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Old Testament narratives are not allegories or stories filled with hidden meanings
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The above quote caught my attention, and got me thinking as to just how much WL's view of Bible interpretation differed from how most people would approach the Bible.
Anyone could allegorize a story, but just because there is the potential for that doesn't mean the allegory is correct or that an allegory was ever intended.
Those who follow Lee's ministry operate upon the notion that he had some sort of insight that others didn't. Whether they will admit it or not, they believe that there is something esoteric about the Bible which prevents the average person from being able to understand or interpret the Bible.
I think this notion was largely due to the fact that WL introduced all kinds of allegories that seemingly made sense of complex passages. No one else would have thought of these allegories, simply because they were unique to WL. So that is what made his teachings seem so 'unique'. But had people sought to question what he was doing in the first place, maybe they might have realized that he could just have easily been making all those allegories up.