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noun; an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.

I honestly don’t believe in karma, irony, or coincidence anymore, my belief is that God is in control of all things. Sometimes I wonder why things happen the way they do and know enough not to question Him. I’m learning to be patient.

In January of 2019 my husband and I were asked to attend a meeting after early church. My husband was on permanent disability as his 3 year battle with lung cancer continued. We both led Bible studies in the church, and staying connected was helping us cope with the inevitable. Our studies were basically “closed” because the Education Director wanted them kept small, therefore they were not offered to the church which was causing dissension. What we thought would be each of us taking on another night ended up with them being stopped completely because we opposed what the Methodist denomination had decided to do. Hoping to bring in more bodies they decided to change the rules and allow LGBTQ+ persons to be ordained, thus going completely against the Instructions. We left the church.

Little did I know that at the same time a Bible teaching was going on in the book of Revelation in a small Bible church roughly 70 miles to the north. My husband died a year later and a year and a half after that God blessed me with a wonderful man to grow old with. I retired, got married, sold my home of 60 years and found myself living in a little house on a small lake, roughly 70 miles to the north. And I found myself in that little Bible church.

A lot has changed and the last five years are just a blur. The world continues spiraling downhill and I’ve found myself wishing for the Rapture. My family has several loved ones professing to be and condoning LGBTQ+ activity. Because I know what the Bible says, and believe what the Bible says, I see them on a dead run toward a lake of fire. I have been deemed a hater.

I started listening to the series from the Bible church on Revelation last summer and started chapter 14 today. Pastor Myers does expository preaching and covers just a few verses at a time. Revelation starts with letters to the churches and the Methodist church was brought up as an example of prophetic writings. Five years to the day my husband and I left that church I was being reminded of the error in their “way forward.”

Today, in chapter 14, John tells us about the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with his 144,000. Near the end of his teaching 5 years earlier, Pastor Myers spoke these words:

“During the Tribulation period there will be no pretense. No pretense or the desire to cover it up. Sexual immorality will be the norm, it will be accepted and even expected.”