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I think that NT references to "the Day of the Lord coming as a Thief in the Night" (my paraphrase) echo the language of Job 24:14.
Would anyone else acknowledge the parallel, and (if so, then hence) the presumable reference ? I.e. that St. Paul (1 Thessalonians 5, written c.52AD) and St. Peter (2 Peter 3, written c.64AD) were wittingly alluding to Job 24:14 (amongst many other OT passages) ?
Trying to help visualize this discussion, I think that the pair of phrases "Day of the Lord" and "Thief in the Night" are clearly linked... and that each of those, in turn, separately (but relatedly) alludes to its own separate (but related) set of OT passages. I inexpertly perceive that most of the discussion is focused on the former, "Day of the Lord". Whereas Job 24:14 "sneaks in the back door" by being an allusion of the latter, "Thief in the Night", instead. On the grounds that the topic of discussion is the Biblically-prophesied complete & utter extermination of "all the inhabitants of the Earth" (the whole Biosphere, as it were) then I should like to discuss all angles of the issue.
Would anyone else acknowledge the parallel, and (if so, then hence) the presumable reference ? I.e. that St. Paul (1 Thessalonians 5, written c.52AD) and St. Peter (2 Peter 3, written c.64AD) were wittingly alluding to Job 24:14 (amongst many other OT passages) ?
Trying to help visualize this discussion, I think that the pair of phrases "Day of the Lord" and "Thief in the Night" are clearly linked... and that each of those, in turn, separately (but relatedly) alludes to its own separate (but related) set of OT passages. I inexpertly perceive that most of the discussion is focused on the former, "Day of the Lord". Whereas Job 24:14 "sneaks in the back door" by being an allusion of the latter, "Thief in the Night", instead. On the grounds that the topic of discussion is the Biblically-prophesied complete & utter extermination of "all the inhabitants of the Earth" (the whole Biosphere, as it were) then I should like to discuss all angles of the issue.
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