Scripture says the answer to all of the above is yes.
When Jesus' disciples questioned Him about His return to earth and the end of this present age, He replied with a list of twenty-three indicators. The post-World War II era has seen an unprecedented spread of cults, new religious movements, and leaders claiming to be the Messiah. Since World War II, far more people have died in war than in all the previous wars combined. Geophysicists have recorded more severe earthquakes in the last two decades than at any period in history. Not all of this increase is due to improved methods of detecting and recording earthquakes.