Raymond Elwood Lear (years prior to the 2011 Holy Spirit indwelling that made him Lord RayEl) applied to a Masonic Lodge in a Chicago suburb with his then dear friend and colleague Andre’ Queen... Andre’ being black, would have been the only black man in the Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masonic Lodges (in contrast, Illinois Prince Hall Masonic Lodges are almost entirely black).
The unofficial segregation of Illinois lodges was not something either Raymond or Andre’ were aware of at the time, so they naively applied together (alongside other candidates), and were shocked to discover that they, and everyone else who applied at the same time, were mysteriously "black balled" (rejected), despite their high qualifications.
A senior officer of "Chicago Lodge", that shared their meeting space with the lodge Raymond and Andre’ applied to, learned that the rejection had nothing to do with Raymond (other than the flaw they saw in Raymond for sincerely treating Andre’ as his brother, which really offended them); it was simply a way to avoid taking in a black candidate without obvious detection, by rejecting all of the applicants at the same time.
An internal investigation and kerfuffle ensued, leading to the voiding of the rejection, and Raymond, Andre’, and the other candidates being officially brought into Chicago Lodge instead.
So Raymond's rejection (through a concomitant racist action), led to the fulfillment of the biblical cornerstone/capstone prophecy:
Psalm 118:22 The stone the masons discarded as flawed is now the capstone!
There are so many fulfilments, it's hard to deny the times we are living in.
Thanks for sharing!
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