Jesus’ predictions of a first century Parousia ( παρουσι. α , presence of Christ)
Matt. 10:23 - "Truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes."
Matt. 16:28 - "Truly I say to you, there are some who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom. (not the transfiguration because no rewards were given then.)
Matt. 24:34 - "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place." (This covered the destruction of the temple and the return of Christ.) (Jesus’ use of "this generation" throughout the gospels always refers to his contemporaries: 26:36; 11:16; 12:39, 41, 42 and 45; Luke 11:50-51; 17:25; Mk 8:38)
Matt. 26:64 - "You [speaking to the high priest] will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven."
The Book of Revelation’s predictions indicating Christ’s imminent return
SHORTLY, QUICKLY: ταχει , tachos and en tachei mean "quickly, all at once, with all speed, without delay."
1:1 - "...things which must shortly take place"
2:16 - "Repent, or else I will come to you quickly"
3:11 - "Behold, I come quickly!"
22:6 - "...things which must shortly take place."
22:7 - "Behold, I am coming quickly!"
22:12 - "Behold, I am coming quickly."
22:20 - "Surely I am coming quickly."
NEAR AT HAND ( εγγυς , engus)
1:3 - "The time is near."
22:10 - "The time is at hand."
ABOUT TO, ON THE POINT OR VERGE OF ( µ , mello, mellei)
1:19 - "Write ... the things that are about to take place."
3:10 - "... the hour of trial ... is about to come upon the whole world."
Other New Testament indications of Christ’s imminent return
Rom. 13:11-12 - "You know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand."
1 Cor. 7:29-31 - "Brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; from now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods, and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the form of this world is passing away."
1 Cor. 10:11 - "On us the ends of the ages have come."
Phil. 4:5 - "The Lord is at hand."
James 5:8-9 - "The coming of the Lord is at hand. ... Behold, the Judge is standing at the door."
1 Pet. 4:7 - "The end of all things is at hand."
1 Jn. 2:18 - "It is the last hour ... we know that it is the last hour."
