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Originally Posted by OBW
What about the idea that the Lee/LSM/LC view of the Revelation "letters" has an overriding error — that there is no statement defining Philadelphia as "getting it right" and no exhortation to leave the other 6 churches and go join with Philadelphia?
And related questions:
Why was there only 1 out of 7 that rose Lee's understanding of perfection, yet had only a little strength and still needed to overcome?
Was this legitimately indicative of a 6/7ths failure rate?
Or, alternately, is Lee simply missing the point?
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Good point and questions OBW.
Here is a link to the verses regarding the church in Philadelphia:
https://biblehub.com/bsb/revelation/3.htm (see verses 7-13).
Lee obviously took verses 8-10 and the lack of “I have this against you....” as the Lord’s approval of Philadelphia.
You are right that there is still a call for overcomers out of Philadelphia and there is no call for those in other cities to come to Philadelphia.
We may also want to discuss Lee’s equating each church as being symbolic of consecutive church ages:
Ephesus = early church led by “the church fathers”
Smyrna = the church persecuted by Roman government
Pergamos = the early Roman Catholic Church
Thyatira = the later Roman Catholic Church
Sardis = the reformed church (today’s denominations)
Philadelphia = The early Brethren then “the recovery”
Laodicea = today’s Brethren
And, did Lee take this teaching from the Brethren and adapt it?