![]() In other words, IF, therefore, we do NOT watch, THEN Jesus will come upon us as a THIEF and we will NOT know the day or the hour. IF therefore you shall NOT WATCH, I WILL come upon YOU (Speaking of ONLY those who are NOT watching) as a THIEF, and YOU (Again speaking of only those who are NOT watching) shall NOT KNOW what HOUR I will come upon YOU.” “Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Please read Revelation 3:3 again and read it as if the OPPOSITE were as equally true. I want you to notice that the pre-tribulation doctrine also falsely teaches that no man can NEVER know the day or the hour of our Lord's return, but the word of TRUTH teaches us that IF you a re WATCHING, then we will know that day and the hour and Jesus will NOT come upon those who are watching and ready as a THIEF in the night. The Greek word translated as watching means BOTH to guard against sin to be READY and looking for the SIGNS of the coming of Jesus to know when he will come. But rather the word of TRUTH clearly and plainly teaches us that Jesus is coming as a THIEF upon those who are NOT WATCHING and who are NOT READY for his coming. ![]() The word of God clearly shows that Jesus is COMING as a THIEF in the night, BUT Jesus is NOT coming upon the faithful believers who are WATCHING and obeying his gospel as a THIEF to SECRETLY steal us away in the night as some falsely teach. IF therefore you shall NOT WATCH, I WILL come upon YOU (Speaking of ONLY those who are NOT watching to keep sin out of their life by either not sinning to quickly repenting and confessing their sins then Jesu WILL come on the unfaithful Christians living in a lifestyle of sin ) as a THIEF, and YOU (Again speaking of only those who are NOT watching or guarding to keep their garment spotless ) shall NOT KNOW what HOUR I will come upon YOU.” Please take a look at Revelation 3:3 where Jesus gives STRONG WARNING to those who DO NOT WATCH! ![]() In other words, IF we as believers WATCH, then we WILL KNOW the hour when the Son of man comes. THEREFORE, be you ALSO ready: for in an hour as you think not the Son of man COMES. “BUT KNOW THIS, that IF the goodman of the house had KNOWN in what watch the THIEF would come, he would NOT have suffered his house to be broken up.Ĥ4. ![]() Let us take a CLOSER look at all the verses in the Bible where Jesus is coming as a THIEF and see what the CONTEXT of thes e verses teac h us. Now I do not know about you, but I was taught by the pre-tribulation doctrine that Jesus was coming SECRETLY as a THIEF in the NIGHT to gather together from all over the world faithful believers to ESCAPE the coming time of GREAT TRIBULATION and that we must always be READY because no one knows the da y or t he hour of our Lord's return.īUT is the teaching of a PRE tribulation rapture of the church SOUND BIBLICAL teaching?ĭoes Jesus coming as a THIEF in the night mean that Jesus is coming SECRETLY to snatch away the believers from the earth in order to ESCAPE that time of great tribulation? ![]()
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