yes, agreed.
Then the street violence /techy web blackout /generalstrike solidarity putsch begins with corporate boardrooms and suits going cra cra crazy.
source: Ranch
Firstly, I believe that wherever you are, God is with you, in the person of the Holy Spirit. So what is the worry if its Trib. time or not?
Secondly, Trib. yarns are generally big sellers for book sellers. Its an industry, so its "popular" with a metric ton of theories and explains.
But IMHO, a verse says "Lo I am with you until the end of the world." and Jesus is the Word made flesh… so when The Word is so adulterated and subverted, so that studying The Word and drawing to God in a personal relationship…. is prevented by Satanic degradation, I believe that whenever that point is reached … thats the end.
(there is a pattern - Sodom/Gomorrah, others. eg, at Pompeii there was a hot volcanic ash flash death, some bodies doing things, like the dog scratching behind its ear with its back leg. Flash. That place had slave markets and slave brothels aka Temple brothels.)
…and it will happen as a thief in the night, people will be shopping, doing homework, playing games, and mowing their lawns, and… [next level]