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Kedatangan Tuhan Seperti Pencuri

Baca: 2 Petrus 3:1-16

"Tetapi hari Tuhan akan tiba seperti pencuri." (2 Petrus 3:10a)

Alkitab menggambarkan bahwa hari Tuhan atau kedatangan Tuhan Yesus yang kedua kalinya seperti seorang mempelai laki-laki yang datang untuk menjemput mempelai perempuannya. Tapi kedatangan Tuhan juga diumpamakan seperti pencuri. Setiap kali berbicara tentang hari kedatangan Tuhan banyak orang Kristen penasaran, harap-harap cemas, tapi ada pula yang bosan mendengarnya. Mereka bersikap apatis setiap kali mendengar khotbah tentang hari kedatangan Tuhan. Pikirnya, "Sejak dulu selalu diceritakan kalau Tuhan akan datang, mana buktinya?" Masalahnya bukan soal waktu atau kapan Tuhan akan datang, melainkan kesiapan kita menyambut hari itu.

Bagi orang percaya, yang mengasihi Tuhan dan sungguh-sungguh melayani Tuhan, hari kedatangan-Nya adalah hari yang sangat dinanti-nantikan, seperti seorang mempelai perempuan yang sudah tidak sabar menanti kedatangan sang mempelai laki-laki sorgawi, yang akan membawanya ke pesta perjamuan kawin Anak Domba. Tetapi bagi mereka yang tidak percaya dan hidup dalam dosa, kedatangan Tuhan akan seperti pencuri.

Apa maksudnya? Hari kedatangan Tuhan akan menjadi hari yang sangat mengejutkan karena mereka dalam keadaan tidak siap. "Seperti ikan yang tertangkap dalam jala yang mencelakakan, dan seperti burung yang tertangkap dalam jerat, begitulah anak-anak manusia terjerat pada waktu yang malang, kalau hal itu menimpa mereka secara tiba-tiba." (Pengkhotbah 9:12b). Bagi mereka, kedatangan-Nya menjadi sebuah kerugian besar, karena mereka akan kehilangan segala-galanya: uang, kekayaan, popularitas, pangkat dan sebagainya yang selama ini dibangga-banggakan dan diandalkan. Segala gemerlap, kesenangan dan kenikmatan duniawi yang membuat mereka nyaman dan terlena harus mereka tinggalkan.

Akhirnya hari kedatangan Tuhan menjadi hari yang sangat menakutkan dan menyisakan penyesalan mendalam. Penghakiman, penderitaan dan penghukuman kekal juga siap menanti mereka yang selama hidupnya mengeraskan hati, tidak mau percaya kepada Tuhan Yesus dan menolak Injil Kristus.

Jangan sampai kedatangan Tuhan seperti pencuri yang mengejutkan kita! Maka jangan tunda-tunda waktu untuk bertobat! Bila terlambat, penyesalan tiada guna.

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