“Thief+in+the+night”


 * Background Story: **

"Thief in the Night" is a phrase that Paul uses in his letter to the Thessalonians. Paul describes the coming of the Lord onto the Thessalonians like a thief in the night. When people less expect it, it will sweep into the population without any warning. He then goes on to say that they are destined by God to salvation, and that it would eventually come to them.

*The theme of this passage is that some things cannot be expected. Like a thief in the night, they may come in suddenly and quietly.


 * Allusions: **
 * Poem || * "Death is a Thief in the Night"- 'Psychotic Moon'
 * "A Thief in the Night"- Lydia Haga ||
 * Short Story || * "The Masque of the Red Death- Edgar Allan Poe ||
 * Novel || * "A Thief in the Night"- E. W. Hornung ||
 * Film || * "A Thief in the Night"- Donald W. Thompson ||

Paul, in his letter to the Thessalonians, describes the appearance of the lord in their lives like a "Thief in the Night", it would come in a single quick instant. In many allusions, anything that happens over a short period of time without warning could be considered a "Thief in the Night". Due to its biblical nature, the phrase is also used to name certain movies or books that may center around a thief.

** Death is a Thief in the Night ** "Psychotic Moon" It was just like falling up, In the sense that it didn't Feel right. When I fell into your arms For the very last time, it didn't Feel right. When the touch of your skin Turned cold, lifeless, it didn't //Feel// right.

When I woke the next morning, And every morning since, it didn't //Feel// right.

It didn't feel right. Not knowing how you felt right before, And knowing I'd never feel your love again.

It didn't feel right, Because you were stolen in the dark. And I, I never got to say goodbye.

//1 Thessalonians. The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version.// New York: World, 1962. Print.

//A Thief in the Night //. Dir. Donald W. Thompson. 1972.

Haga, Lydia. "A Thief in the Night" J. L. Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2014

Hornung, E. W. //A Thief in the Night //. Anstey: F.A. Thorpe, 2011. Print.

Griffin, Bethany, and Edgar Allan Poe. //Masque of the Red Death //. New York: Greenwillow, 2012. Print.

PsychoticMoon. "Death is a Thief in the Night" All Poetry. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2014