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Christians have believed in the imminent return of Jesus since the early days of the Church. Mark's Gospel has Jesus predict his return during the lifetime of his own disciples' generation. By the time the other gospels were being written, it was beginning to be clear that this prophecy would not be met, and each subsequent gospel paid less attention to his return within the current generation.

Christians continued to expect an imminent return of Jesus. A major expection was that he would return at the start of the new millennium, in 1000 CE. Jehovah's Witnesses have identified several specific years when Jesus would return, with disappointment in each case. Today, many Christians believe that he will return 'soon', but accept that 'soon' is not necessarily during their own lifetimes.

Others say that Jesus has died and will not return.

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