![]() ![]() Here are many other verses that show the public nature of the second coming of Christ. One passage commonly used to teach a secret rapture (I Thess 4:14-18) actually shows the very public and loud entrance of Christ, much as a king entering into His kingdom. ![]() The people caught unaware by the 'thief' are the people who are -not- ready for Christ (Rev 3:3), the wicked (Matt 24:38-39, Matt 24:48-51), those who do not stay awake and clothed (Rev 16:15), etc.Ī third area of common confusion is exchanging Christ's second coming (public) for the idea of a secret rapture some years prior, a doctrine scripture does not teach. The second area of confusion is some thinking that it is a 'good' thing to be caught by the thief, vs. He comes when everyone thinks things are 'safe and peaceful.' (I Thess 5:1-3) It is for that reason He tells us to stay on our guard (Matt 24:44, Luke 21:34-36). Rather, scripture shows that 'thief' was chosen for the analogy as a thief comes when no one is expecting it (Matt 24:42-44, Rev 3:3, Rev 16:15, II Pet 3:10-15). While those are aspects of thieves, they are not the aspects scripture is emphasizing. 'Like a thief' in scripture does not mean 'silently, the only evidence the theft in the morning' any more than it means 'wrongfully thieving, taking what is not His'. ![]() Rev 1:7 says, "Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the Earth will wail on account of Him." Jennifer Rothnie Supporter Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious Jesus' second coming will be in sight of the Earth, accompanied by trumpets and the shouts of the angels. ![]()
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