Something certainly has been set in motion. You think it’s just a coincidence that the sales of guns have skyrocket, and that survival TV shows and global destruction movies are all the rage? Humankind, even the secular ones know something is up. I do believe the clock is approaching midnight.
But with this I do say how technology has made it possible for us to get news at a speed never before..and for that we are seeing things as they happen....which can make some things appear happening faster when it is really the use of technology revealing this.
Even so...it's the ‘movement and placement” of world leaders...shifts within the middle east have to occur because they must have the oil revenues usable for a one world economic system...they aren't about to let them manage those for two much longer. Opec was and remains a threat to the globalists for the power they weld...so incorporating them is what much of the “Arab Spring” is about.
Again it's much about alignments as they move closer to the positions where what is written can and of course will one day occur.
We have the same thing happening with the “Unity” and Inclusiveness of the faith movements happening now. The One world System has to have a “spiritual side” to move the people at will....thus we are seeing the church leaders push now for this inclusiveness....which of course is the forerunner for a One World Religious System.
Additionally IMO the USA has to be weakened...and we see this as well. If Obama wins the election, or Romney it will be telling in and of itself for neither will “fight” for our supremacy....rather take the USA further into the Globalist Worldwide agenda and all that entails. Hillary and Bill Clinton's movements throughout the nations has been far more than just humanitarian efforts...you can be sure of that.
So yes the clock is ticking...and as you say even secular humanity understands this....and with that “looking” for something/someone other than Jesus Christ.