Of the light

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. – 1 Thessalonians 5.1-5

The Thessalonians seemingly were really concerned about the coming of Christ. If we could put it modern terms they were really hung up with it and seemingly spent a lot of time focusing on it.

A lot of folks are still looking at all of those things today. People check websites and scan the headlines and guess the signs of Jesus’ coming. Every earthquake, every war, and every bit of new technology can be interpreted as a sign that Jesus’ return must be soon.

But Paul addresses it a little bit differently. ‘You don’t need to know any signs’ he says, ‘you know Jesus is going to come like a thief in the night when He is least expected.’

Jesus is coming when we least expect it. He is going to show up like a robber in the night. While we must be ready we cannot know when it is going to happen.

So instead of spending all of our time trying to figure out who the Beast is and what is mark is going to be I think there are better things we can do.

We are not trapped in darkness. We are sons of light and sons of the day. And while it is still day and we await Jesus return there are a whole load of things we need to be doing.