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Notes:
A. The Greek word “melo” literally means “is about to.” It has been mistranslated in multiple places in multiple versions of the Bible by Darby-biased dispensationalists as “is going to.” The proper translation is used in this list. When you see “is about to,” it’s the Greek word “melo.”
B. Between Daniel and Revelation, we know that if something is more than 600 years away, God does not consider it “at hand.” Daniel, writing in the 6th century before Christ, was told to seal up his vision for the time WAS NOT at hand. John, writing in the 1st century after Christ, was told NOT to seal up his vision regarding the same events, for the time WAS at hand.
C. Even if you were to abuse and incorrectly define the aforementioned, there remains dozens of additional and irrefutable time indicators.
1. “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 3:2)
2. “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 4:17)
3. “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matt. 10:7)
4. “Who warned you to flee from the wrath about to come?” (Matt. 3:7)
5. “The axe is already laid at the root of the trees.” (Matt. 3:10)
6. “His winnowing fork is in His hand.” (Matt. 3:12)
7. “You shall not finish going through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man comes.” (Matt. 10:23)
8. “… the age about to come.” (Matt. 12:32)
9. “The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.” (Matt. 12:41)
10. “The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.” (Matt. 12:42)
11. “The Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according to his deeds.” (Matt. 16:27)
12. “There are some of those who are standing here who shall not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” (Matt. 16:28; cf. Mk. 9:1; Lk. 9:27)
13. “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and be given to a nation producing the fruit of it.’ ….When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.” (Matt. 21:40-41,43,45)
14. “Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.” (Matt. 23:36)
15. “This generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Matt. 24:34)
16. “From now on, you [plural: chief priests, the scribes, the elders, the whole Sanhedrin] shall be seeing the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Matt. 26:64; Mk. 14:62; Lk. 22:69)
17. “What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. ….They [the chief priests, scribes and elders] understood that He spoke the parable against them.” (Mk. 12:9,12)
18. “This generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Mk. 13:30)
19. “Who warned you to flee from the wrath about to come?” (Lk. 3:7)
20. “The axe is already laid at the root of the trees. ” (Lk. 3:9)
21. “His winnowing fork is in His hand….” (Lk. 3:17)
22. “What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” …The scribes and the chief priests …understood that He spoke this parable against them.” (Lk. 20:15-16,19)
23. “These are days of vengeance, in order that all things which are written may be fulfilled.” (Lk. 21:22)
24. “This generation will not pass away until all things take place.” (Lk. 21:32)
25. “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’” (Lk. 23:28-30; Compare Rev. 6:14-17)
26. “If I want him [apostle John] to remain until I come, what is that to you?” (Jn. 21:22)
27. “This is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: ‘And it shall be in the last days…’” (Acts 2:16-17)
28. “He has fixed a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness…” (Acts 17:31)
29. “There is about to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.” (Acts 24:15)
30. “As he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment about to come…” (Acts 24:25)
31. “Not for [Abraham’s] sake only was it written, that [faith] was reckoned to him [as righteousness], but for our sake also, to whom it is about to be reckoned.” (Rom. 4:23-24)
32. “If you are living according to the flesh, you are about to die.” (Rom. 8:13)
33. “I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.” (Rom. 8:18)
34. “It is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand.” (Rom. 13:11-12)
35. “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” (Rom. 16:20)
36. “The time has been shortened.” (I Cor. 7:29)
37. “The form of this world is passing away.” (I Cor. 7:31)
38. “Now these things …were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.” (I Cor. 10:11)
39. “We shall not all fall sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.” (I Cor. 15:51-52)
40. “…not only in this age, but also in the one about to come.” (Eph. 1:21)
41. “The Lord is near.” (Phil. 4:5)
42. “The gospel …was proclaimed in all creation under heaven.” (Col. 1:23; Compare Matt. 24:14; Rom. 10:18; 16:26; Col. 1:5-6; II Tim. 4:17; Rev. 14:6-7; cf. I Clement 5,7 … this requirement for the “end” to come was fulfilled by the time Paul wrote)
43. “…things which are a shadow of what is about to come.” (Col. 2:16-17)
44. “…we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Lord… …We who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds… …You, brethren, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief.” (I Thess. 4:15,17; 5:4)
45. “It is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire.” (II Thess. 1:6-7)
46. “Godliness …holds promise for the present life and that which is about to come.” (I Tim. 4:8)
