&gt; Christians used to believe the world would end before the Christ&#x27;s original followers had all died.<p>I am guessing you heard this in a college class or some academic. Warning non-theological academics are incredibly lazy in terms of research and will take 30 seconds to form an opinion with no reference to anything else. Heck I had a &quot;World Renowned&quot; speciallist explain that the New Testament was written 100 to 200 years later and that their was no evidence of even Pontious Pilot. I raised my hand and explained that he read 1700&#x27;s liberal theology started from Hermann Samuel Reimarus in the &quot;Search for the Historical Jesus.&quot; TO bad archiology had proved all the points false and I was willing to talk with him after class. After 5 minutes of mockery I raised my hand and said you really don&#x27;t want to hear about facts right now do you? His reply, &quot;F___ No.&quot; I then sent an email later on and he actually sent me an apology, but the harm is done with false research. It just spreads bad academics and then this stops the ability for people to talk to each other on a level playing field.<p>This was due to Paul&#x27;s writing that he thought the parousia (Return of Christ) would happen before he died.<p>1 Thessalonians 4:15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died<p>Later on he wrote it this way.<p>2 Corinthians 1:8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.<p>Paul was beheaded years before the next book of the New Testament was even written.