Alas, sometimes a point of
theological snobbery. Some
religious persons claim that that the
conditions
necessary for the
inbreaking of the
Kingdom of Heaven have already occurred or begun to occur. Others disagree. There has never been much
consensus about whether things would
improve or
worsen before the
eschaton, or whether it would occur before or after
judgement,
tribulation, the
advent of the
messiah, or a
final battle.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.