Like a thief in the night

[RustyAngeL]

It means we don't know the time that the Lord Jesus will return for His Church and we are to be ready always.

[JohnD]

 

What does this verse mean to you?

 

 

Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

 

 

 

Like a thief in the night...

 

In a time and in ways you are not prepared for because our lack of faithfulness to the one who saved us and our fairytale traditions taught as Church doctrine (rather the traditions of men) cloud and pollute the otherwise crystal clear stream of Bible teaching / Bible prophecy.

 

2 Peter 1:20-21 (KJV)

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

[2404]

 

 

 

Matthew 25

13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Is that the second coming or the rapture to you?

 

The parable of the 10 virgins with the catching away of His bride to the marriage supper.

I suppose that is the one we want to be ready for after that it is 'ready or not'.

 

We know for sure that the Bridegroom in the Parable of the Ten Virgins is Jesus Christ.There is alot of debate over the significance of the parable and if it is regarding the rapture or the second coming.

 

Do you care to state your position as to its application?

[gdemoss]

My personal conviction.  Please, no stones.

 

I have come to believe that before the rapture comes the rupture.  The rupture as I am labeling it is the pulling of the tares before the wheat is gathered into the barn.  It is the taking away of Elijah in the whirlwind, the beheading of John the Baptist in prison and the destruction of all those who have set themselves up in God's temple to sell doves and be money changers.  It is a full blown consecration of the people of God unto God before the coming of the Lord to rule and reign for his 1000 year kingdom.  A thief comes to kill and destroy, so will the son of man.  One given a crown and a bow who goes forth conquering.  It is a day of darkness and not light unto those who refused the truth that is in Christ Jesus and denied him as Lord and Master.  The judging of the nations and their treatment of his brethren.  Nobody knows the day or hour but as one can discern the face of the sky so should they be able to see the sign of the times.  Seals are placed upon things to separate and restrain.  The ungodliness of man created to be in the image of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God is a bar against the kingdom of God upon the earth.  Seven Seals prevent the Kingdom of Heaven from coming to earth and truly bringing peace to the creation through the restoration of all things.  120 jubilee years was man given to prepare for the coming of Gods Kingdom upon the earth.  This Kingdom being preached beginning with John who Jesus said was not a part of and continuing to be preached from faithful pulpits acrossed the globe as the final decadence of man comes to an end and it comes in like a flood destroying those who were deceived by their own wicked hearts through personal desire to have and obtain for self without love for their fellow man.

 

Followers of Christ have no need to be afraid of the coming terror because they fear God today and live in accordance with the teachings of Jesus Christ the Son of God.  From the day they saw him in truth, they have set a course for becoming conformed to his image and likeness through the power of the Holy Spirit in them.  And having the righteousness of God upon them being justified freely by his grace and clothed in his humility and love they will be passed over and protected until the very end when Jesus himself descends with a shout and the voice of an archangel to gather his unto himself to rule and reign with him!  A message of terror to the unbeliever but one of hope to the truly faithful.

 

For those of you who disagree with what I have stated here.  I must admit, I have been wrong before and allow for such a possibility to be true today.  I can be wrong.  God, forgive me, a sinner.  Peace unto those in Christ Jesus our Lord.

[Spock]

Matthew 25

13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Is that the second coming or the rapture to you?

It seems logical to me that that this refers to His coming to take us away (rapture). We will pretty much know when he will return to set us his Millennium Kingdom. Pretty much 3.5 years from the abomination of desolation. No?

[Izzel]

Where were the children of Israel when the plagues fell  or tribulation for egypt ?

 

What is the lesson to learn from such an event ?