Read more in Peter’s devotional Bible study, A New Heaven and a New Earth: 40 Practical Insights from John’s Book of Revelation. We don’t know when it will occur, but we do Not, but that doesn’t mean I’m not on the lookout for the possibility of it occurring. Christ comes to the church as the morning star, to Israel as the sun of righteousness, and to the world and religious profession in sudden surprise as a ‘thief in the night. Ready? It isn’t condemnation, and it isn’t being left behind it’s being The character in which Christ would come to them is as a ‘thief in the night.’ He shall come as a judge, unexpectedly, at an unknown and unlooked for hour. See more ideas about jesus is coming, scripture, bible. In Revelation, John advises us that we should be alert and ready for whenever this surprise return occurs. 'Certainly unless you wake up, I shall come as a thief, and you will not know at all what hour I shall come upon you'.Rev. 'Thief in the Night' Bible Verses 'For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. The point is that Jesus will return unexpectedly. Jesus Will Return UnexpectedlyĪgain, we must remember that Jesus isn’t coming as a thief to steal-the enemy does that ( John 10:10). It’s going to be a surprise, much like a thief breaking in under the cover of darkness ( 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2). Next, Paul, in writing to his friends in the church in Thessalonica, reminds them that no one knows when Jesus will come back, not the season or the date. ![]() The lesson is that even though we don’t know when the end will take place, we should be alert and ready. Here Jesus says that if a homeowner knew when his house would be broken into, he would have been on the lookout and taken steps to prevent a robbery ( Matthew 24:43). John’s Revelation where so much of the content is figurative and not literal.įirst, Jesus implies this about himself, which Matthew records in his biography of Jesus. Serious consideration because it also occurs elsewhere in the Bible, not just in Note that this doesn’t say Jesus is a thief, merely that most people won’t be expecting his arrival, as is the case of a robber coming in the middle of the night. One is a warning that Jesus will return unexpectedly, like a thief ( Revelation 16:15). 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. John’s epic vision that he records in the book of Revelation includes many perplexing allusions. Matthew 24:42-44New International Version. ![]() 9 For ( L)God did not appoint us to wrath, ( M)but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 ( N)who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.ġ1 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.The End Will Come Unexpectedly Like a Thief in the 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, ( K)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 7 For ( I)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk ( J)are drunk at night. 6 ( G)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but ( H)let us watch and be sober. The return of Jesus Christ is likened to the coming of a thief in the night. 5 You are all ( F)sons of light and sons of the day. 4 ( E)But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then ( C)sudden destruction comes upon them, ( D)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that ( B)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 5 But concerning ( A)the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.
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