How Close is the Day?

When the angel came to Zechariah, the future father of John the Baptist, to tell him of Elizabeth's surprising motherhood and the remarkable vocation of his coming son, the angel said this:

Lk 1:16  "And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

Lk 1:17  and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

The phrase "to...