Thankfully, more and more believers are “waking up” to the truths of these and other scriptures. Jesus went on to compare it to watching the trees budding in spring and showing a “hint of green” in their leaves and recognizing that summer is near! (Mtt 24: 32) Just to be clear on this last verse, which seems to be is the fountainhead of the confusion, we WILL NOT KNOW “that day and hour” - which is an oft repeated theme of the New Testament - BUT we are to know that “He is near”. Matt 24:33,36 “Even so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door… But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” - Jesus Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.” - Jesus Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.” - Jesus Revelation 3:3 “So remember what you have received and heard and keep it, and repent. We are not of night nor of darkness so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.” I Thess 5:4-6 “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief for you are all sons of light and sons of day. Yes, Jesus will come like a thief in the night… to those who are not watching!! To those who are asleep. Well, it might make for good “YouTube” hits, but it is poor theology. Have you not seen the portrayals of lightening flashing in a crowded church service and then after the smoke clears a few are “left behind”, broken and repentant and start to REALLY seek the Lord, etc.? You might have read the popular book series touching on these themes. This “sudden and sneaky” Rapture fever has served the church quite well in evangelism, I guess. “The day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.”įor decades the church has fed itself the continuous line that the “Day of the Lord” would come unexpectedly - like maybe even before I finish typing this sentence… AAAAHHHH! I want to examine with you one of the verses that I believe has been appallingly misunderstood in regards to the Second Coming: Nevertheless, I feel an urgency in my heart to keep “chipping away” at the faulty theology imbedded at large in the body of Christ on the Last Days. As if studying the Second Coming is “off on a tangent“! Many people that I talk with often say that they just can’t get “sidetracked” by the End Times since it is so muddled. There is so much bewilderment about the “How and When” of the promised return of the Lord Jesus that I hardly know where to start.
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