I Thessalonians 5, Jesus Comes as a Thief in the Night.

 

I Thessalonians 5- Jesus Comes as a Thief in the Night.

The Lord Jesus doesn’t come to church like a thief in the night. The church is looking and waiting for the Lord to come. The Lord Jesus does come like a thief in the night to the world after the church has been raptured. He will come suddenly. He will gather His children, and then when all people think they are in a place of peace and safety, it will become a day of wrath as it states in Isaiah 13:9 “For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.” The world will be surprised.

Jesus said in John 14:2-3 “I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

We are not in darkness; we are all children of light. Believers won’t be overtaken by a thief. Why, because we won’t be here. The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout and take His own out of the world. We are looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of Jesus.

Paul admonishes the Christians at Thessalonica to not be caught sleeping. He said to watch and stay sober. It could mean not imbibing on alcoholic beverages. It could also mean not to get drunk on power or making money or on the pleasures of this world. We must be sober because Jesus is coming. Whatever we are doing, we should ask ourselves if we want to be caught doing this if Jesus were to come. We as Christians are soldiers for Christ and we have a duty to Him. That is to put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. We don’t know what we shall be when Jesus appears but in I John 3:2 it says that “when Jesus appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” God did not appoint us for wrath, so we won’t be going through the tribulation. It is a time of judgment and Christ bore our judgment on the cross. It is because of the Grace of God that we will obtain salvation.

 

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