in his authority (Matt. 24:36). After his resurrection he told the disciples, again, that “it is not for you to know the times or periods” which God has set by his own authority (Acts 1:7). And in the second part of the Olivet Discourse about the end times, Jesus repeatedly stressed that he will return unexpectedly and suddenly like a thief in the night (Matt. 24:36–25:30). These statements, which are not ambiguous but clear and decisive, need to be taken seriously. Any interpretation of end-time
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