A Theological Mistake

Dear Church,

Today, while uploading the sermon online and communicating with God’s people on Telegram, I was reflecting on our understanding of the saying “the Lord may come any day.”

We understand and believe this because those who believed in the Lord before us, and the theological seminaries, have taught us this way, based on the verses of the Bible that I quoted in last week’s sermon:

“Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch, and he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. For this reason you also must be ready, for at an hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes.” (Matthew 24:42–44)

“Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13)

“Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming–at evening, or at midnight, or at dawn, or early in the morning” (Mark 13:35)

“Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes.” (Luke 12:40)

“Watch therefore, praying always that you may be counted worthy to escape everything that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36)

“Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.” (1 Thessalonians 5:6)

“Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and by no means shall you know what hour I will come upon you.” (Revelation 3:3)

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and guards his garments, lest he should walk naked and they should see his shame.” (Revelation 16:15)

And the two verses:

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” (Matthew 24:36)

“But concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.” (Mark 13:32)

If we calmly read and carefully meditate on the above verses, we will see:

God’s Word never says: the Christ will return any day. God’s Word only says: (1) No one knows the day and hour of the Lord’s coming. (2) The Lord will come suddenly. Therefore, God’s people must watch for His coming…

And I can add: … so that when we know the Lord is at the doors, we may welcome Him (Matthew 24:33).

Therefore, from now on we should not say: “The Lord may come any day,” but we can only say: “The Lord will come suddenly.”

The reason we should not say “the Lord may come any day” is because saying so is not theologically correct.

The God works according to a plan, and He has already appointed the day when the Christ will return to take the Church out of the world. Therefore, it is not “any day,” but a predetermined day.

Suppose: The God has appointed the day for the Christ to come to take the Church to be the first day of the Feast of Trumpets 2025, and yet we say: “I believe the Christ may come any day,” then it is clearly a theological error, unintentionally denying that God has already appointed a specific day for the Christ’s coming.

Such misunderstandings and misstatements do not affect our salvation, but they can seriously affect our way of life. Because many are vague about the Lord’s coming, they do not live a life of preparation to welcome Him.

But if we accept the theology that the od has appointed the day for the Christ to come to take the Church, and that day coincides with the Feast of Trumpets, then we are in no way contradicting the above Scriptures. Because even if we understand and believe this way, we still do not know in which year’s Feast of Trumpets the Lord will come, or at what time (early in the day, midday, or late in the day? On the first or second day of the Feast of Trumpets?).

And when we believe theologically correctly in this way, every year we have a clear goal for living a life awaiting the Lord’s coming. That is, we eagerly long for the Feast of Trumpets, with the hope that the Lord will come in the upcoming Feast of Trumpets.

That faith is not contrary to God’s Word but is consistent with the meaning of the Scriptures concerning the Lord’s coming.

Therefore, I hereby officially declare that from now on I will not say, “The Lord may come at any time,” but I will say: “The Lord may come at any time within the day that the God has appointed.” And absolutely avoid saying: “The Lord may come any day.” If out of habit I speak or type: “The Lord may come any day,” then I ask you, brothers and sisters, to remind me.

In the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Timothy Christian Huynh
September 28, 2025

O God, our Loving Father. I thank You that today You have enlightened me with this theological detail. From now on, please help me put away the way of speaking and writing: “The Lord may come any day.”

I humbly ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten the spirit of each one in the Church so that everyone may clearly understand and accept this truth.

I thank You, Father. I thank You, Holy Spirit.

I sincerely pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen!

Timothy Christian Huynh