Prophecies are so allegorical, symbolical, and subjective, that you can fit them virtually in any time you like. And this is what people have done, and still do.
''Will come as a thief'' - Yes, you can fit this line to almost any belief and change we go through.
The Mexicans believed the endtimes were near when they overthrew their Spanish overlords, the people in the Middle Ages believed the endtimes were upon them, the 'signs' were everywhere (hunger, religious war, mini ice age, the plague). Some Jews believed the apocalypse was upon them when Rome destroyed the Temple. But if you actually look at history, you can see that a book such as Revelations is probably about Ancient Rome, added with some future expectations and beliefs. Thanks to its allegorical and symbolic message though, it lives on and people shop through it and use it to understand their own time.
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Originally Posted by Gauss
So there are many prophecies pointing to our times being the endtimes.
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Quantity over quality it seems. It's easy to say they all do point to the same time, but this only works with blinkers on.