(February 4, 2016 at 9:23 am)athrock Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 9:03 am)Irrational Wrote: Then a reasonable explanation would be that the earliest Christians did expect Jesus to come back soon. But when they realized he wasn't, they started to rationalize why Jesus hadn't come back as promised.
They did expect him to return soon. When that did not happen, they began to realize that they had misunderstood what He had promised (and will eventually fulfill).
The Gospels state that Jesus himself said he would return during their time.
