{"id":1979,"date":"2021-08-07T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T20:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/?page_id=1979"},"modified":"2022-01-22T09:33:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T17:33:14","slug":"first-secretly-and-then-openly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/first-secretly-and-then-openly\/","title":{"rendered":"First Secretly, and then Openly"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1979\" class=\"elementor elementor-1979\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14cf3a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14cf3a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a6e64\" data-id=\"64a6e64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487b7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487b7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First Secretly, and then Openly<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c1bf5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c1bf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f69efd9\" data-id=\"f69efd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64af7b1\" data-id=\"64af7b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7063f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f7063f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Church of Almighty God (CAG) followers regularly claims that the second coming of Christ has already begun as divided into two-step process, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cFirst secretly and then in public.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/li><li>&#8220;Therefore, it is said that when God returns in the last days, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it will be secret first and then open<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span>.<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span>[2]<\/li><li>The above quotes are from CAG&#8217;s Chinese web pages. CAG claims that the second coming of Christ began with the first step, i.e., the second incarnation of God which took place in Henan, China, in 1991, and the second step is in the future when Jesus, the Son of man, coming on the clouds. CAG relies on an innovative, yet twisted interpretation of Luke 17:24-25 to make its case. <strong>(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">See <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/incarnation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Doctrine of Incarnation<\/a> and<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/end-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Doctrine of the End Times <\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">for more discussions<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/tr.kingdomsalvation.org\/how-i-turned-back-to-god-042.html#sw=%E5%85%88%E9%9A%B1%E7%A7%98%E5%BE%8C%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201c<em>How <\/em><em>Did I Return to Almighty God<\/em>\u201d (40 A Different Salvation),<\/a>\u00a0 accessed January 21, 2022.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambsteps.com\/Lord-Jesus-coming-again.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lambsteps.com, &#8220;Whether the Lord Jesus will come first &#8220;on the clouds&#8221; or &#8220;in secret&#8221;,&#8221;<\/a> accessed January 21, 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fda8d28\" data-id=\"fda8d28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da7279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2da7279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0004.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0004.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0004-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1430c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1430c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca1428\" data-id=\"9ca1428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7cc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d7cc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mmexport1450336862785-1024x771.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-186\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mmexport1450336862785-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mmexport1450336862785-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mmexport1450336862785-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mmexport1450336862785.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5f8912\" data-id=\"d5f8912\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e3eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e3eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>CAG\u2019s evangelists have been misinterpreting the<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"> \u201ca thief in the night\u201d<\/span><\/strong> passage for years to fit their proselytizing ministry. There are at least six New Testament passages mention the Lord return like a thief in the night.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a> Here is one example from Revelation 3:3, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">\u201cSo remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Then if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> (NASB) The context as well as the wordings of all these passages are unequivocally point to the Lord\u2019s return as <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #ff0000;\"><em>unexpected<\/em>;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> and therefore, Christians are to be alert for no one knows at what hour Christ will return. CAG takes all these passages and claim that the Lord\u2019s return was prophesied as a secretive event; and no one knows the second incarnated Christ, Almighty God in the flesh, had already returned in Henan, China, in 1991. This is also the reason why the female Christ is in seclusion.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3]<\/a> Matt. 24:43; Luke 12:39; 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Rev. 3:3; Rev. 16:15.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f81fed\" data-id=\"8f81fed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9a16 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9a9a16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7653e22\" data-id=\"7653e22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a854\" data-id=\"1c5a854\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8371e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8371e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span id=\"en-ESV-23997\" class=\"text Matt-24-43\"><span class=\"woj\">The Church of Almighty God teaches its followers that the Lord will come back quietly and secretly like a thief in the night.