Bill: the world is what it is. Humanistic post-millennialism (through education, enlightenment and world-wide evangelism we're going to make heaven on earth) started dying with WWI, and did die with the Atomic Age and the formation of the State of Israel. There is nothing in the Bible about things getting better and better. We must deal with it. And be prepared for the day the "Failure to register your Class III AR confiscation police" hit the streets. It'll take them a LONG time to make it through AZ and Idaho.
Off to church.