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Originally Posted by aron
Conversely, the argument went that WN was under a vision, a hermeneutic, and WL likewise was under this vision. Again, therefore, they didn't need to be "under" anyone. They had a vision straight from the throne, and if you wanted to be right with God, so the story went, you had to be under Nee & Lee. The divine hierarchy went: Jesus Christ, then WN, then WL, then whomever WL chose at his right hand.
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IIRC, Don Rutledge was visited by one of these divine hierarchy proponents back in the 80's. As I remember it, first was the Father, then the Son, then the Spirit, then came Witness Lee. Immediately Don asked who was #5, and it was yet unknown.
Apparently Don did not stay long enough to learn that #5 was Philip Lee, his father's most trusted co-worker.
For a group which so criticized the Papal hierarchy of Romanism, they sure wasted a lot of valuable time deciding and fighting over who Lee's successor would be.