Thieves don't announce their arrival. They slip in when we least expected. But Jesus says,

if we knew when the thief was coming, we'd keep watch and not let our houses be overtaken.

So here's the question.

Are you prepared?

Are you alert to the signs?

Today, on Insight for Living,

Chuck Swindall explores the crucial difference between two coming biblical events.

In this study, we'll discover why Christ's return

brings relief for believers,

but the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly for those who are not prepared.

Within each one of us is an insatiable curiosity to know the future. What will happen to the economy? Will our children grow up healthy

and strong and stable? Will my job prove to be all I hoped it would be? Oh, to be able to

pull back the curtain of time and take a peek into the mysteries of tomorrow.

Because that curiosity is so powerful, we're often drawn to prophecy passages, like the ones in

First Thessalonians, and we are intrigued by modern-day prophets who link current events with scriptures,

and then cry out with conviction,

Behold the future.

This is not new, as we will see from the passage we're studying today.

So if you have your Bible handy, please turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5.

And let's read together verses 1 through 11.

I'll begin reading here at 1st Thessalonians 5 verse 1.

Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you.

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