Amen! I think that knowledge is over our pay grade. But I think I will know it when I see it. With so much loss in my life, I try to live each day as if it is my last. A little bit of hard work but no guilt or worry. Just joy and gratitude each day.
Diane, Thanks for the brave question and food for thought.
Maria

We will know. That is written in the Bible.

According to Matthew 25:13 "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh"
I figure it is just one of those things we have to trust the Lord for. If we live our lives totally focusing on the End of the World we are being ungrateful for the blessings of this moment now & run the risk of wasting our time on earth by not being here now.

Or, I'm free of all earthly things and I'm going home!
Maria

Your heart will go boom, boom, boom, and you will say,
"Hey, you can keep my things, they've come to take me home..."