Your problem with the logic is, I think, based on the assumption that a thief must not be seen.
This is a false assumption.
Have you ever heard of a bank robbery in full daylight while there are customers at the bank? Yes, it happens with regularity.
Have you ever heard of a car jacking in full daylight in the middle of the street? Yes, it happens with regularity.
The fact that only ~some~ thieves use the cloak of darkness to carry out their thefts should not lead you to the conclusion that ~all~ thieves must ~necessarily~ be secretive or out of sight. That concept is actually logically invalid.
No, the only requirement for a theif is that he come by ~suprise~ or that he come ~unexpectedly~.
What good is a theif when one knows that he is coming. No, the theivery will only be successful ~if~ it is unexpected.
Therefore, since Christ has told us that the "day of the Lord" will come as a thief in the night", it would be incorrect (faulty logic) to conclude that this ~must~ be a secret coming. Rather, the point of that passage is such that his coming will be unexpected by the world, but we are told in that very same passage to be "ready".
Jean
Have you ever heard of a bank robbery in full daylight while there are customers at the bank? Yes, it happens with regularity.Have you ever heard of a car jacking in full daylight in the middle of the street? Yes, it happens with regularity.
The fact that only ~some~ thieves use the cloak of darkness to carry out their thefts should not lead you to the conclusion that ~all~ thieves must ~necessarily~ be secretive or out of sight. That concept is actually logically invalid.
A thief ... in the night ?