Condoleeza Rice, Sec. of State recently said after another failure of Peace talks in Israel and Palestine that Peace will not come in a sudden and dramatic event, but rather gradually.” Not so this second coming of Christ. It is an act of God confronting us as something from the other side, catching us unprepared, surprising us like a thief in the night. His perfect reign of peace and joy will come with a shout and the noise of a trumpet. Here it caught the foolish bridesmaids completely unprepared. The bridegroom approaches while the foolish maidens sleep.