Everyone will be doing business as usual, saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape” (1 Thess 5:3). The Apostle Paul wrote about the unexpected return of Jesus, writing, “For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night” (1 Thess 5:2). This, despite the fact Jesus said only the Father in heaven knows the time, and I seriously doubt that these false prophets have been given private information by God that the rest of us didn’t get. The church is expecting Jesus to come again, but many a manmade prophecy has come and gone, and each one has failed when attempting to name the date of Jesus’ coming. And no one expects Jesus to come back again, at least outside of the church, and for many it will be too late. No one in Sodom expected that “the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven” (Gen 19:24), until it was too late. Even though Noah tried to warn them, no one expected a flood, but it came. They will argue that Christians have been talking about this for a long time, and still, no Jesus, but that’s exactly what Jesus said it will be like. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Pet 3:3-4). Peter writes that “scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. The Apostle Peter said that in the last days, people will begin to doubt and ridicule those of us who believe in Jesus’ second coming. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him.
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