Maybe we (I) got it wrong. Maybe the Word in The Book: 'the end of time' is 'the end of a time' the end of an era. That would then mean it is the 'beginning' of a new time, a new era.
And another thing: Maybe our asking, praying, for God to shine His light on us was wrong. Maybe He always had His light shining. Maybe it is time to 'expand our thinking', to know we have more than we know.
You know, to let that light which is being shown on us to refract it. Not hold it in.