Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

John and the church are about to go through a time of intense persecution and suffering.

And brothers and sisters, when you go through an intense time of persecution,

you don't need a sentimental Jesus who simply makes you feel warm at night.

You don't need a life coach who is offering you words of encouragement.

You need to see Jesus as he really is as a God who raised him the dead

and who controls all things and holds him in his hand.

Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

If you were to flip through the book of Revelation with

no previous Bible knowledge, it would probably sound like a piece of science fiction or someone's

crazy dream journal. It for sure would make quite a movie script. Wouldn't you agree? All that talk

of dragons and beasts can be pretty confusing and quite frankly scary. Well, today, Pastor Jady is

walking us through this book of prophecy, explaining how God has pulled back the curtain to give us a

glimpse of the spiritual reality in the end times. Why do we need to know that? Well, stick around to

find out. He titled this message, The Unvailing. We begin it yesterday, so if you missed it or any other part of this teaching series,

catch up at jadie greer.com.

Right now, let's jump back in.

Here's Pastor J.B.

Revelation chapter 1, verse 1, here's how John, the apostle,

same God who wrote the gospel of John, by the way,

opens the book, the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to show his servants

the things that must soon take place.

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