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Partner by going to Harvest.org. Coming up today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie speaks

with Bible scholar Don Stewart about matters of the end times. Well done, the rapture.

Yep, sometimes it's scary. Oh Jesus is coming. So if I'm a Christian, do I have to be afraid of

these things? No, it's called our Blessed Hope and Tide is 2 13. We're not afraid of it. We're

looking forward to the coming of the Lord. It is a realistic hope, a blessed hope, and it's

something to be very excited about, particularly Greg, when we're seeing all these signs right now.

That's right.

We know Jesus is coming back. We don't know when. The Bible even tells us that

none of us knows that they are the hour. But it also advises us to be ready. It'll come suddenly

and could happen when we least expect it. Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie welcomes

Bible scholar Don Stewart for a revealing discussion of what the Bible says about God's end times plan.

Although we don't know the day or the hour of the rapture, there's so much we do know.

And we'll talk about that today. Jesus is coming. The Bible talks about this. People being caught up

into the presence of the Lord. But we don't hear this as much as we used to. And I want to talk to

Don Stewart about this a little bit tonight. But you hear it like his young people like Jesus

could come at any time. And Bible prophecies are being fulfilled. Do you hear this much?

No, not really. I mean, I feel like whenever anyone brings up any kind of religion, especially

like the return of Jesus Christ, like people kind of just shunned that away probably more because

they're nervous or scared about it and they don't want to face that.

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