Hi Brad,
The time of the end is indicated as first century by the preaching of the gospel matching with the verse from Matthew 24. Hebrews 9 states the same..
But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Your point about sealing up the words is valid,...... makes sense.
HOwever, I have wondered if this verse in Daniel 12
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?"
7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, "It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed."
Is this John the Baptist and Jesus by the river when Jesus was baptised. His ministry was about that long.
You are saying that the time of the end is not the same as the end of time?
Justme