02.04. Time Element - "Shortly"

The Time Element-- "Things which must shortly come to pass." Revelation 1:1, Revelation 22:6 The phrase ¦ν τάχgι (en tachei) occurs eight times in the N.T.

Note the following occurances of the Greek work for "shortly"

Acts 12:7    "And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his] hands."

Acts 22:18     "And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me."

Acts 25:4     "But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither."

Romans 16:20    "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen."

1 Corinthians 4:19    "But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power."

Php 2:19     "But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state."

Php 2:24     "But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly."

2 Timothy 4:9     "Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"

1 Timothy 3:14     "These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:"

Revelation 1:1     "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:"

Revelation 22:6 "And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done." The noun is translated: shortly, speedily, quickly, The adverb is translated: briefly, speedily, shortly, soon (Nothing about the word permits an interval of thousands of years!!!)