Let's get started. We have two services on Sunday morning, the first of which is the prophecy update.

And second service is actually the sermon. And currently it's a verse by verse study through the book of James.

Today we're going to look at what I'll call pre-rapture pre-rapture pre-rapping.

Not what you're thinking.

It's not physical prepping, but related to the exhortations in James that speak to spiritual preparations, especially in these last days

before the seven-year tribulation. By the way, spoiler alert, the prophecy update today is also

about the rapture. Just so happens to be my favorite thing to talk about if you couldn't tell.

So now, we did have some problems with our Facebook live stream.

So I don't know that we have Facebook.

We don't, right?

So sorry about that. Of course, you're not don't, right? So sorry about that.

Of course, you're not on Facebook, so you're not hearing that.

So if you're on YouTube, we would encourage you to go directly to our website for the uncensored

and uninterrupted entirety of today's update.

So for today's update, I want to answer a question. And the question

is this. Just how close are we really to the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Spent a lot of time this last week, just really seeking the Lord about the update today.

And it's my hope, it's my prayer that what I share will be of great encouragement to believers, especially those who find

themselves very discouraged, especially with everything that is happening in the world today.

By the way, I hope you know, for those of you that are discouraged, you're in very good company.

There are many men and women mightily used of God in the scriptures that were very discouraged,

very downcast.

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