The Lord's timetable is different than ours. In the many passages which speak of the Second Coming of the Lord, similar language is used. The Lord has said, the day soon cometh that ye shall see me, and know that I am (DC 38:8), and Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh (DC 1:12). In spite of this language, which describes his imminent return, the Lord has not yet come again. This is because the Lord's timetable is different than ours. It has been 169 years since the two prophecies above were given. The usefulness of this phrase, as given to Benjamin, is that we are able to place a fairly exact time to the phrase the time…is not far distant. In this particular case it means about 124 years. One might wonder if Benjamin thought this prophecy would be fulfilled in considerably less time than that. At any rate, the Lord has been intentionally vague with the timing of his Second Coming. He wants us to know the general time period but not the day nor the hour (Matt 25:13), for if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready (Matt 24:43-44).