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Comments about Professor Millet's Second Coming Articles

About a month ago I read an article on LDS Living by Robert L. Millet. He's a Professor Emeritus of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. Last September I'd read another of his articles, titled 5 Second Coming Myths and the Truth Behind Them , also on LDS Living. This article, found at http://www.ldsliving.com/5-Second-Coming-Myths-and-the-Truth-Behind-Them/s/76618?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=popular&utm_content=pop2170915 , I thought was really good. Here is the majority of his article, along with some highlights and comments of mine: Myth #1: Every person on earth will have heard the message of the restored gospel before the Lord returns in glory.   I suppose this idea has spread because of the Savior’s declaration on the Mount of Olives: “And again, this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction of the wicked” (Joseph Sm...