Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
"I spoke twice to all the elders and co-workers from different countries, once after the Thanksgiving conference and another time after the winter training. Based on the messages and fellowship in these two times, I compiled the two books The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion and The Present Situation of the Churches in the Recovery throughout the World. These two books are my clarifying and concluding word to the saints in the Lord's recovery throughout the whole world. I also prepared this clarifying and concluding word for the sake of history. The book The Fermentation of the Present Rebellion includes my spoken messages, but it's content was edited afterwards by me personally. I have carefully checked all the facts and have tried my best to be accurate, to be without any mistakes. In addition to an account of the beginning and development of the whole period of the rebellion, the content of the book includes personal testimonies from over 30 brothers. Therefore, concerning this storm, I spoken the clarifying and concluding word that I needed to speak. I have absolutely no more interest in talking about this matter. This matter now stops here. I hope that you brothers who have come to attend this conference will not mention it anymore."
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In the Witness Lee scheme of things, the above quotation is the final decision and last word of the high court. He has "properly" performed all the necessary duties of the prosecutor, judge, jury, and stenographer. He has determined which witnesses were allowed to speak, and what their testimony should include. He has informed us that his decision is thorough, accurate, unbiased, and confirmed by multiple witnesses. The accused were thus sentenced in absentia without possibility of an appeal.
The criminals, of course, have no legal rights. They were not permitted legal representation nor defense witnesses, neither could any of Lee's witnesses be cross-examined. The accused were not even permitted to be present at these proceedings to speak on their behalf. After the Apostle Paul appealed to Caesar, and then stood before King Agrippa, at least he was allowed to make his own defense. (Ac 26.1) Not so for John Ingalls and company. Witness Lee only used Paul's appeal to Caesar when the occasion suited him, as in his many lawsuits.
Though it is a righteous and noble undertaking, for Steve Isitt or any others to expect an honorable response at reconciliation from LSM officials is kind of like expecting the judge and the convicted murderer to kiss and make up. These judged criminals must live out their days in solitary confinement. As with lepers in Leviticus, not even their own wives should be allowed contact with them, lest they too become contaminated. Neither Witness Lee nor his Blended Bailiffs ever considered their official quarantines a personal dispute between brothers. In their distorted scheme of things,
Fermentation was the definitive and official disposition of fact. It belongs as a footnote in the continuing book of Acts.