By their very nature, the last days are the final days of a given matter. It stretches credulity to say the final days are actually 2000 years and counting. Many evangelical Christians believe the Lord created the universe 6000 years ago. In this context 2000 years would be one third of the existence of the space / time continuum! How could they be called last or the final days of any given matter? We might say the last days of an American president begin with the election of a new president and end with the new president’s inauguration, and during this time he is often referred to as a lame duck, a period just under three months. On the other hand the last days of the Roman Empire might span several decades. Last days are relative, but it would be wrong to say the last days of an American president begins with his second year or half way through a single term of office. So, too, it would be wrong to conclude the last days of Rome (the western empire) spanned several centuries. In this context, therefore, it is wrong to conclude the last days of the Bible span 2000 years with no end in sight.
If, therefore, we are not in the last days today, there is no future Day of the Lord, no threat of a Great Tribulation in our future, nor do we look forward to the end of the space / time continuum, and more importantly, neither do we look forward to a future coming of Christ. How do I know this? What proof do I have? Well, Peter concluded that the last days pointed to Joel’s prophecy, which Peter claimed concerned that generation in the first century AD that crucified Christ:
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh… (Acts 2:16-17)
Moreover, he concluded his testimony on that day of Pentecost, 31 AD, with the words: “Be saved from this perverse generation” (Acts 2:40). Also, in his first epistle Peter declared to his readers in what is part of modern day Turkey, they had been saved by the precious blood of Christ, who had been foreknown or foreordained for this purpose before Adam’s rebellion, but was revealed to all in these last times (1Peter 1:18-20). Paul, also, concluded in agreement with Jacob prophecy concerning his descendants (Genesis 49:1, 10) that the last days coincided with the coming of the Messiah, the Son of God:
God, who at many times and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds (Hebrews 1:1-2)
Therefore, one could say that God promised a Redeemer for mankind long ago, thousands of years before he came on the scene. However, although many believed the word of God, the proof of his word is in his work. Just as he said: “Let there be… and there was… (Genesis 1:3), so the Lord promised a Redeemer (Genesis 3:15), and the Word of God became flesh (John 1:1, 14; cp. 10:37-38).
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