trumpet call: the battle is over, come home, and we are going to be out of here. Les believes with all his heart that we are getting closer and closer to the day when that trumpet call will take us out of this existence, and we will suddenly, as Paul says, be changed. To get the full picture, he says, we must go over to the corresponding portion.