To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

 (i) The Christians believed that they were already living in the last days. "It is the last hour," says John to his people ( 1 John 2:18). The writer to the Hebrews speaks of the fullness of the revelation which has come to men in Christ in these last days ( Hebrews 1:2). As the first Christians saw it, God had already invaded time and the end was hastening on. 