In a new interview conducted by Canada’s Border City Rock Talk, Stryper’s Michael Sweet discussed U.S. politics, and he was also asked to share his opinion about how are things working in the world nowadays:

“It’s true. Obviously we’ve had wars throughout the ages, many wars dating back thousands of years. But it does seem like the times that we live in right now, there’s more turmoil than ever, more confusion than ever, more separation than ever, more hatred than ever, more division. You name it. There’s so many words you can find to describe what we’re seeing and witnessing and experiencing right now. It’s crazy.

“We wrote a song called ‘End Of Days’, and people say, ‘Yeah, nobody knows when that’s coming.’ It’s, like, well, I think we’re there. I think we’re seeing it. We’re living it right now. When will God come back? Who knows? Who knows? Nobody knows.

”But I think it’s right around the corner. Sooner than later. And it’s urgent right now. It’s very important for people to get your lives right. Get your lives right. Stop thinking about yourselves and start thinking about eternity. Stop thinking about now. Start thinking about then, because it’s coming. […]

“Vote for policies. Stop voting for personalities. If we voted for personalities, we wouldn’t like anyone. We wouldn’t vote for anyone. The personalities of a lot of the candidates, you dig deep and you find out things about them where they all have issues, and you may not like a particular person, but it doesn’t mean that they’re the wrong person for the job. Look at their policies, look at what they stand for, look at what they’ve done, look at what they haven’t done and go with that.”