I spent a good proportion of my time in the past 3 years studying the time of Jesus Second Coming. And given with today's high technology of the information system, I was able to find astronomical events that would help me back up such a claim. At least that was what I thought. I felt very convinced that at a certain time that Jesus would return. However, according to the dream, "The Hourglass," "no one knows when the event will be" and you are "to prepare each day as if it is the day of your final test." I realize no matter how much study or how convincing the data may be, it is just speculation. And I sure don't want to risk having this mark on the Book of Life against me or bring displeasure to God through my speculation. And I definitely don't want to bring anyone down the wrong path.

After contacting Ernie, and having personal prayer, I have taken off from my blogs/sites anything remotely related to speculating and time-setting. I cannot believe I spent so much time on such topics. Now I feel much relief knowing that I have gained the approval of the Father for doing so. Such time would have been better spent on repentance and preparation for Jesus’ Second Coming. Now the two Spirit of Prophecy quotations below are shown to me in a clearer way. And I dare not touch any topic which God has left as a secret.

Our position has been one of waiting and watching, with no time-proclamation to intervene between the close of the prophetic periods in 1844 and the time of our Lord's coming.
The people will not have another message upon definite time. After this period of time [Revelation 10:4-6], reaching from 1842 to 1844, there can be no definite tracing of the prophetic time. The longest reckoning reaches to the autumn of 1844. {Last Day Events, p. 36}