You will hear of wars and the rumors of wars. The problem we mortals have is using a regular clock against some one whose days are like 1 thousand years here. It may be dinner time in Heaven, but the sun hasn’t fully gone down yet. No one knows the hour of the coming of the Lord.
No one knows the day or the hour, but we SHOULD know the times and the seasons (1 Thess. 5:1). The signs are everywhere that the Lord’s return is imminent.
But we should know the Times and the Seasons. A lot has to happen yet.
Are we in the birthing pains before Tribulation? Possibly....time will tell