My ex was in a church that had a bible study. It was called the word of life ministries. They were secretive about where they actually went to church because they claimed they had enemies working to take them down. You could only start going to the church after completing bible study. There were different church locations and each location had their own 'color'. My ex would wear green because that was her church location's color. They claimed to be different from other christian sects because they believed not just in moral teaching, but in prophecy and fulfillment. They believed that there was a chosen pastor that was bringing about the understanding of the new testament and that we would even get to hear them preach when we got through study. We had to take lots of notes and attend twice a week. Some people took it over and over, like my ex, so she was actually going to a church thing on saturdays, attending actual church on sundays, and still did 2 days a week of bible study. They would give you a test at the beginning of each class. I never passed bible study, almost got to the end but ended up skipping state because it was an extremely abusive relationship. They strongly encouraged you to participate in the church as much as possible. They strongly believed that God was going to create a unified people and create zion on earth, and lead gods people (the 144,000 anointed, and the great multitudes) there. They believed in a sort of cycle. God has a tabernacle, destruction enters, gods chosen fall (sun moon and stars darken and fall), and a chosen pastor with the open word of the (in this case) new testament is supposed to come and lead people away to zion. Thats just a rough outline.
Submitted February 12, 2020 at 05:24AM by Sethadonis https://ift.tt/2tTdFSC