Help me out here because I'm far from a biblical expert, but I had a Sunday School teacher as a young adult that really studied this hard and he always said that the final sign was when The Temple on the Mount was rebuilt. Thoughts from anyone with knowledge in this area and I know some of you are pretty knowledgeable on biblical matters?

During the 7 year Tribulation Era (also known as the 70th Week of Daniel), which is broken down into two 3.5 year time periods, the 3rd Temple will be built, pursuant to a 7 year peace treaty negotiated between Israel and the Muslim nations. The Antichrist is probably the negotiator of that treaty.

So, technically, the End Times or "End of the World" is that 7 year time period.

The first half is called the "tribulation" and also "the beginning of sorrows."

At the mid point the Antichrist sets up some false idol of himself in the 3rd rebuilt temple and/or proclaims himself to be god (which putting an idol of himself would also be doing) and then the real big crapper begins - the second half of the Trib Era called the "Great Tribulation."

So the further in time we go the closer to that
70th Week of Daniel era we get. And the Bible has a lot of signs about that that I mentioned above.

Most prophecy scholars/students see the Ezekiel 38-39 war happening some time before, or shortly before, the 7 Year Tribulation.

Even right now the Ezekiel 38 war seems to be shaping up on the horizon. But no one knows for sure. But there can be no doubt the nations referred to in Ez. 38, which are the Muslim nations, will make another run at trying to wipe Israel off the map. So that is a kind of an indicator sign as to signs of the times.

That would result in WWIII. That would be the one thing the Muslim/Arab world would coalesce around and attack Israel over. And then the dominos would start to fall.

Though many won't agree with me, the bible teaches there will be NO signs before the 2nd coming of Jesus. He will come as a thief in the night, like in the days of Sodom and Noah.

Many people take Matt 24 way out of context. These words are found there... "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows....iniquity shall abound...When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place...then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be..."

However, whatever he was talking about would be fulfilled in that generation according to verse 34.

Matt 24:34, "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."

There is no 1000 year reign or years of tribulation. There is one resurrection of the dead that occurs within the same hour, for ALL, both the good and the evil.

John 5:28-29 - Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

I know that didn't answer your question, but maybe it will be something to think about.

There are so many different interpretations and thoughts on the "end of the world" not only in the Bible but other religions and natural phenomena (both gradual like warming and immediate like an earthquake) that it's essentially a rabbit hole debate.

and since you are a certified atheist, it makes me wonder why you even care about and comment in these type threads

one thing that I can guarantee is that within the next 100 years everyone here will see the end of their days

Because different perspectives are important

no they are not, mentioning what other people or religions believe offers nothing to the op's topic and is a veiled attempt on your part to water down Biblical Christianity

The topic is "end of days" and then OP references the Bible. He didn't say anything to the effect of "give me you're end times opinion with respect to biblical futurism" (as opposed to preterism, idealism, amillenialism, historicism, etc.). If he would have gone along those lines, you're right my posts would be completely arbitrary. All I did was give reference to perspectives outside of strictly Biblical futurism, but I digress.

Not being much of a biblical scholar I could be wrong. But my impression is that the End Times will come when we think it can't or won't not when we think it can or will.

The reason I brought up the topic was to kinda point out what's happening. In the end of days thing that are morally right Will be persecuted (witch has happened since the very beginning of Christianity) and thing that are morally wrong will be way of the overwhelming majority . If any of you fellas have time check out the sermon series "tipping point " by Jimmy evens https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/tipping-point

what I see is nothing that has not been going on for years. The problem now is that internet and new agencies go about their daily task of digging up any dirt they find and if they find none they make up some. Trump is doing what should have been done years ago. The last few presidents did nothing because they were political motivated and bowed down to pressure. My man Trump is not doing this. To answer your Question is the end of the world near, I believe it is.

The whole point is to be prepared. Be saved. Then it shouldn't matter when the second coming is.

This right here is the correct answer.

The heck you say? Read Romans 1 18-32 Tell me what part of that is not present in America today as well as then in Rome?

Open acceptance of homosexuality and other forms of sexual perversion has not been going on for decades. When I was a kid there weren't flaming homos walking around everywhere or on TV on every other show.

How long have we been murdering 900,000+ unborn babies in this country?

So yes, there is much more going on than has been going on for the prior 20 centuries.

very true fur, Just in the last 8 years.