Clued In or Clueless?

"A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away."
Matthew 16:4

27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 16:27-31

But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be”
Matthew 24:37

"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.
Matthew 24:32-33

If the Lord returned at this moment would you be ready, or would it be a total surprise? I heard an astounding fact from my wife today - the number of earthquakes between 2000-2009 was an escalated number of roughly 2000 per year, but in 2010 there were 8,444 earthquakes!
Since The Ascension, people have asked the same questions that the disciples also asked: What will be the signs of your coming? How will we know and when can we expect you?
We are given the clues, the Bible is full of signposts, the Lord told us : Watch and Pray. We are in an extremely perverse and depraved generation. Just as in the days of Noah...when the scoffers and mockers laughed and made sport of a godly and obedient man and his family, while they labored for about 100 years! Were there not clues everywhere, were the people not warned repeatedly? God placed a huge signpost in their midst but the people were hardened, so the ability to understand spiritual and physical dynamics were cloaked from them.
Again, we are in the days like Noah! Earthquakes, wars, rumors of war, chaos abounding, love of many is waxing cold...the dark is getting very dark indeed. Night comes before the morning...as surely as the darkness approaches, the light is getting brighter. The spirit is impressing on me two things: (1) "Have my oil lamp full" - to keep my own eyes fixed on Him, my ear and heart inclined to hear the voice of my Lord and Bridegroom-to be ready as He will come as a thief in the night, (2) sound the trumpet- awaken the sleeping, share the Gospel with all who may listen, wherever they may be found.
Whenever the appointed time is, it is short- work for His Kingdom, manning your post, while there is day, and let us not love our own lives so selfishly that we are self-absorbed and useless. Use the gifts and talents that you are equipped with, do not bury them, He will require an accounting of what was done with them when we stand before Him. Remember, Jesus said,"whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."