There are three thief in the night situations in the bible. The rapture, which this is a warning about, it does not say the church be here at this time. 2 Peter is 1000 years after the second coming at the end of the MK.
Jesus gave the thief metaphor in Matthew 24:43 and Luke 12:39 applied to the day of His coming being a surprise to those who do not watch. That also is Apostle Paul's theme in 1 Thessalonians 5 where he said the "day of the Lord" will come "as a thief in the night". And then Paul revealed with that the event of "sudden destruction" coming upon the deceived who will be saying, "Peace and safety". Peter in 2 Peter 3:10 described God's consuming fire burning man's works off the earth on that same "day of the Lord".
Thus, the following events all occur on that "day of the Lord" as written:
a) deceived saying, "Peace and safety" when they are surprised
b) a "sudden destruction" comes upon them
c) God's consuming fire burns the elements of man's works off the earth
d) that day comes "as a thief in the night"
So the conclusive timing of the thief breaking in that our Lord Jesus compared His coming to, includes ALL of those above events on that same day.
Therefore, that day will end the time of "great tribulation" Jesus forewarned of, not be the start of it like the false pre-trib rapture doctrine preaches for the "day of the Lord". Also, the pre-trib rapture doctrine wrongly preaches that Jesus comes "as a thief" to rapture the Church PRIOR to the time of "great tribulation". Both Paul, Peter, and our Lord Jesus linked the day of His coming to judge this present world with the "as a thief" metaphor. That day is the last day... of this present world, not the time prior to the great tribulation which pre-trib falsely preaches.
Again you do not know which are talking about. It existed long before Darby.
The so-called "Church Ages" theories originate from John Darby, not from the idea of Biblical dispensations. Darby included the idea of Church ages within his own theory of Dispensationalism. That movement began with him, not the early Church fathers.
No it does not. Read the seventh church. Those that do not heed the warnings will be spit out into the trib.
I studied history and a most assuredly agree with that that time periods during the church age.
There is no such idea of those at the Church of the Laodiceans being spit out just to suffer the trib. That is only an idea you've been taught by pre-trib rapture preachers. Jesus' meaning of those He rebuked there being spit out is because of their not being hot or cold (spiritually), which means what? It means they won't make up their minds who they will follow. Each one of those seven Messages can be found applying to various Churches today. And there has been no time in history when one was more dominant than another.
They will only see that the 6th church his promise to rapture and no others are.
And it is a matter which Apostles Paul, Peter, John, especially our Lord Jesus, and the OT prophets all taught about.
One churches is promised rapture and one is promised an injection.
Of course my Lord Jesus showed how wrong you are about that in the Rev.16:15 verse with His coming "as a thief", but I know you won't listen to Him there, but instead will default to the pre-trib rapture lie.
Once again, the Church Ages idea is nothing but a theory from John Darby. All seven Churches in Rev.2 & 3 existed at the same time and geographically formed a circle. And just as all seven Messages applied at the same time then, so likewise they all apply for the Churches in today's time. It's a simple matter of looking at one's Church to find if one of those seven Messages line up, as all seven examples are out there today too.
What is most dangerous about the Church Ages theory from Darby is the possibility of the believer discarding any one of those seven Messages as no longer being in effect today. They are all... still in effect today, for all... Christian Churches.
Each of the seven Churches in Revelation are represented by one of the seven "golden candlesticks" in the vision shown John. Jesus told John "the seven candlesticks" are... the seven Churches. That means a PATTERN IN HEAVEN, a Heavenly structure for the seven Churches on earth in Revelation. That pattern is still in effect all the way to the day of Christ's return. Revelation 11 reveals two candlesticks along with God's two witnesses prophesying during the 6th Trumpet - 2nd Woe period, i.e., the tribulation timing.
Rev 1:12-13
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
KJV
Rev 1:20
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
KJV