How is everybody this afternoon?

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Well, my name is Matt Freeman, and in November of 2020, the Lord called us my family and a number of other families in Oklahoma City to start a church when there was nothing going on in

the world. If you remember in November of 2020, what the world was doing, he decided, okay, you guys

need to start a church. Our church is called New City Church. Jesus named it actually after Revelation 21,

the New Jerusalem, our forever city for us, the church.

So what we're going to talk about today is the timing of the king's return.

And before we go into the Word of God, let's open up in some prayer.

Lord, I thank you so much for this time together.

God, I thank you for the opportunity to gather here and to study your word.

Lord, I pray that you would teach us everything from 1 John 227 and that Lord, we would be an unashamed bride looking for you, Jesus, to call us home with the sound of a trumpet and the voice of an archangel that will shake heaven and earth,

and you will raise us up and call us to home to forever be with you, Lord.

And we thank you that you, Jesus, went to prepare a place for us in John 14,

that you'll come again and bring us there.

Bless this time as we study your word, Lord, in Jesus' name.

Amen. Amen.

All right, so a couple of things, you know, as we studied the Word of God,

I always want you to remember three main principles.

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