1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. The day of the Lord, yet future, is the day on which, most assuredly, all thoughts will turn to Him, whether willingly or by constraint, whether in terror or in joy; the day in which His truth will silence into nothingness all human errors and guesses at truth, in which His justice will take the place of all that is named justice, rightly or wrongly, among the sons of men; the day in which everything else but He will be lost sight of, and will be as though it were not, in which the eternal reality of His relation to the world and to man will also be the acknowledged reality. As surely as we have seen this morning's sunlight, we shall hereafter behold the eternal Judge upon His throne, the countless multitudes before Him, the division between His creatures deep and irreversible, the disciplined activities of His angels, the issues on this side and on that, as all gradually settles down into the last unchangeable award. (Canon Liddon.) Parallel Verses KJV: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.WEB: For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. |
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