Matthew 24:44
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh./(KJV)
Jesus did say, "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh" (Matthew 24:44). The only time frame I can think of when we believers would not be expecting Jesus to return would have to be before the tribulation.
But earlier in the chapter (Matt. 24) it says...
Matthew 24:33
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors./(KJV)
So there we have two different verses which indicate He is coming. One says when ye think not, the other says after definite predicted signs? Uh...what?
So let me get this straight.
You are teaching that Jesus explained to His Disciples, when asked about His Coming and the end of the age, two "different" Comings in Matthew 24?
One in Matthew 24:33 that is after the tribulation, and another different Coming in Matthew 24:44?
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"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and
they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33
So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near--at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for
the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45 "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:29-51
But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Jesus taught us He will Come after the tribulation and there would be two types of people:
Those who were carrying on with there lives unaware
. [Children of the night]
Those who prepared as Noah did, as they saw the signs of the times.
[Children of the day]
Not two Comings, but two types of people who are alive at His Coming.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:4
The truths about the Coming of the Lord that we have all have been made aware of in this thread, are as follows:
The Resurrection comes before the Rapture. ...
the dead in Christ will rise first
The Resurrection can not be separated from the Rapture.
... caught up together with them
The Resurrection/Rapture happens at the coming of the Lord. ... For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until
the coming of the Lord.
and again -
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits,
afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. 1 Corinthians 15:22-23
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain
until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
The Lord will come once more -
so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him
He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Hebrews 9:28
The Rapture can not happen before the resurrection of the dead.
The Resurrection occurs at His coming.
His Coming occurs after the tribulation.
JLB
