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is not the thought. In I Thess. 5 :2, 3, the Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle Paul says to the believers in Thessalonica, "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape." The Lord will not find when He comes again an expectant world, but an unexpectant world. The world will be taken up with its usual occupations; ''And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giv ing in marriage, until the day that Noah en tered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of Man'' (Matt. 24:37-39, R. V). Men and women will not be gathered on hilltops with white robes waiting for the descent of their Lord-every thing will be going on just as usual and with out any announcement, without any previous warning, unexpectedly and suddenly the trump of God shall sound; ''for the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a
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