So the Biblical term "last days" means "last days", except when it doesn't?
I disagree.
According to all the apostles, THEY were the last days generation:
Hebrews 1:1-2
God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son...
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition,
upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
1 Peter 1:20
[Jesus] verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world,
but was manifest in these last times for you
Acts 2:15-17
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
But THIS IS THAT which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass IN THE LAST DAYS saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
Jesus' View of the Timing of Last Days:
Matthew 24:34
Truly I say to you,
THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS UNTIL ALL BE FULFILLED.
John's View of the Timing of Last Days:
1 John 1:18
Little children,
IT IS THE LAST HOUR!; and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even so now there are many antichrists
BY WHICH WE KNOW IT IS THE LAST HOUR! For they went out from us...
Revelation 1:1,3
The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave to him
to show his servants things WHICH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS; ...THE TIME IS AT HAND."
Revelation 22:10
seal not the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is
AT HAND
Revelation 22:6
these words are faithful and true; the God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants what
MUST SHORTLY BE DONE.
Paul's View of the Timing of Last Days:
Hebrews 10:37
In a very short while, he that shall come will come, and will not tarry...and we are not of them that shall draw back unto perdition, but unto the saving of the soul."
Hebrews 1:1-2
God...who spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS spoken to us by his son."
Hebrews 9:26
...(Christ) must have suffered since the foundation of the world. But
NOW, AT THE END OF THE AGES he has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself."
1 Cor. 10:11
these things happened to them for examples, written for OUR admonition,
upon whom THE ENDS OF THE AGES HAVE COME.
1 Thess. 4:15
WE who are alive and remain at the coming of the Lord..."
James' View of the Timing of Last Days
James 5:8-9
...establish your hearts;
for the coming of the Lord IS NEAR ... BEHOLD THE JUDGE STANDS AT THE DOOR!
James 5:1-3
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire.
You have laid up your treasure in the last days!
Peter's View of the Timing of Last Days:
1 Peter 4:7
the end of all things is at hand
Acts 3:24-26
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise
foretold of THESE DAYS....UNTO YOU (jews) FIRST, God raised up his Son and sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 2:16-17
This (outpouring of the Holy Spirit)
IS THAT which was spoken through the prophet Joel: 'IN THE LAST DAYS I will pour out my spirit on all flesh...
1 Peter 1:20
Christ...who was foreordained before the foundation of the world, was manifested
in these last days for you.
Peter 4:17
For the time is now come for judgment to begin at the house of God.
How can any man suggest they were wrong, misguided, or even off by a few thousand years? This would make Jesus and the aposltes all false prophets! But, glory to God, Jesus understood plainly that the day of the Lord was to be when the Romans came to surround the city of Jerusalem:
Luke 21:20
when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that its desolation is near...FOR THESE ARE THE
DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WRITTEN WILL BE FULFILLED.
Jeremiah 46:10
For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries
Isaiah 61:2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
and the day of vengeance of our God