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Originally Posted by OBW
This is the first time I have seen anyone take on the “7 churches as prophecy of the progression of the church” idea besides to dismiss it. I found a few things in the article interesting.
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One problem I had was using Philadelphia to describe the Plymouth Brethren. Besides R.C.Chapman, "the Apostle of Love," and those with him, little else could be used to equate the two peoples.
Now I'm no church history scholar, but WL's simplistic synopsis on church history, which we all could repeat in our sleep, was more about building his own legacy than anything else -- try to convince a LC old timer of that! But ... read church history yourself ... and see if you arrive at the conclusion of "the minister of the age" nonsense.
If anything, Zinzendorf's Hernhut had far more similarities to Philadelphia than anything I have seen since in the so-called "recovery." When I look back at the Darby Brethren and the WL Blendren, I see gifted men fighting for prominence and position, rather than "simple brothers," all the while convincing us peons that there was no hierarchy.
Hey Brother UNTOHIM, can you please post a
printable PDF so I can read this article.