![]() OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS ARE THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED ON THE STREETS AFTER DARK WITHOUT A LIGHTED LAMP, AND ALSO THAT, WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM HAS ONCE ARRIVED, AND THE DOOR HAS BEEN SHUT, LATE-COMERS TO THE CEREMONY ARE NOT ADMITTED. SO THE BRIDEGROOM COMES UNEXPECTEDLY, AND SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IT IS TRUE THAT HE IS REQUIRED BY PUBLIC OPINION TO SEND A MAN ALONG THE STREET TO SHOUT: 'BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM IS COMING!' BUT THAT MAY HAPPEN AT ANY TIME SO THE BRIDAL PARTY HAVE TO BE READY TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET AT ANY TIME TO MEET HIM, WHENEVER HE CHOOSES TO COME. 2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY CHANCE OF SEEING THE WEDDING, BUT HE SHOOK HIS HEAD, SAYING IN EFFECT: 'IT MIGHT BE TONIGHT, OR TOMORROW NIGHT, OR IN A FORTNIGHT'S TIME NOBODY EVER KNOWS FOR CERTAIN.' THEN HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS TOĭO, IF YOU COULD, AT A MIDDLE-CLASS WEDDING IN PALESTINE WAS TO CATCH THE BRIDAL PARTY NAPPING. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child and they shall not escape. HE WRITES: "WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING THE GATES OF A GALILAEAN TOWN, "I CAUGHT A SIGHT OF TEN MAIDENS GAILY CLAD AND PLAYING SOME KIND OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AS THEY DANCED ALONG THE ROAD IN FRONT OF OUR CAR WHEN I ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THE GUIDE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP THE BRIDE COMPANY TILL HER BRIDEGROOM ARRIVED. 1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 2PE 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt. ![]() ALEXANDER FINDLAY TELLS OF WHAT HE HIMSELF SAW IN PALESTINE. IT IS IN THE EASTERN SETTING, AND OUR WESTERN MINDS DO NOT GRASP ALL OF THE ANALOGIES UNLESS WE SEE THEM IN THE EASTERN SETTING. 3 While people are saying, There is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night (1 Thess 5:2) and any other verse that says Jesus will come as a thief. ![]() THE CHURCH THE BRIDE IS TO BE MARRIED TO JESUS THE GROOM. Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,1 you have no need to have anything written to you. "BLESSED IS HE THAT WATCHETH." THE WHOLE BACKGROUND IS THAT OF A WEDDING THAT IS COMING. Death is quoting Job 24:14: The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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