I'm expectant of a theif in the night at my home, that is why I have a means to protect my family ready for that possibility. Because I expect it, he won't succeed. He need not even be secretive, I will be expecting it.
But, if I didn't expect him, he could come with all the noise in the world -even at night- and I'd be his for the taking!
Your secret rapture still has no basis.
Jean
Again, even a theif in the night need not be 'secretive'. He only need to be unexpected. I'm expectant of a theif in the night at my home, that is why I have a means to protect my family ready for that possibility. Because I expect it, he won't succeed. He need not even be secretive, I will be expecting it.But, if I didn't expect him, he could come with all the noise in the world -even at night- and I'd be his for the taking!
Your secret rapture still has no basis.
Jean
I didn't claim belief in a 'secret rapture'.
I didn't deny that Christians ought to be ready.
I only posed the question of whether the 'in the night' wording in the given passage could render any more meaning to the passage.