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Originally Posted by Ohio
In light of recent comments concerning Chinese "filial respect," this paragraph from the above link really stands out. In the eyes of the Recovery "faithful elect," here Lee challenges the motives of every other potential Née biographer, even calling on the Almighty Judge to guarantee the absolute veracity of his book Seer .... His aggrandizing claims about himself and Née are almost sickening to read.
Note that this book was released in 1991, just after squashing the so-called conspiratorial rebellion by Ingalls & Company, who demanded ministry accountability from Lee in the aftermath of numerous Phillip Lee scandals. Just as easily as he condemns the motives of those prophets sent by God to correct him, Lee claims heavenly endorsements for his new book.
Since the biography was written 14 years earlier in 1997, Lee goes further to cite in another place how this action linked him with the Apostle Paul, who also waited 14 years before unveiling that he had been carried away to the Third Heavens. (2 Cor 12.1-6)
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During my time in the local churches from 1973 to 1986, brothers in authority discouraged me from reading Watchman Nee's book. The argument was usually that Witness Lee's writings represented the up-to-date flow of what God is doing on earth today. When I read Nee's books surreptitiously in private I often felt as if I was doing something a little naughty. But, I read them anyway because I found them better written and more interesting than Lee's. Lee's lengthy endorsement of everything Nee came after my time and may have represented a change in attitude on his part regarding Nee.