The earth is still here.
Time marches on.
The same could be said of the passage in II Timothy. Besides which, St. Paul could not have so written, nor could the Spirit have so spoken by him. These Thessalonians imagined it to be already come, and, accordingly, were deserting their pursuits in life, and falling into other irregularities, as if the day of grace were closed. Paul is here speaking of the A.D. 70 judgment on the Jews - the very judgment given emphasis in the first portion of the Olivet Discourse, the Book of Revelation, and several other passages of Scripture. There is some difference in the words, for eggizo signifies it draweth near, enistemi , it is begun already.