that is because that day is "today," but Scripture is written so that people might "see and not see," another way of saying "read what they want to read." And the belief that God is maybe not telling the truth, @ "on earth as it is in heaven," or Christ @ "I came that you might have life; more abundantly" being as persistent as it is, a way to read that allows for some escape from earth into a nirvana of desire must be presented, which is why 1Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don't really need to write you and 13Therefore be alert, because you don't know either the day or the hour are in Scripture, and no one questions the coyness inherent in these statements.