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Originally Posted by aron
I am not sure that "divisions" is accurate. Jesus said, "In my Father's house are many abodes". There are multiple abodes. Multiple gatherings can be seen as multiplication of the Father's house, rather than division of the Father's house. In John 12 Jesus talked about many grains of wheat. John heard the sound of many waters in the Book of Revelation.
The assessment of "divisions" is subjective, based on how you want to see things, and how you want to interpret the words of someone writng 2,000 years ago. I have repeatedly demonstrated that 'ecclesia' had meanings different from what we call 'church' today. So today we can have multiple 'meetings' of 'one church', but we are just re-arranging words according to our preferences. So we end up condemning others, and doing the same thing or worse. And how is the unification of the church under Nee and then Lee any better than revived popery? It is the oneness of Babylon: be "one" or else.
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I have arrived at many of the same conclusions. Firstly we should note that
distorted oneness (think Rome the "oneness" church) has been used to slaughter more genuine children of God than the Roman empire under their Caesars during all the 10 Periods of Persecution. A "
divisive heretic infidel" only needed to appear unwilling to actively embrace the Catholic traditions and his life was on the line.
Secondly, what's the difference between an LC with Chinese meetings and workers, and a church which actually labels themselves as Chinese. WL made a strong case that
the reality was in the name -- call it by the "
right name" and we alone will have all the heavenly blessings God has to give.