ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). He urges us to be watchful so we will be prepared. There will be a condition of apathy in the latter days that will tend to lull even the faithful to sleep if they don’t take heed to His words. We are certain that He is coming, but we do not know when. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief. He is stressing that His coming will take the world by surprise. Jesus is emphasizing that the unbelievers will not recognize that He is coming until it is too late. 1 Peter 4:15 View whole chapter See verse in context. This corresponds exactly with Jesus’ prophecies about His coming being like the appearance of a thief in the night. This chapter, 1 Thessalonians 5, offers four truths about Jesus’ glorious return. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. In the same way that a thief comes when people are the least prepared, so our Lord will return in a time when people are not looking for Him. If we believe in our hearts that Jesus is coming again, we must be ready for His return 1 Thessalonians 5:2 says He will come like a thief in the night. The Lord is pointing out the urgent need to be ready for His return. This corresponds exactly with Jesus’ prophecies about His coming being like the appearance of a thief in the night. People will not discern the signs of His coming just as the people during Noah’s day didn’t realize their impending judgment. He says the first event will be gradual like expecting the birth of a baby and accompanied with signs so that you can see it coming, Matt 24:6-8 while the second event will be sudden and there will be no signs so you dont know when it is coming, like a thief in the night. This is a false interpretation of what the. The biblical terminology about coming as a thief in the night is used by many to say or imply that Jesus is coming like the kind of thief that afterward, no one will even know He came and snuck away with His church. One night a thief broke into a house he thought was deserted. Like a Thief in the Night Many people who believe we cant know anything about the timing of Christs return base their belief on the idea Jesus 'will come like a thief in the night.' Jesus did say He would come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night (Matthew 24:43-44). Just as Jesus had warned His disciples not to be deceived by false Christs because His second coming would be visible to everyone, He also explains that until the very day of His coming, the world will continue on its present course. And Jesus takes steps to ensure that they do not confuse the two. Jesus is coming and as a thief in the night. The Bible is clear we can know the general 'season' of His return.
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