Matthew 24:42 (NIV) “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 (NIV) 1 Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
Revelation 16:15 (NIV) “Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
Revelation 3:11 (NIV) I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
“The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ.”—William Barclay in You Can Say That Again. Christianity Today, Vol. 39, no. 8. Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4.
