Mark Ostertag Sr.

“First century Christians living in Israel knew they had only forty years to spread the gospel before Jesus came on clouds to destroy Jerusalem and they had to flee to the mountains. Because of this, they spoke of it being “the last hour” and “the latter times.” They said things like, “He is standing at the door,” and, “The Lord is at hand and the day is about to come.” This was their reality, but it is not ours. We must choose to stop taking what the New Testament authors meant for those living between AD 30 and AD 70 and applying it to our future.”
― Jonathan Welton, Raptureless: Third Edition