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-23998\" class=\"text Matt-24-44\"><\/span><\/li><li>CAG asserts that &#8220;to say &#8220;like a thief&#8221; is to come quietly, secretly.&#8221;[4]<\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-23997\" class=\"text Matt-24-43\"><span class=\"woj\">But Jesus says, &#8220;&#8230;. know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong> stayed awake<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and would not have let his house be broken into.&#8221; (Matt. 24:43, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">[4] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheGoodLandofCanaan\/photos\/%E5%BD%93%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E5%9C%A8%E7%9B%BC%E6%9C%9B%E4%B8%BB%E9%A9%BE%E4%BA%91%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%E4%B8%BB%E8%80%B6%E7%A8%A3%E6%97%A9%E5%B7%B2%E5%9C%A8%E7%81%BE%E5%89%8D%E9%9A%90%E7%A7%98%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E4%BA%86%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E8%A6%81%E6%83%B3%E8%BF%8E%E6%8E%A5%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%BB%E5%85%B3%E9%94%AE%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86%E8%A7%A3%E4%B8%BB%E9%9A%90%E7%A7%98%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E7%9A%842%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%B9%E5%BE%811%E9%81%93%E6%88%90%E8%82%89%E8%BA%AB%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%BA%E5%AD%90%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%9D%A5%E7%9C%8B%E5%87%A0%E8%8A%82%E7%BB%8F%E6%96%87%E7%9C%8B%E5%93%AA%E6%88%91%E6%9D%A5%E5%83%8F%E8%B4%BC%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E5%90%AF%E7%A4%BA%E5%BD%95\/575541199803233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">&#8220;TheGoodLandofCanaan&#8221; Facebook,<\/a> accessed January 22, 2022.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>CAG in this This Facebook page also claims that Jesus will come back on the clouds in His spiritual body, not His resurrected physical\/glorious body. (Philippians 3:21) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheGoodLandofCanaan\/photos\/%E5%BD%93%E4%BD%A0%E8%BF%98%E5%9C%A8%E7%9B%BC%E6%9C%9B%E4%B8%BB%E9%A9%BE%E4%BA%91%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E7%9A%84%E6%97%B6%E5%80%99%E4%B8%BB%E8%80%B6%E7%A8%A3%E6%97%A9%E5%B7%B2%E5%9C%A8%E7%81%BE%E5%89%8D%E9%9A%90%E7%A7%98%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E4%BA%86%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E8%A6%81%E6%83%B3%E8%BF%8E%E6%8E%A5%E5%88%B0%E4%B8%BB%E5%85%B3%E9%94%AE%E5%BE%97%E4%BA%86%E8%A7%A3%E4%B8%BB%E9%9A%90%E7%A7%98%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E7%9A%842%E4%B8%AA%E7%89%B9%E5%BE%811%E9%81%93%E6%88%90%E8%82%89%E8%BA%AB%E6%88%90%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%BA%E5%AD%90%E9%99%8D%E4%B8%B4%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E6%9D%A5%E7%9C%8B%E5%87%A0%E8%8A%82%E7%BB%8F%E6%96%87%E7%9C%8B%E5%93%AA%E6%88%91%E6%9D%A5%E5%83%8F%E8%B4%BC%E4%B8%80%E6%A0%B7%E5%90%AF%E7%A4%BA%E5%BD%95\/575541199803233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(You may use Google Chrome browser to translate this referenced Facebook page into 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class=\"woj\">&#8220;Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>you will not know at what hour I will come against you<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.&#8221; (Rev. 3:3, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-30954\" class=\"text Rev-16-15\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0&#8220;<\/sup>\u201cBehold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>stays awake<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!\u201d&#8221; (Rev. 16:15, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eb5f6b\" data-id=\"5eb5f6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c1533c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c1533c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eaa160\" data-id=\"5eaa160\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bf6cf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bf6cf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clear Thinking Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e06669 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e06669\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad68073\" data-id=\"ad68073\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c478cf\" data-id=\"8c478cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-149bf9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"149bf9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Does the Bible specifically predict that Christ will come back secretly and quietly in a different body?<\/li><li>In the Bible, are the warnings related to the return of the Lord about <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;staying awake&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> because He will come back <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;unexpectedly&#8221; or &#8220;secretly and quietly&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>?<\/li><li>Here are additional Bible passages about the warning:<ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ol><li><span id=\"en-ESV-25490\" class=\"text Luke-12-39\"><span class=\"woj\">&#8220;But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.&#8221; (Luke 12:39, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-29607\" class=\"text 1Thess-5-2\">&#8220;For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.&#8221; (1 Thess. 5:2, ESV)<\/span><\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-30516\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-10\">&#8220;But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.&#8221; (2 Peter 3:10, ESV)<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>As many Bible passages warn believers that the second coming of Christ will be like a thief in the night, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">being alert and staying awake would signify the unexpected nature of the event.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77133da\" data-id=\"77133da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Secretly, and then Openly Church of Almighty God (CAG) followers regularly claims that the second coming of Christ has already begun as divided into two-step process, \u201cFirst secretly and then in public.\u201d[1] &#8220;Therefore, it is said that when God returns in the last days, &#8220;it will be secret first and then open.&#8221;[2] The above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1979","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4265,"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1979\/revisions\/4265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}