Unknown Day and Hour-Watch Therefore

Parts of a report by: Mark A Becker

"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels ,which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is a man taking a far journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morninng; Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch" (Mark 13:32-37).

Whenever the prophetic Scriptures allude to the " day or hour" that "knoweth no man," or our Lord coming as "a thief in the night," rest assured that this always referring to the rapture of the church. Such verses include: 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 2 Peter 3:10 ( a fascinating verse covering the entire day of the Lord, from the rapture until the Lord recreates the heavens and the earth after the millennial kingdom, in one short statement), Revelation 3:3, Matthew 24:43 and others.

We will know the season and see we see those signs today-but we can't know the "day of the hour" when it comes to the imminent rapture of the church, but we are commanded to watch, and watch we should all be doing."