Are We Living in the Last Days?

Justin Taylor provides an answer based on the biblical data:

According to the vocabulary of the New Testament, the “last day“—the ultimate day of judgment and wrath—is not yet upon us (see 1 Thess. 5:1-11).

However, the “last days” are already here. Biblically, this expression refers not just to the final events immediately before the final consummation, but rather to the entire period between Jesus’ death/resurrection and the final judgment.

This is why John can tell us that “this”—now—”is the last hour” (1 John 2:18).

It’s why Peter says that Jesus was made manifest “in the last times” (1 Pet. 1:20).

It’s why the author of Hebrews tells us that God has spoken to us decisively through his Son “in these last days” (Heb. 1:2).

The last hour/times/days are already here—the last day is yet to come.