Understanding Jesus Coming as a Thief Many believe that one day in the future, Jesus will come as a thief in the night. We've heard it in our hymns, classes, sermons and through traditions passed down to us. This teaching is so deeply ingrained in the psyche of the church that many never question it. The idea of Jesus coming as a thief means this will occur at the end of time. However, the Scriptures never speak of the end of time. They do however speak about the time of the end.  In Luke 17:26-29, we have examples from Jesus' teaching on ...