Few of us fail to show a measure of impatience when being given an account of some exciting event. We long for the narrator to get to the end and tell us how it all turned out. The disciples showed just such an anxiety and eagerness whenever the topic of the end times arose in their conversations with the Lord. One such example is seen just prior to His leaving of them to ascend into Heaven and His Father's presence. "When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" Acts 1:6. Daniel likewise showed a similar anxiety. "And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?" Daniel 12:8. Such a desire to KNOW the outworking of God's great and good and glorious purpose amongst men is most natural and is to be encouraged. God has revealed the outworking of His purpose amongst men and that in some great detail, therefore we can conclude that He wishes us to possess a knowledge of His purpose and its outworking. If that is so, it will not surprise you if the old enemy, the Devil, will make every attempt to discourage such a knowledge. This would be even more easily understood when we remember that the end times, the closing of this age, are the times when the Devil will put forth his energy to wreak havoc upon the earth, Rev 12:9-12. A turning of God's people from that which will bless them and glorify God has long been the Devil's objective. He is the cause of the sad ignorance of what God teaches us through His prophecies of the last days and we should seek to rectify this with all diligence.