It is commonly said that Jesus, and most of the New Testament authors, believed that the end of the world was right around the corner. Many passages in Paul and the Gospels would lead you to believe that this was their expectation. It was, but not in the way we think. It would be much closer to the truth to say that because the old order of the world (cultures built on money, power and mere religiosity) had now been so clearly exposed and defeated by the Jesus event, they thought it was only a matter of time until everybody would see through it all! I do suppose that both Jesus and Paul are
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