Latter Rain, Kingdom Now, & the Lord's Recovery

[Jo S]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

That is mostly nonsense. You just post wild assertions with no factual basis. For example how do you explain that these movements arose in the 80s well after Lee taught his teachings. And there are key differences such as level of involvement and interest in politics and social work and beliefs about the rapture.

The New Apostolic Reformation and Latter Rain were/are movements. Kingdom Now is a more modern term describing an age old theology.

The mistake you're making is equating the resurgence of this dominionist teaching that took place in the seventies and eighties to it's origins.

If you do some research you'll find out Kingdom Now theology is rooted in other movements such as Latter Rain which came out of 40's Pentecostalism.

Dominionism covers a wide spectrum. You are taking specifics from one school of dominionist thought and setting up a strawman to discredit all of dominion theology.

I've argued the doctrines that influence these movements/schools of thought with scripture always showing Lee's own words supporting them so by you saying that I've made "wild assertions" is an impulsive statement.

What is also nonsense is what you say about doctrine of works. To be an overcomer is motivated by the rewards stated in Revelation not salvation. It is well documented in Lees teachings that overcoming is for rewards not salvation and the eternal security of the believer. It just shows you don't know the basics of Lees teaching. I might take you more seriously if I didn't know that behind your aversion to the teaching about the body of Christ as the bride and rejection of most bible commentaries that say it is, is some conspiracy about gnosticism in the church.

Lee viewed overcoming as something far off achieved by certain works like organizing Christians in a one church per city model.

Lee's version of overcoming is one that's motivated by setting Satan up as a boogeyman yet to be defeated rather than overcoming through faith in Christ's work knowing Satan has already been defeated on the cross. Scripture says we overcome through the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 12:11) and not through an ideal.