“Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the
prophecy of this book.”
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The
word quickly
in the ancient Greek isn't exactly the same as our word for
"quickly." "The word 'quickly' might with accuracy be rendered
'suddenly.'" (Morgan)
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Still,
the early church expected Jesus' return soon - were they just wrong, or
did Jesus mislead them? Not at all; they were not wrong and they were not
misled by Jesus. God wants to keep all generations expectant, watching,
and ready for His return. (DG)
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We
are not rushing towards a distant brink of the consummation of all things; we
are running parallel along the edge of that brink, and have been since the time
of the apostles. "Thus the time has always been at hand. The tension of
imminence is endemic to that span of redemptive history lying between the cross
and the parousia." (Mounce)
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