well, people have believed that since the 2nd century. Probably the persecutions of Nero and then Domitian and then the Macrianii were instrumental in that — after all it did look like the end of the world to them
Well I have news for them. A lot of the prophecies are repeated by different holy men throughout the bible. For instance there are around 100 prophecies that predicted that the Messiah would be born and about 200 that He will return. These prophesies were foretold by different holy men at different places and times throughout history. Revelation is one of those books where many of the prophesies within it were foretold by holy men such as Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the Apostles long before John had the vision on Patmos when he was up in age. The creatures described by Ezekiel and Daniel match that seen by John in his vision. For this reason I believe Revelation should be included.
Irvin Baxter, of the End Time program on TBN makes a pretty good case for it truly being the end time. Some time it’s gonna be, if not now, WHEN? It IS time; but not for despair.