What Do You Mean, "Last Days?"
If I were to guess your beliefs, I would guess you probably believe that we are living in the last days, and that Jesus Christ will return to this earth sometime in the next few decades, if not within just a few years. I, too, am inclined to believe this, and most readers of this blog probably are as well. For most of my life, I’ve heard that we are living in the last days, and that Jesus Christ’s return is imminent. Most of you probably have as well. This has been proclaimed for many decades, if not centuries. And what about the apostles who lived and died around 2,000 years ago? Men like Peter, Paul, John, and others? Didn’t they also believe that Christ’s return was imminent, within their own lifetimes? It’s often asserted that they did, and those who say so can point to several Scriptures as support. For example, Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come...