I am going to write two days on “Like a thief in the night.”
As a Pre-Tribulation Rapture guy, this is one of the things I’ve always struggled with on Jesus coming at the end of the Tribulation.
Luke 12:40- 40 You also must be ready, because
the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 – 1 Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Have you read the book of Revelation? Anyone and Everyone should know the Lord will be coming back soon by the time they are in about 5 years into the Tribulation. It’s a supernatural hell on earth. No business as usual during the Tribulation. At least half of the population on the earth dies during that period. People will almost be able to figure it out to the day when the Lord is about to return. There is a 7 year peace treaty, the 3 and half years after the Abomination that causes Desolation spoken in the book of Daniel in the middle of the 7 years and then the Lord returns.
Thief in the night?
However, it makes perfect sense if He does come for the Church right before the Tribulation. Will He catch people off guard? Look around you….it’s getting worse every day on two fronts.
First as the older generation are dying off, we are losing people who sought Christ faster than those looking for Him today. Second the Church itself as a whole isn’t looking for Jesus to come back.
A thief in the night? Yes it will be like a thief in the night for those (many) who have not been looking for Him.
Tomorrow we will stay on the subject and give a scary example of what Jesus was telling His disciples.