Lee said that there could only be one apostle per age, and he was the current MOTA. Either the statement was true or he was a fraud.
For the first part -- 'one ministry/apostle per age' -- I see no biblical support. If Paul was MOTA, then what was John doing? Where do you see John or Peter confessing subservience to Paul, and/or Paul demanding (or implying) its necessity? And why was the 'Apocalypse' written, post-Paul, by John and not by Timothy or Titus? And what, for example, of Wesley vis-a-vis Edwards? Which one of them was MOTA? And why is it that neither of them seemed to care, yet God moved mightily?
But suppose we accept the first part and try to go on, to find that, "Witness Lee has God's current (and sole) oracle."
There are enough data points to strongly suggest that if there were in fact a true and clear MOTA, then WL wasn't it, but defrauded the flock with false claims.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
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Daystar showed avarice, opacity (money-laundering) and tight operational control, and if we look around we find there already was a behavioral pattern: tennis rackets, chairs, suits, "Let's go Linko!" &c. Rainbow booklets and gold bars. Merchandize and move on; leave the wreckage behind and 'sail on'.
Second, the Philip Lee affair(s): there are multiple, re-enforcing accounts from various ones involved. Per Paul's epistolary directives, WL wasn't even qualified to be church elder much less MOTA.
Third, look at treatment of scripture, a la Psalms, Job, 1 Peter, Jude, James &c. WL clearly and repeatedly departed from NT and subsequent church reception of scripture. According to his so-called revelation of 'God's economy', a not inconsiderable amount of scriptural text was merely 'fallen concepts' and 'natural thinking', not indicative of Christ (but WL claimed to be free from any such conceits.)
Folks, if someone comes to you claiming to be an apostle, much less 'the' apostle, and says to follow his so-called revelations, rather than scripture and the clear pattern of apostolic and church reception of scripture, run away. Run away fast.