A lot of people seem to have the same defeatist attitude the two disciples on the Emmaus Road had. "It was looking so good for awhile." "We thought Jesus really was the one." "But, He has been beaten by Satan." "It is all but finished, now." "Ah... but, we had hoped."
I don't read God's word that way. I believe it when the Saint said he saw "a number so great, no man could count." And, I do not believe Jesus ever intended for us to give up when things look dark..... like the disciples were inclined to do after the stars and moon seemed to quit shining in their lives. I really do believe God told us the truth, and that He has many more people for us to reach. And, that time is going to keep right on marching along until the church has fulfilled our "Great Commission" and brought into the sheep pen those, so-far, unreached billions of souls that are still being born into this world every single day.