However, the term describes what will happen. It fulfills Daniel's 70th week, a Jewish prophecy. The book of Acts was the last book on Jewish history. And, of course, God will be judging with signs and wonders as illustrated in the whole book of The Revelation. It is important that we don't mix up Scriptures dealing with the Jews and the Church.
Some prophecies also cover widely separated events, and are hard to decipher.
Jesus, the Author of prophecy, understood the true interpretation. Again, a prophecy split in time. We cannot expect to have perfect understanding of prophecy either. And it is sure that there are still many mysteries for us to discover. Of greater importance, even than grammatical syntax, is proper and accurate reading of Scripture.