[Cassidy]

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Ok, I will welcome a direct quote from Witness Lee on 1997 if anyone can produce it..... but lacking that it now appears that not only did Witness Lee not "prophesy" the "day" of the Lord's return, he did not "prophesy" the year 1997 either.

From the article the person who calculated 1997 was Nigel Tomes. Using the framework of the teaching of 6000 years and 1 day=1000 years it is the author (Tomes) who derives 1997 mathematically then attributes this to Witness Lee as a prophecy and a prediction.

Furthermore, as OBW has confirmed in his reading, even Witness Lee was not fully convinced of the 6000 years = 6 days, etc. framework.

So we have a scenario where using a teaching that Witness Lee was not fully convinced of, Nigel Tomes has engaged in date setting the Lord's return at 1997 then attributing that as a prophecy by Witness Lee and then he (Tomes) declares it as a failed prophecy!

I find this very disturbing.

Cassidy