Yes he did. But even the first Church believed that Christ's return was imminent. And throughout the history of the Church there has always been those who believed that Christ's return was imminent.
I do believe things may and probably will get real bad in the near future but that does not necessarily mean that Christ's return is imminent. Things were really bad during the Dark Ages and I'm sure many people during that era believed that Christ's return was imminent but God deemed fit that it was not time yet. So it could be now even if things get extremely bad.
I believe it's really bad form to press ones eschatalogical views as the thing necessary for redemption.
MAYBE I can be slightly clearer.
I’m NOT saying that one’s
A) Escatology results in
B) lack of Salvation.
I’m suggesting that in the more rabid folks cases . . .
Their . . . how to put it . . .
cheeky affrontive unwillingness, incapacity to take God at His Word
results in
BOTH
more than questionable escatology
AND
possibly an unwillingness to comply with God’s minimal understanding and trust IN HIS WORD sufficiently to believe in their heart and confess with their mouths that Jesus is Lord.