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Nigel Tomes: We have looked in vain for statistical evidence of vibrancy, revival & renewal in terms of gospel spread via missions & above-average growth for Orthodox variants of the church. We found none. Orthodoxy, despite deification, is in (relative) decline; we found no (statistical) signs of revival or renewal here. This suggests that LSM’s deification dogma is not a ‘diamond;’ rather it is a ‘dud’!
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This was a common sales pitch for Witness Lee. In order for TLR, by then steeped in stagnation, to accept such an extra-biblical teaching, Lee would dangle the carrot of revival before all the faithful. Who could resist such a temptation? Who in their right mind would resist the promise of such blessings? The "new way" had come and gone with only doctored statistics and little increase, but Lee convinced us all that the failure was due to a global conspiracy led by none other than John Ingalls.
Now that all these leperous rebels were properly disposed of, the road to revival was freshly paved. God had just revealed to our brother the final recovery "high peak crystal," which would bring in unprecedented revival, like the days of Elden Hall, consummating in the marriage of the Lamb, and the coming of the New Jerusalem.
Twenty five years later.
What? No revival? We lost Brazil and the GLA? We're going backwards. Ugh!
Blendeds: It's all your fault. You have become Laodicea. You never took brother Lee's word.