Christ will come as a thief in the night. This means that His coming will be most unexpected. “Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven.” Since the time of Christ’s coming cannot be known in advance, the simple duty of the Christian is to be always ready. For one thing, this is to be at peace with God. One who is not saved is not yet ready for that coming. In a sense death is the coming of Christ to men, for it ushers them into the presence of God. No one is prepared for death who has not accepted Christ for his Saviour. What can be more awful than the sudden coming of death to one who is not forgiven and is thus unprepared to meet his God. The way to be ready for Christ’s coming is not to sit down in idleness and wait and watch for His appearance in the clouds, but to keep at one’s work with diligence.