You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. “Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Therefore encourage each other with these words.” After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. So to keep this text in proper context, let’s get a running start at 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and read through 5:15.ġ Thessalonians 4:16–5:5. For certain, there should be no chapter division between the fourth and fifth chapter in 1 Thessalonians. Someone said he marked up his Bible while riding on a donkey from church to church, and every time his donkey stumbled or lurched, he made a new chapter. They were added 14 centuries later by a Catholic Bishop named Stephen Langton. But just a good thief (that’s an oxymoron) tries to sneak in quickly and quietly and escape with his loot, that’s an apt description of how Jesus will rapture His church.Īs you know the chapter and verse divisions in the Bible weren’t in the original scriptures.
Of course, Jesus isn’t identifying with the sin of stealing. You might think it strange that Jesus would compare His return to a thief. But if you’ve ever been robbed, you know it’s not a laughing matter. We’ve all heard the “dumb criminal” stories, and they can do some lame-brained things.
Then when the robber left he called 911 and gave them the robber’s name and address. The clerk agreed he was 21 and put the whiskey in the bag. The robber promptly showed the clerk his driver’s license. The clerk told the robber he couldn’t because the robber didn’t look like he was 21 years old. After the cashier put the money in the bag, the robber saw a bottle of whiskey on the shelf behind and cashier and told him to put it in the bag. A robber held up a convenience store with a shotgun. Here’s a true story from Colorado Springs. The parrot said, “Sic ‘im, Jesus.”Ĭriminals can be pretty dumb. The parrot said, “Jesus is watching you.” The thief flipped on the kitchen light and said, “Why you’re just a dumb bird.” Then he noticed a huge Doberman crouching under the cage. “Jesus is watching you.” He swung his flashlight up and saw a talking parrot in a cage. But after he took a few more steps, the voice said again, “Jesus is watching you.” He decided to walk toward the voice, just before he entered the kitchen, he heard it again. As he walked through the darkened house with a flashlight he heard a voice from the kitchen that said, “Jesus is watching you.” He stopped and said, “Who’s there?” There was no answer so he thought he must have imagined it. One night a thief broke into a house he thought was deserted.
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