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* the appearance of the escalating signs of the end, as predicted by Jesus

I think this one can be found at any time, sometimes even more so than today.

* the technology, finally, as predicted by Daniel and Jesus, to take the Gospel to the entire world, via safe worldwide transport, television/radio, and internet.

Our true global reach is a novelty, but people in the past didn't realize how much of the world they were unaware of.

the reestablishment of Israel after two millennia, as predicted by Moses

That's new.

I'm not saying you couldn't be right in your expectations today, just emphasizing that people in the past did have reasonable expectations of Christ's return, given the information available to them.

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

* the appearance of the escalating signs of the end, as predicted by Jesus
>>>I think this one can be found at any time, sometimes even more so than today.

Actually, a reputable study done in the mid-1980s found a recent unprecedented acceleration of earthquakes, wars, etc., which then leveled off--it couldn't have continued accelerating without wiping out everyone.

* the technology, finally, as predicted by Daniel and Jesus, to take the Gospel to the entire world, via safe worldwide transport, television/radio, and internet.
>>>Our true global reach is a novelty, but people in the past didn't realize how much of the world they were unaware of.

The world's size was well-known two millennia ago, and the explorers through the centuries never reached vast uninhabited (but habitable) regions suggesting that all peoples had been discovered. Those who didn't know just didn't want to know.