[UntoHim]

They can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that Raptor and Timothiest are trying establish that "born again Christians being cast into 1,000 years of darkness to experience separation from God in order to be transformed more because they underperformed in life by not gaining enough Christ." I think they are trying to establish, or confirm as it were, that the Millennial Kingdom will be a time of punishment (discipline) for some believers and a time of reward for others. I think this teaching has a strong biblical basis, but to be sure, it was twisted and corrupted Nee, Lee and quite a number of others.

I think gr8ful really hit the nail on the head on the 2nd post of the thread:

Originally Posted by gr8ful

On the non-doctrinal side, there's how the teaching of the 1000 Years Reward / Punishment is used to instill fear of deviating from the "Vision," which just happens to be presented by one man, or now, one committee of men (the Blended Brothers). Fearing that we'll miss the reward or suffer 1000 of punishment if we dare go against "God's Deputy Authority" or consider attending a different church....

Which was kind of my point here:

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Many of our dear brothers and sisters in the Local Church of Witness Lee have been blinded. They have been deceived into believing that the kingdom that Witness Lee built is the kingdom of God. They have been deceived into believing that their reward and punishment will be based upon the person and work of a mere man and his so-called ministry of the age.

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