[UntoHim]

Well, since the moving of your post is a moot point, I won't address that one.

In regards to your points about John 16:7 - No, I would not say that the thoughts you have put forth "seem like modalism". In order for some teaching/doctrine to fall into the modalism category it would have to include the notion that there was some kind of ontological change among one or more of the Godhead/Trinity/Triune God. In the case of Lee's teaching, the change is reflected in the terminology of "became". There is also a more subtle type of modalism indicated when Lee teaches that "The Son is called the Father; so the Son must be the Father!" and "The Lord Jesus is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit". (See post #154 on Modalism thread on homepage) I'm not sure Witness Lee was theologically sophisticated enough to employ the word "is" in place of "became" in any meaningful way, so it really doesn't matter which word he uses...it all adds up to some form of modalism.
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