Remember
therefore how you have received and heard and hold fast and repent If therefore
you shalt not watch I will come on you as a thief and you shall not perceive
what hour I arrive upon you[1]
[1] This can only be a reference to the Rapture
and not the 2nd Coming. At the 2nd Coming of Christ,
every eye will see him and understand exactly what they are seeing. At the Rapture many will not. Though the
Rapture will not be secret, there will be many who by choice refuse to perceive
what has happened. Graves will be opened, the dead raised, and those in Christ
who are alive and remain will disappear before the very eyes of many as they
are caught up to join the resurrected ones and meet the Lord in the air. Many
who are left behind will deny what has taken place. Those who are not “In
Christ” [though they profess themselves to be] will be caught by surprise; the
day will come upon them as a thief. They will refuse to perceive and accept
what has happened, and, to their eternal doom, will embrace the lie 1
Thessalonians 4:16-18, 5:1-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:2-12.
The
above is an excerpt from the Hungry Hearts Online Bible Commentary HHBC
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