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Originally Posted by aron
I think we were comforted by Lee's reading because a) it was simple and b) he delivered it with certainty, which dispelled any vagueness or possible contradiction.
As alwayslearning put it well, in Lee's story God becomes "cheapened", a mere commodity, or formula, to be dispensed to us by someone's ministry (assuming we are obedient to said ministry).
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Thanks much,
Aron, especially the comments on "hosts," which has been a longstanding question of mine. Being raised Catholic, the "host" was that round communion wafer.
In the early days of his ministry, Lee prospered by introducing new concepts to the USA, most of which came from Nee. It appears like this became a necessary obsession of his, since I often heard a long litany of "new light" teachings which together composed the "recovered" truths. Lee had to be unique in his ministry to "prove" that he was truly worthy of MOTA status. Today we look back on all his exclusive teachings with suspicion, and rightly so, since so many are deemed to be leaven, or worse.
Aron, I do hear all you have shared about that huge and diverse population in the heavens, but if Jesus truly will marry the church bride one day, then from a certain point of view, prior to that time, could He not facetiously be considered a "
lonely bachelor." Ministers in general take quite a bit of liberty in their spoken ministry, yet much of what they say does not rise to the level of "official" church teachings recorded in books.
Like I said, I still have to finish Tomes' article, and, of course, all those great footnotes.