47. “…storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for that which is about to come, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.” (I Tim. 6:19)
48. “In the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self… …Avoid these men. For of these are those who enter into households and captivate weak women… …These also oppose the truth… …But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all…” (II Tim. 3:1-2,5-6,8-9)
49. “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is about to judge the living and the dead…” (II Tim. 4:1)
50. “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son.” (Heb. 1:1-2)
51. “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?” (Heb. 1:14)
52. “He did not subject to angels the world about to come.” (Heb. 2:5)
53. “…and have tasted …the powers of the age about to come.” (Heb. 6:5)
54. “For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near a curse, and it’s end is for burning.” (Heb. 6:7-8)
55. “When He said, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.” (Heb. 8:13)
56. “The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way of the [heavenly] Holy Places has not yet been revealed, while the outer tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.” (Heb. 9:8-10; Compare Gal. 4:19; Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17; 4:13)
57. “But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things about to come…” (Heb. 9:11)
58. “Now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin.” (Heb. 9:26)
59. “For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things about to come…” (Heb. 10:1)
60. “…as you see the Day drawing near.” (Heb. 10:25)
61. “…the fury of a fire which is about to consume the adversaries.” (Heb. 10:27)
62. “For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.” (Heb. 10:37)
63. “For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the one that is about to come.” (Heb. 13:14)
64. “Speak and so act, as those who are about to be judged by the law of liberty.” (James 2:12)
65. “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. …It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!” (James 5:1,3)
66. “You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” (James 5:8)
67. “…salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (I Peter 1:6)
68. “He …has appeared in these last times for the sake of you.” (I Peter 1:20)
69. “They shall give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.” (I Peter 4:5)
70. “The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.” (I Peter 4:7)
71. “For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God.” (I Peter 4:17)
72. “…as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is about to be revealed.” (I Peter 5:1)
73. “Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” (II Peter 2:3)
74. “In the last days mockers will come. …For this they willingly are ignorant of…” (I Peter 3:3,5)
75. “The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.” (I Jn. 2:8)
76. “The world is passing away, and its desires.” (I Jn. 2:17)
77. “It is the last hour.” (I Jn. 2:18)
78. “Even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour.” (I Jn. 2:18; Compare Matt. 24:23-34)
79. “This is that of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.” (I Jn. 4:3; Compare II Thess. 2:7)
80. “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation. …About these also Enoch …prophesied, saying, ‘Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly…’” (Jude 1:4,14-15)
81. “But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, ‘In the last time there shall be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.’ These are the ones who cause divisions…” (Jude 1:17-19)
82. “…to show to His bond-servants, the things which must shortly take place.” (Rev. 1:1)
83. “The time is near.” (Rev. 1:3)
84. “Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.” (Rev. 2:25)
85. “I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is about to come upon the whole world.” (Rev. 3:10)
86. “I am coming quickly.” (Rev. 3:11)
87. “And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.” (Rev. 12:5)
88. “And in her [the Great City Babylon = Jerusalem, “where our Lord was slain”] was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.” (Rev. 18:24; Compare Matt. 23:35-36; Lk. 11:50-51)
89. “…to show to His bond-servants the things which must shortly take place.” (Rev. 22:6)
90. “Behold, I am coming quickly. ” (Rev. 22:7)
91. “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.” (Rev. 22:10; Compare Dan. 8:26)
92. “Behold, I am coming quickly.” (Rev. 22:12)
93. “Yes, I am coming quickly.” (Rev. 22:20)
Sadly, futurists create their own imaginary eschatology & ineffectively attempt to explain away and invalidate all of these clear statements by Jesus and the New Testament.
The well-intentioned may do this because of the misdating of Revelation due to Irenaeus’ mistranslated statement, while Revelation itself tells us it was written during the reign of ruler #6 over the the city on 7 hills with blasphemous names (temples to false gods) atop it’s hills. This same city on 7 hills absorbed the power of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. Revelation, therefore, was written during the reign of Nero over Rome, prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. Indeed, Revelation is about the destruction of the “great city” “where our Lord was slain.” (See ch. 11 and 16)