Doesn’t the Bible teach Jesus is coming as a thief (I Thessalonians 5:2)?
Each Bible reference to Jesus coming as a thief, is in reference to the unexpected time of Jesus’ coming, not the manner of His coming. He comes quickly as a thief, unexpectedly as a thief, but in glorious splendor as lightning in triumphant glory (see Matthew 24:42-44, I Thessalonians 5:1-5, Matthew 24:27).