I am 74 and have heard the end times are near all my life.
When I was a teenager I was fairly impressionable. The older folks talked about the end was very near. As I got older I talked with many people lots older than me. They all (no exceptions) said they have heard same things all their life. I finally came to the conclusion that the whole scenario was between people's love of negativity or gullible to any leader (study Harold Camping).
Anyway I am moving on after this posting.............