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See these things begin to happen. Look up for your redemption as drawing near.

If we knew exactly when Jesus was returning, most of us would make sure we're ready. We'd

drop everything and get ready. Well, it's important to know just how soon Jesus could return.

In this case, what we don't know can impact us for eternity. Today on a new beginning,

Pastor Greg Laurie brings us trustworthy insights straight from God's Word on what we can expect

during the rapture and just how close we may be to that event. There's literally nothing

standing in its way.

Why don't you grab your Bibles and turn with me over to the Gospel of Luke the 12th chapter.

The title of my message is things to do before the end of the world. All right, so let's just imagine

for a moment that we knew in Jesus was coming. Now we know that can't be true, right? Because nobody

knows. Only the Father knows. But let's just say for the sake of an illustration, we knew. Let's say

we knew that Jesus was coming back tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock PM. How do you think we'd be

doing spiritually around 245? I think we'd be doing pretty well. I think we'd have our Sunday morning

smiles and our come quickly Jesus attitude, right? Because why? Well, because Jesus would be coming.

But we should literally live every day is though it were that day. Someone once has the great

evangelist, D.L. Moody. If you knew the Lord would return tonight, how would you spend the rest

of the day? He replied without hesitation, I wouldn't do anything different than I do every day.

Get it? So why does this matter? Jesus gives us the answer in Luke 12. I want to read verses 36 to 40

and I'm reading from the New Living Translation. This is our Lord telling us how we are to live in

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