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Originally Posted by Hope
This discussion has caused me to mull over some saying of WL. I heard him countless times relate the circumstances around his leaving Mainland China for Taiwan just before the communist took over. He shared in private and in public how WN told all the co-workers that they all could go to the Lord for what they should do but that Witness Lee must leave in order to preserve the Lord’s work should they on the mainland be wiped out. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY THE SPEAKER REGARDING THE MEANING OF WORDS. I assumed WL was referring to truth and testimony. I now realize that it was the continuation of a movement.
When WN and WL referred to “Work” they did not mean the work of the Lord in a generic sense but rather their particular work and not just their particular personal work but a movement and particular entity which had a life and direction of its own.
The concept of “the Work” was a huge mistake by WN and was and continues to undermine many truths that he did open up to the Body of Christ.
I have had several interesting talks with former co-workers from the mainland. They all have their own version of what happened before the communist came in. As far as I am concerned most, including WL’s account, are in the category of myths and endless genealogies referred to in 1 Timothy. Unfortunately all the various versions eventually have a central point. That is, the continuation of the “Work” of WN. The stress will always eventually come to how WN would want his work and legacy carried on and who is doing so in the truest way. Thus you have the basis for all the purges and storms of the last 60 years.
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Hope, thank you for your perspective and the counterpoint you have provided. I'm sure many who have been brought up in the local churches would never hear of a perspective.
On another day you brought up the term recovery. It should be a personal matter of the Lord recovering us daily from the snares of the world and of ourselves.
Terry