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.
Gone beyond my study-level.
I’m sure we can agree that if it happens, it will have happened!