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Originally Posted by Drake
ZNP>”What bothers me and what no one has explained is why this "particular man" is not Jesus? This is what Peter and Paul both said when someone tried to call them the "particular man". Jesus gave us the blueprint. He is the one through whom the vision was released.”
ZNP,
I agree that the descriptors used for Brother Lee ( “unique person”, “particular man”, “the lead in carrying out the ministry of the age”) were used.... and I agree with them. Of course, their veracity depends what definition of the ministry of the age is held. If one believes that the ministry of the age in our age is encapsulated in the local churches as the procedure to accomplish Gods eternal purpose and to close the age then those descriptors apply to Brother Lee. Yet, if one does not agree on the definition of the ministry of the age then it does not matter how one describes the one taking the lead.
Therefore, I think the objection with most is that they do not agree with our definition of the ministry of the age.
The leading Apostle for any ministry is Jesus but acting through His agents on earth doing His bidding.
Drake
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Fair enough, in order to accept that Witness Lee is the "Minister of the Age" requires that you both agree that there is such a thing as "the Ministry of the Age" as defined by LSM and that in this age this ministry involves the release of the truth concerning "the ground of the church" again defined by LSM.
This is another issue I have with this doctrine, it is divisive. It is not reasonable to think all Christians would accept those two points as being true. This is just another example of how this doctrine denies Jesus who redeemed us. The only requirement for you to meet in oneness with the church is that you have been redeemed by Jesus, but now you add this whole Ministry of the Age doctrine which you must receive to receive that WL was the Minister of the Age, which you must receive to accept that he is "the apostle" who appoints elders and takes the lead in this ministry.