[Sons to Glory!]

I wasn't going to respond on this topic, as others here have done a good job. But I'm having some realization that it's this governmental teaching which is at the root of many things within the LC (should put that on the "What is the Greatest WL/LC Error" thread). I must say that this is a teaching, that where I've been these last 20 some years (in a group who was once LC) - I don't think I've heard something spoken about God's government here on the earth!

Now, in the Scottsdale group, we do hear some about God's economy, that is, His administration. But this is spoken of as it relates to God's way of supplying His loved ones, in His household, with what they need. I've never once heard it spoken like, "You must be careful when you touch God's government (or you might get zapped)!"

To be sure, we have leading ones here, but never has this sort of thing come up as a way to justify some apparent authority coming directly from God, through them. To me, this seems like a way to subject others to man's rule, and would just promote a form of legalism.