But what specific prophecy would a new Sanhedrin fulfill?

If you're looking for a "great indicator" of the last days - how about the destruction of the city of Jerusalem and of the Temple in AD70? how about the fact that Jerusalem has been "trodden underfoot of the Gentiles" for the past 1,938 years since AD70? Not one stone was left standing on top of another, exactly as Jesus said. That was a marvel to the disciples, a tragic monument to every generation that this is the "last time".

The entire Church age is intrinsically called "the last days". As the Apostle John said in the first generation: "Little children, it is the last time". In fact, he called his generation "the last hour". And Peter the Apostle called his own generation "the last days". And Joel's prophecy "...in the last days I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh..." began to be fulfilled as far back as the day of Pentecost.

If we keep watching developments in the Middle East (or anywhere else in the world) waiting for repeat fulfillments, aren't we giving the subtle impression that we don't really think we're fully into the "last days" yet, as the Apostles declared we are? It would be erroneous to say the early Church and the Church down through the centuries was not in the "last days".

Whether our favored eschatological model teaches us to expect a repeat of certain events in the future or not, I'm thinking that it's probably enough that we proclaim simply that it is the last hour - without resorting to falsely prephesying dates or generations. No man knows the day nor the hour. Little children, it is the last time.

They're just some questions I have.