When you read the Olivette discourse, what must be noted that Jesus talks about all of the signs happening, together. We have always had wars, plagues, earthquakes, floods, signs in the Heavens (comets and such). But now we are having them happen all at the same time. And they are becoming more and more frequent.
And all this is happening during a time when the Gospel is being preached to the whole world.Preached in person, by Bibles, by TV, radio, Internet, twitter, mobile phone, it cannot be stopped.
This too is a key to understanding the times.
No one knows the exact time, but clearly we were given full warnings of the signs that will be in place. A wise preacher said that the timing was also, in part, up to man. Man had to fulfill the Great Commission first, then the end( of the age) shall come. However long it took us. When the message of Jesus could be heard by anyone who so chose to hear.
And like labor pains, the events are speeding up as the birth comes closer.
This is the one area where it really should matter not, IMHO, whether you are whatever Christian, whatever tribulation belief, because it will be played out according to God’s Plan and He will tell His Son to open the Door.
Imagine the apostles as they were told all this. How could they" see ’ all these things come to pass? How could they know of earthquakes on the other side of the world? But they could understand the days of noah. Warnings given, all ignored but by a few.
We each should live our lives as if the moment will happen in the next minute, while living as if it will not come at all while we live. In other words, enjoy life, love God, be right with Him, and always look to His Coming. Whether you expect the Trump to sound and be snatched up, in a twinkling of an eye, or whether you look to see Him come thundering in on a white horse in the clouds, whether you expect to not to endure a horrible 7 years, or whether you think that will not occur, we can all agree that there will be a Second Coming.
I truely believe it is close. Because Israel was made a nation in one day in may 1948.