And yet they see the first half of the tribulation as a time of peace when a great revival takes place.
The pretribulationist says that the day of the Lord immediately follows the rapture, and as a result they see the entire seventieth week as the day of the Lord or the wrath of God. The judgment upon the church at Sardis, however, it is going to be just as unexpected, sudden, and irrevocable as that which is related to the second coming.” While Walvoord may very well be correct in seeing a specific application to the church at Sardis, it is equally necessary to see the far application to the church of all ages regarding the second coming. Christ comes to the church as the morning star, to Israel as the sun of righteousness, and to the world and religious profession in sudden surprise as a ‘thief in the night.'” John Walvoord differs with Scott when he says in his book, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ,” “the same symbolism is used at the second coming of our Lord, but here the figure is related to that event.
The character in which Christ would come to them is as a ‘thief in the night.’ He shall come as a judge, unexpectedly, at an unknown and unlooked for hour. Pretribulationalists respond quite differently to these two passages of Scripture.Ĭoncerning the Revelation passage, Walter Scott in his book “Exposition of the Revelation of Jesus Christ” states that the people in the church at Sardis “had been counseled to watch, and now unless they do so, they are threatened with judgment. If therefore you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.”
#Like a thief in the night full#
1 Thessalonians 5:2 says, “For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.” A second passage is Revelation 3:3, “Remember therefore what you have received and heard and keep it, and repent. There are two key passages that address this subject. Let’s take a closer look and see exactly what the Bible says about Jesus coming as a thief. However, there was a problem there was no solid Scriptural basis for the story. Suddenly there was a great number of people who simply vanished from the earth, and the characters in the film came to the conclusion that the rapture had taken place and that it was time that they turn to Christ.
#Like a thief in the night movie#
Back a number of years ago there was a very popular Christian movie entitled, “A Thief In The Night.” The film was shown in many churches and depicted the events immediately following the rapture of the church.
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