But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the Heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, both the Earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” Now, just keep that in mind. In 2 Peter 3:10 the Bible says figuratively speaking that the Lord is coming back like a what? Like “a thief in the night”. Okay. Now let’s go to 2 Corinthians 11:8. 2 Corinthians 11:8. And Paul, in talking about working with these different churches and congregations, he says that “I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you.” So we’ve got the Lord figuratively coming back like a thief in the night, and we have Paul that is figuratively robbing from other churches.
So that’s figurative language, so I guess we can go out and be thieves and start robbing from other churches and other individuals because we read in the Bible figuratively how the Lord is coming back like a thief and Paul robbed from other churches. You see how ridiculous that is? Because we understand,
2 Peter 3:10 and 2 Corinthians 11:8. How come you can’t understand that with the book of Revelation and understand that that, too, is nothing more than figurative language? And I will make the point one more time. Figurative language does not and cannot alone authorize a literal practice.
So that’s figurative language, so I guess we can go out and be thieves and start robbing from other churches and other individuals because we read in the Bible figuratively how the Lord is coming back like a thief and Paul robbed from other churches. You see how ridiculous that is? Because we understand,
2 Peter 3:10 and 2 Corinthians 11:8. How come you can’t understand that with the book of Revelation and understand that that, too, is nothing more than figurative language? And I will make the point one more time. Figurative language does not and cannot alone authorize a literal practice.