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Per Scripture itself, the "IT" in your sentence (referencing that which will not over take believers "as a thief in the night"--1Th5's context) is not "the return of Christ" (as many suppose--or in any form one would prefer to surmise [as in your view--the 70ad events])... ... but rather, as...

The thing that arrives "as a thief IN THE NIGHT" is the (earthly-located) TIME-PERIOD [not "our Rapture [in the air]"], and the Thessalonians "KNEW[/KNOW] PERFECTLY" this fact (per 1Th5:1-3), as Paul readily acknowledged of them, and said he had no need to write them regarding it. Also, the...

...the reviling and the mocking" vv.39-44]) ____________ As for @Pilgrimshope 's Post #13, I can see the picture in my mind just so: --one thief on either side of Him [totaling 2]; --one malefactor on either side of Him [totaling 2 others]; --this is why John 19:18 can say, "where they...

...this subject out. We aren't simply conducting the "stab-and-grab" method. :) Note carefully that it is the TIME-PERIOD that arrives "as a thief IN THE NIGHT"; Not Jesus Himself. but whenever Scripture declares such a phrase when speaking of JESUS HIMSELF / HIS OWN PERSONAL PRESENCE, it...

The texts where the phrase "IN THE NIGHT" are used (with "like a thief"), it is referring to the arrival of A TIME-PERIOD (earthly-located, of much duration, with MUCH that will transpire WITHIN it!); Wherever the texts are speaking of JESUS HIMSELF [/ HIS PERSON] (with the phrase "like a...

"The day of the Lord" (earthly-located time period consisting of "judgments" unfolding [AC being the first of those]) is what will arrive "as a thief in the night".

Paul had said (1Th5:1-3) "THE DAY OF THE LORD so cometh [/arrives] as a thief IN THE NIGHT..." "the DOTL" is an earthly-located time period of much duration, that is comprised of "judgments" unfolding upon the earth (over some time!) and then "blessings" (over some time!)--ALL that!... IOW...

It seems you are defining the arrival [/coming] of "the day of the Lord" AS "Christ's RETURN". That's not exactly correct. Amos 5:18a - "Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? [...]" In 1Th5:1-3, Paul GOES ON to say, that its arrival is... "exactly like...

...letter to them, Paul had acknowledged that the Thessalonians "KNOW PERFECTLY" that the ARRIVAL of "the day of the Lord" shall come "like a thief IN THE NIGHT," and which Paul explains will be "exactly like" the INITIAL "birth pang" that comes upon a woman with child (and that those are...

When reading what Peter wrote in 2 Peter 3, which you've quoted above, I always recommend that people read both chapters of Isaiah 34-35 (2 chpts which form one prophecy) to grasp the whole picture of what it is that Peter is speaking of, when referencing Isa34:4... as opposed to our simply...

...when Jesus will "STAND to JUDGE" [Isa3:13, Rev5:6, etc]). In 1Th5:1-3, Paul says the Thessalonians "KNOW PERFECTLY" that "the day of the Lord" (earthly-located TIME-PERIOD consisting of JUDGMENTs unfolding upon the earth) ARRIVES like a thief "IN THE NIGHT". [2Th2... he elaborates further...]

...he will RETURN FROM the wedding" i.e. as an ALREADY-WED Bridegroom!!), "And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through"... implying that by this point, the "hour" should be...

...sold for three hundred denariib and the money given to the poor?” 6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it. :unsure: (sounds like this was taking place well-before the...

I acknowledged that many have been taught a poor [i.e. INCORRECT] version of "pre-trib"... A version which states that "our Rapture" event is being referred to in Jesus' Olivet Discourse... but the fact is that "our Rapture" event was NOT the Subject of Jesus' Olivet Discourse and cannot be...

...to His Second Coming to the earth (to judge and to reign) Rev19; Those aren't the only verses that speak of it... so does "Behold, I COME as a thief." as was already mentioned earlier in this thread... ...so does, "that when he COMETH and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately" (the...

To fill out my thought from my last post: [in Rev16:14-16 (re: Rev19) He says, "Behold, I come AS A THIEF." No "IN THE NIGHT" phrase is added when speaking of Himself, His Own Personal presence returning to the earth at the Armageddon time-slot; And recall, "Revelation" is "The Revelation of...

And to circle back to the Subject of the OP, "the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief IN THE NIGHT" refers neither to Christ's Second Coming to the earth Rev19, nor to "our Rapture [IN THE AIR]"; "the day of the Lord" is an EARTHLY-located time period, which in part consists of judgments...

The day of the Lord ARRIVES as a thief in the night. While it is true that "the day of the Lord" ALSO pertains to His Second Coming to the earth Rev19 (not to mention, the entire MK age also), that is not its point of ARRIVAL. And we can see this in the 1Th5:1-5 text (but not as explained in a...

Paul isn't "concerned about" it overtaking them as a thief, he's making the point that it won't. [per vv.1-4, "the day of the Lord" ARRIVING "exactly like [hosper]" the INITIAL "birth pang"... which will be followed by many more birth pangs according to Jesus' words in His Olivet Discourse, and...

I grasp the gist of your question here, but allow me to make a point which is being missed. It is not as though the "come / cometh as a thief" refers to the entire time period itself (or to His Personal presence to the earth FOR the MK age as though that time-period following would be a "thief"...