Witness Lee on Elders Needing to be Ezras

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Originally Posted by YP0534

I think this is true but I continue to question how aware Lee was of the natural and predictable output of his program. I don't think he really intended to build the Local Church as his legacy. I think he really believed that the Local Church was what God wanted built.

Lee did not expect any kind of legacy. He fully believed that the Second Coming was within his lifetime. It has been stated elsewhere that he honestly thought that around 1996 was the time. Interesting that it was about the time of his death. No, he never made a prophecy about when it would happen. But in his mind he had figured out the day, or at least the month.

I am not criticizing those who believe that the Coming of the Lord is imminent. We should all live as if it is. And at the same time we should live as if it is not. We should live normal lives that are righteous and are expecting His return. The more I see the fruit of the LC, the more I see the Normal Christian Life as an abnormal life focused almost exclusively on "spiritual" activities.

And I agree that Lee believed what he preached. I am not sure that all of that belief is based upon Christ, the Spirit, and/or scripture. (That is another discussion.) But he believed it.

But his attitudes toward other believers, even his closest followers, demonstrates his blindness to the parts of scripture that he could not fit into his dispensing/ground/body/"oneness"/human spirit theology.