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Originally Posted by Drake
Koinonia,
Based on two comments made recently it forced me to rethink my assumptions.
First one was when someone made the outrageous statement that Witness Lee was our Head. That comment violated the headship of Christ and I became very concerned for the one who made the statement. Yet, I hoped that the statement was made in ignorance and not a conscious fabrication as the latter is blasphemy. Still, I wondered what might mislead a person’s thinking in ignorance that the brothers and sisters in the local churches even had that thought. I realized that the introduction of the term “MOTA” which sounds a lot like POTUS... and has similar positional connotations , like an office only in the church is the source. I then realized that I never actually heard Brother Lee use the term “Minister of the Age” or the acronym “MOTA”. Seeing how important that office would be I searched Brother Lees ministry but cannot find it. Maybe I missed something.... so I asked.
Secondly, unreg said, concerning Brother Lee, that “MOTA paved the way for his rule”. Again, such an important instrument for paving the way “for his rule” was never spoken by the man who allegedly wanted to rule, and it was a term that was first introduced by people who opposed him because had their own ambitions about being rulers. Also, if MOTA was such a powerful influencer to put one in power then it came a little to late.
Still, I thought maybe I missed something and wanted to see if anyone anywhere at anytime or anyplace ever heard Brother Lee use the term or acronym.
So far, the silence is deafening.
Im not playing games Koinonia. I think you and others are. Let’s just put the facts on the table and then we can decide what to think.
There is no smoking gun, but there is plenty of smoke and mirrors.
Drake
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In my experience it was Ray Graver who was the most vocal and explicit in this "rule". Witness Lee would frequently "rebuke" saints for saying this, but I always thought that if he was serious about rebuking them it would stop immediately.
That said Witness Lee did teach that Luther was the "Minister of the Age", that Watchman Nee was the "minister of the Age" and that in every age the Lord is releasing some truth -- Justification by faith or ground of the church. He said that WN was releasing the truth of the "ground of the church" in this age and that he was carrying on that ministry. Hence Ray Graver was correct in connecting the dots and claiming that WL was the Minister of this age. Ironically WL was also correct in condemning this teaching that he was the MOTA.
It became an excellent lesson on how liars lie.