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Originally Posted by OBW
But there is another place where Christians can (and sometime do) go. That place is Laodicea. That is where they go to declare that they alone have received the best that God has to offer and that others have not. They are the kind that are enamored with remnant theology and recovery. Enamored with the idea that they have discovered what almost 20 centuries of Christians have failed to understand. That have found the decoder ring that makes red into grey and yellow into white (and, of course, they are the ones who decide which is right and which is an illusion).
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And at least in the case of the LC system's decoder ring it's mostly about the way of doing things. For example, we don't have "pastors" we have elders, how we meet, outward practices, etc.
Added to that is the use of some extreme theological language for shock value: we are becoming God, etc. Which they consider a high peak of God's divine revelation that they discovered while in fact it is an ill-advised way to discuss transformation which was first used by one church father.
To me the fundamental flaw with "we are the remnant" churches is it creates a feeling of superiority solely based on saying and believing you are special in God's eyes above all other Christians - regardless of spiritual condition and expressions of the condition in outreach and care to others. If their spiritual condition/maturity really is "superior" there would be certain manifest outcomes and one of these virtues would be the feeling that they are not superior but have true humility in attitude and actions towards others.
BTW I agree with you that they misapply the "type" of Babylon/Jerusalem from the OT to fit what they want it to say about themselves. But for the sake of argument let's say it's true. I don't read anywhere that those who went back to Jerusalem were instructed to brag about their superiority and trash talk those who didn't return with them.