TILL I COME

John 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

I wonder what people thought when they heard Jesus say this. Here are two things they might have thought. Pick the one you think seems more reasonable.

1. John might possibly live all through the rest of the Mosaic age and all through the Christian age, which could be thousands or millions of years.
2. Jesus was going to come back soon, in that generation, in a very little while, shortly--certainly within one human lifetime since it was possible John might not die and Jesus had also said some of them might still be alive when He came in His kingdom to reward every man according to His works.
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I wonder what the readers of Revelation thought the following verse meant.

Revelation 2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

1. Hold fast what you have till you die.
2. Hold fast what you have till I come, which certainly won't be in your lifetime so you really can't do what I'm telling you to do.
3. Hold fast what you have till I come--because I AM coming while you're still alive and capable of holding fast.
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I wonder what Timothy thought when Paul said the following:

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

1. Do these things till I get there because I am coming in your lifetime.
2. Do these things till you die; see you in heaven.

And What do YOU think??