This portion of our study shall be relatively short, as there is little to consider that we have not already covered; what is left is a matter of application. Since as we have determined the Olivet Discourse was fulfilled in 70 AD, it is obvious that some references (as in Paul) can be resolved on that basis. But let's look at cites individually.

> James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

"Coming" here is parousia, the word used by Matthew to refer to events of 70 AD. It is interesting that James, who shows affinities with Matthew's gospel and the Sermon on the Mount as recorded there, also uses the same term. Indeed, it is used in the works of James, John and Peter, the Jewish "inner circle" -- but not in Hebrews, which may have been written by Luke. (Hebrews uses erchomai above; a common word, but it is the one Luke uses also.)

Since we have laid our groundwork elsewhere, little else needs be said in conclusion. Hebrews and the Catholic epistles provide no grounds for supposing an erroneous view of a "soon return" of Christ in the way critics think.