Christ promised to return within one generation!

Almost all of Christianity is looking for the return of Jesus (many are looking for the "rapture") when, according to the scriptures, Jesus returned shortly after the time of his first coming to the earth to die for our sins and to be raised again.

Carefully read the following passages and you will see that Jesus promised to return to the Earth shortly during his ministry, confirmed by other writers in the New Testament as well.

What about the context?

Reading the context around verses in the Bible is very important to make sure that you gain a proper understanding and meaning from the text.  You are encouraged to look up the verses below in your own copy of the Bible.  I will include a link to a King James Version of the Bible on this website below.  Ifyou tap on the link it will open in a new tab.

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NOTE:  The highlighted portions in the texts below (as well as the underlined portions) are my emphasis.

Matt. 10:23

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

Matt. 16:28

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Matt. 24:34

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Matt. 26:64

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

Mark 9:1

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark 13:30

Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

Luke 9:27

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Luke 21:32

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

John 21:22-23

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.  Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

Rom. 13:11-12

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.  The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

1 Cor. 7:29

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

1 Cor. 10:11

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 

Phil. 4:5

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

1 Thess. 4:15-17

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1 Thess. 5:23

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

James 5:8-9

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.  Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

1 Pet. 4:7

 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

Rev. 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Rev. 1:3

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Rev. 1:7

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Rev. 2:16

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 

Rev. 3:11

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 

Rev. 22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Rev. 22:7

Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

Rev. 22:10

And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

Rev. 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

Rev. 22:20

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  

He Came Soon!

just as Jesus Christ promised repeatedly as recorded in the gospels, and as the other New Testament writers confirmed he did come quickly. He came soon! He gathered his followers together and in righteousness he judged unfaithful Israel, Rome, and the world with the judgments recorded in the book of Revelation.