which would indicate the nearness of the event, and promised to be with His children until then: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). The Lord’s past Resurrection and His future Return have defined the real milestones of mankind’s history, and given a framework of meaning to all lesser occurrences. As a prelude to the end times, Saint John called this entire period between Christ’s First and Second Comings the “last hour”: “Little children, it is the last hour” (1 John