As A Thief

"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."  I Thessalonians 5:2.  The Lord is coming.  That we know for certain.  His coming again was announced when He returned to heaven.  The writers of scripture affirm that He will come.  When He will come is unknown.  Only the Father knows when the day of the Lord shall come.  It will be as the coming of a thief.  The thief does not announce his coming.  The thief is not predictable.  He seeks to catch one off guard and unprepared.  The day of the Lord will be such a time.  Many will be unprepared.  Many give little or no thought  to the coming of the Christ.  Perhaps He will come in the day or perhaps in the night.  It may be that we will be working or sleeping.  We may be sitting at dinner or playing in the yard.  The day of the Lord may not be in our lifetime.  But, one day the day of the Lord will come.  Jesus will come in all of the majesty of heaven.  The angels will surround Him as He descends from the Father's right hand.  Glorious and frightening will be the day of the Lord.  Many will shout and many will groan.  Some will be jubilant, and some will tremble.  How will the day of the Lord find us?