The return of Jesus to gather His people from this earth is the grand theme of the Bible.  One verse out of every eleven in the New Testament speaks of this momentous event.  Evangelist Dwight Moody declared that the event is mentioned two thousand five hundred times in Scripture.  Jesus taught us that we should WATCH and BE READY, because His coming was going to be like a "thief in the night", coming at a time when the world least expects it!