2320.-As a Thief by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Dec 18, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 51.

2320.—As a Thief.

By Editor

Is there any place in the Bible that reads to the effect that Christ’s coming will not be as a thief in the night to those that believe and obey His word? O. O.

The right understanding of the expression “Come as a thief,” can only be gotten by the study of the sanctuary question and the priesthood of Christ. The coming as a thief is the great coming of the day of the Lord when probation shall close, when Christ shall come out of the sanctuary as priest to execute judgment. That day will come upon the world as a thief; and yet the promise is to God’s children (1 Thess. 5:4), “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” If you have the work “Christ Our Advocate,” you will find explanation in reading it; or the tract “Manner of His Coming.” It may be obtained from some of our tract societies; the Pacific Press has none of the latter in stock; it has not as yet been reprinted. These will explain the passages which speak of His coming as a thief.