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The second coming of Jesus has described so many times in Scripture. For every prophecy,

speaking about the first coming of Christ, there are eight prophecies relating to a second coming.

Pastor Greg Laurie says, our level of excitement about the soon return of the Lord

tells us a lot about our spiritual health. How excited are you today?

Really the teaching of the imminent return of Jesus is a great barometer of where you are at

in your walk with God.

This is the day when the lost are found. This is the day for a moment again.

Amazing grace sounds like a stone. But can you hear how we hate you for seeing it?

This is the day when life begins.

When we've invited someone over for dinner and they're on their way,

our excitement about it says something about our feelings for them. Does it not?

Your best friend since childhood? Oh, can't wait! Your boss who invited himself over?

Was that tonight? Well, today on a new beginning, as Pastor Greg Laurie brings us some

foundational insights on the character and attributes of Jesus. We'll give thought to his second coming.

It's a revealing look at how much we love the Lord.

So we're in a new series right now that we're calling Timeless and it's effectively theology 101.

Now, in our first message in this series, we talked about God the Father because God has presented

to us in Scripture as a trium being Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So we explored God the Father.

We talked about his attributes, his omniscience, which means he knows everything.

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