Our Father in heaven will be the one to pull the plug on this world and begin the tribulation. Scanning news headlines everyday serves to validate the fact that prophesy is being fulfilled daily, however it will not give us a better indicator of when exactly the Lord will pull us out of here. I suspect the end of all things is VERY near. I can feel it, sense it, however you want to explain it. This world is utterly sick, completely corrupt, filled with violence and wickedness everywhere we look. When the Lord opens a man's eyes to see how dark this world really is, it makes the task of turning our back on this world much easier. If the love of this world is in us, the love of the Father isn't.