"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."
Well I had a new thought with these verses. It's funny how you can hear a verse quoted so many times and not really understand it. How many times have I heard the Lord would come as a thief in the night. It comes with the often quoted "but of that day and hour knoweth no man". (Matthew 24:36)
The key word I realized was "night". It speaking of those that are in darkness. To them the Lord's coming is as a thief. They are caught unaware. Those that are righteous are not in darkness. The day [Lord] will not come upon us unaware or as a thief. We are then told to not sleep, but watch and be sober. The reason the Lord coming is not as a thief is because we are waiting for him. If I was watching for a thief that was coming, I wouldn't be caught unaware at his arrival. I would be prepared and ready for it. Doesn't matter when he comes, the point is to be ready. The Lord's coming will be in full light with those watching prepared to meet him.
Day 1689
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