I always had the impression, from scripture and history, that the 1st century church and Apostles were expecting an imminent return. And the same for Christians of every century since then.
Paul fits that bill for sure. Though he does have caveats to that 2Thess 2:3. John does not support that necessarily. Others throughout history have certainly thought that the return was imminent for the same reasons, but not everyone. Most who have usually will quote Paul. Usually from a perspective having virtually no understanding of Feast Days or their prophetic implications about the advents of Christ.
A prime example is Sir Isaac Newton. He placed it sometime within our near future.
Ancient docs, like the Dead Sea Scrolls “The Coming of Melchizedek” places his return in conjunction with a series of Jubilees, which aligns with Isaiah 61 and its (partial) fulfillment by Christ. This doc also associates his return with the Day of Atonement and when the Trump sounds long, both of which point precisely at a Day of Atonement in a Jubilee Year only.
The Apocryphon of Jeremiah is another DSS that associates the timing with a week of years within a specific Jubilee.
Another is Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel. Who placed it after a series of 10 Jubilee periods. Some have discounted this prophecy because the man who attributed it to JBS, later could not recall where he’d found this prophecy. And yet the prophecy has uncannily proven remarkably accurate to date.
Most don’t realize it, but Daniel’s 70 week prophecy is also a 10 Jubilee prophecy. However, because of the timing of events, Daniel had to utilize weeks instead of Jubilees to avoid an inaccurate prophecy, and by doing so, he foretold events around the life of Christ with a degree of accuracy that is mind boggling. Its still a 10 Jubilee prophecy, and still utilizes specific Jubilees as benchmarks, but is more accurately understood thru its breakdown into weeks.
