"(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments that he may not walk naked and they see his shame.)" (Revelation 16:15) When we say or hear the phrase “I come as a thief, you do not know the hour” we typically apply that to watching and being ready today. This verse is found in Between the sixth and the seventh bowl of his wrath. This is right before the battle of Armageddon. Tribulation saints, you would think, by this point know every nuance of the prophetic calendar. They see things happening all around them in such horrific fashion that like us they are tempted to focus on events and not on the Lord himself. Even though they may sense his coming is near, kind of like you, he tells them keep their eyes on Him. Behold me, Yes I’m coming but you do not know the hour. I am coming like a thief. I will steal you away from the enemy. Focus on me! If that is the encouragement for the Saints during that time frame, how much more should we overcome in this age by watching and being ready because we don’t know the year, the month, the day, or the hour. Let us behold Him today. "Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and keep it and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall by no means know at what hour I will come upon you." (Revelation 3:3)
