Matthew 24:33

“Even so you also, when you see all these things, know you that he is near, even at the doors.”

In the same way when ‘all these things' occur, then they will know that Jesus (or in Luke ‘the Kingly Rule of God') is near, even at the doors. From this it is clear that ‘all these things' does not include His coming. But as constantly in the Old Testament ‘near' is in God's terms. It can indicate any time long or short, depending on the response to His promises and warnings (Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 56:1; Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 3:14; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:14). Thus using modern terminology it is imminent but not necessarily coming immediately. As we know from earlier (Matthew 24:14) it will depend on the progress of the Gospel. Thus all efforts must be put into the evangelising of the world.