Amen and amen and good morning and welcome you can be seated thank you glad you're here

those of you online were glad that you're joining us as well last week I put out a prayer plea for

Johnny Beginski who was hospitalized because of tumors in I, riddled throughout both his body and brain.

Will you continue to pray for Johnny, his older brother, Xavier, who you may know from the fellowship here,

and his mom, their mom, Michelle. And specifically, a miracle for Johnny, supernatural strength and

wisdom for Xavier, and that supernatural comfort of the Holy Spirit for their mom, Michelle. So as the Lord

reminds you, if you would please, and thank you

for that. All right. We're going to finish Revelation chapter 3 today with the seventh of seven

letters to the seven churches, the Church of the Laudocans. I'm wording it that way for a reason as you'll soon see.

I want to, by way of a preface, say that this study of the seven churches in Revelation

chapters two and three have been, still are the most important part of the entire book of

Revelation. Do you know why? Because it deals with where we're at right now, the church age,

church history. Now Lord willing next week, and I want to be careful when I say this,

because I might want to do a review of the seven churches, not necessarily. Actually, I'm very excited

to get the chapter 4 verse 1 because, and for those of you that read ahead to stay ahead you already know

what's ahead chapter 4 verse 1 starting next week Lord willing is everything that is to take place

yet future in other words the end of chapter 3 ends church history, and then in chapter 4 verse 1,

we have the rapture of the church taking place before the seven-year tribulation.

I'm not going to preach next Sunday's sermon, but I just want to give you a taste or a teaser as they say.

John is told to at the sound of the trumpet, come up hither. He is caught up in Revelation

4-1. Check this out. John gets raptured next week. How's that?

And then everything from chapter four, verse one, on through to the end of the book in chapter 22

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