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KW: darkness, day, overtake, thief
Walking in darkness means that we are unable to perceive danger.
Thieves act under cover of darkness.
They are dangerous and take what you love.
The day of the Lord is like a thief in that it comes suddenly and brings destruction.
It is a day of unusual darkness and judgment.
It will attack people like a wild animal.
You will feel trapped.
It’s the worst day of your life.
From one animal to the next.
It’ll get you.
Pick your plague.
God’s got options.
Thieves murder.
Animals maul.
Texas’ website for murderers on death row.
Majority were thieves.
Also unusual that the ‘day’ is characterized by darkness.
It refers to a time period, so more like an age.
However, it is also true that hell is characterized by both fire and darkness.
Black fire.
Noise too.
The question is not whether the DOL is coming.
It "will come” v. 2. The question is whether you are ready.
42 “Therefore stay awake, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
43 But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
44 For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
Matt 24:42-44
POINT: You must prepare so that you will not be caught.
Specific sense is “lay hold of, grasp” (e.g., John 8:3-4, caught in adultery).
ILLUSTRATION: Something pouncing or catching.
What are the dangers of darkness?
One of those things that cannot be created.
Can’t make thinness, lightness, slowness.
Absence of another.
Unfortunate combination of least awareness and greatest danger.
Cultivates a fear of the unknown.
Disorients.
Covers evil deeds John 3:19 (like thief), Rom 13:12, unfruitful deeds Eph 5:11, lawless deeds 2 Cor 6:14
Unusual characteristic of hell Jude 13, Mat 8:12, 22:13, 25:30; also Job 15:30 (Eliphaz), Job 20:26 (Zophar)
Dominion of Satan Acts 26:18, forces of darkness Eph 6:12, domain of Col 1:13,
One of the curses Deut 28:28-29 (good verse)
Rom 1:21, Eph 4:18 - darkened in understanding
BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN DARKNESS
What does ‘day’ mean?
Not the same as daylight savings time :)
THE DAY IS A BAD THING
14 Near is the great day of Yahweh,
Near and coming very quickly;
O the sound, the day of Yahweh!
In it the mighty man cries out bitterly.
15 A day of fury is that day,
A day of trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom,
16 A day of trumpet and loud shouting
Against the fortified cities
And the high corner towers.
17 I will bring distress on men
So that they will walk like the blind
Because they have sinned against Yahweh;
And their blood will be poured out like dust
And their flesh like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the fury of Yahweh;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete destruction,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Zeph 1:14-18
What kind of thieves did they have back then?
What is it like to be overtaken by a thief?
Unexpected, scary, disappointment of losing the things you love, dangerous
What is it like to be overtaken by the DOL?
18 Woe, you who are longing for the day of Yahweh,
For what purpose will the day of Yahweh be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;
19 As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him;
Or he goes home, leans his hand against the wall,
And a snake bites him.
20 Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness instead of light,
Even thick darkness with no brightness in it?
- Amos 5:18-20
You are sons of light
5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day.
KW: sons, light, day
“all” provides reassurance none are excluded, troubled believers comforted.
Not like Jesus about betrayal when disciples say “is it me?”
What does it mean to be a son of something?
It means you act a certain way and are entitled to certain privileges
“Son of …” was a Hebraism commonly found in the New Testament to ascribe some quality to the person named (cf.
Mark 3:17; John 17:12; Acts 4:36).
// Sons of Thunder, son of perdition, Son of Encouragement
1, 2 Thessalonians ((3) The Christian Life Anticipating the Return (5:4–11))
It is certainly true that Christians should possess the qualities of an enlightened people.
But the new creation and adoption terminology in Paul (Gal 3:26; 2 Cor 5:17) indicates that he did not use the language superficially.
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