Trust Jesus..... He clearly said in Matthew 24 what we are seeing before our very eyes. Some will say "I'm just waiting for the rapture." What if all this information that we are seeing and experiencing come to pass before we go? Something to think about since Jesus gave the warnings to His own. Get ready, we know that true prophecy never is wrong. I have a sticker on my tool box that says "the truth may not always be popular, but it's always right."
It's your business if you want to read and interpret all scripture with 21st century lenses. Matthew 24 deals with the Lord coming in judgment against Jerusalem/Israel. The end of the age of Jewish culture and mostly physical temple worship. How do I know this?
1. We no long live on roof tops. 1st Century Jews did, to escape the heat of their houses.
2. We don't have to worry about our escape being on the Sabbath. The city locked their gates on the sabbath, so if the army of Rome came then in assult, the Christians wouldn't be able to escape the city. This is why Jesus told them to flee to mountains as soon as they saw the Roman armies surround them.
3. Jesus said all this will happen in "this generation" talking to them, back there, his audience, not us today.
You fool, don't you know we always have to be ready? Christ can come at any moment. The signs you are referring to were present through History. Every generation thought the rapture would be in there life time. Don't be ready for the sake of when the rapture will be, BE READY for the sake furthering His Kingdom and the love He should us. Amen.