Ah, but some folks speak from a superior position in their “readiness”. You see, you are not really “ready” unless you adopt their fanciful interpretations about current events and Jesus’ imminent return in the secret rapture of dispensationalism. You aren’t really “rapture ready” unless you get all weak-in-the-knees when someone mentions the latest events in secular Israel and the rest of the middle east. You aren’t really ready unless you have read and memorized all the Left Behind® novels.
Jesus told His disciples to always be ready, regardless of the century or millennia they find themselves in. They are not to look for signs of the Second Coming because there would not be any. The “sign” would be of that of lightening flashing across the sky. His Second Coming would be at a time His disciples least expected (Matt. 24:44).
No one who makes lists like “50 Reasons Why We Are Living In The End Times” or uses 1948 as a countdown date can be taken seriously with respect to the words of Jesus Himself.