...that the last hour of the sixth day is almost run out, and you have not come to repentance yet ? But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night ; for when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, and they shall...

...falsely called Christians, the sensual, ch. il.; and tattly, in relation to the sceptical, upon whom the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, ch. Ш. A TABULAR VIEW OF REVELATION xxi. 19, 20; CHAP. iv. ; AND 1 EP. PETER. Chap. iv. 1 Ер. Ратжн....

...earth abvlethfor ever." But Peter has limited the chronology of all such phrases. " For," says he, " the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night ; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent...

...wrath ; neither chasten us in thy hot displeasure.3 Minister. {God's Majesty in the Last Judgment.] The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent...

...on things above. 8. Again, Holiness of all sorts is presented to us in this form. — 2 Peter iii, " The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night," and then, "seeing that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought -we to be...

...and kept for a day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men. (2 Peter m:7, literal sense). "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will be set on fire and melt,...

...times and dates, brethren, you do not need to have me write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction is upon them, like the pangs upon a woman...

...passage that follows, the Apostle again refers to a word of the Lord as his authority for the statement that the day of the Lord will come "like a thief in the night" (I Thess. 5: Iff). This word of the Lord is not only found in the Gospels (Matt. 24:43; Luke 12:39),...

...deserts. Assuredly there will be a day of judgment, though none may know when that day will dawn. For the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, like a lightning-flash on the horizon; and the Father alone knoweth at what hour. When the master wishes...

...destruction cometh upon them." This falls far short of exactitude but it is superior to the Revised Standard: "When people say, 'There is peace and security,' then sudden destruction will come upon them." The unlucky change from "when they shall say" to "when people say" is based upon the gratuitous assumption...