Angel of Light Ministers in the LC

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by Truth

It is true that the LCs has had a very bad history. However, the person who caused the problem, WL, has passed away. Also, the last group of people (the current BB) who witnessed some of the horrible things that happened in the LCs will also pass away. It is sad that no one will take responsibility for what happened. Yet the Lord will judge. We are not the judge. He is the judge.

The fact is the new generation of LC members will rise up and take the place of the BB in about 20 years. Since these younger members have no idea of the past (none witnessed), they are completely innocent. If they remain innocent and do not play hypocrisy, it can bring the LC into a new era. I think this may happen. The Lord will have a new start with a new group of leaders. I already see it happening. The current young people (from teenager all the way to about 40 years old) are much more broad and accepting of Christianity than the older generation. Many of you have not seen the newer members of the LC. The fact is if the current LCs are as exclusive as many of you say they are, they will never survive. However many of you speak from the past.

There is another thread that says "What about the present?" Maybe I should post there. Slowly, the part of WL's ministry where he condemns Christianity will fade away. The LCs will no longer use that part of the ministry. It is just impossible to gain and keep new members with that kind of condemnation. I'm already seeing it right now, even with the "kosher" radio program that LSM produces (yes, I know some of you think it is hypocrisy...still this indicates that there is already a shift). Also we rarely speak of these items in WL's ministry in our meetings anymore (only in big conferences that LSM hosts). Believe it or not, many of the current (younger) LCs are no longer as exclusive as many of you think (at least relatively to their past).

Thanks Truth, I'm not sure if anyone has yet to express this view of the Recovery.

Looking back on our history, it just seems impossible to separate exclusivism from hypocrisy. Once the unending claims were made that the Recovery was God's Move on Earth, that Witness Lee was the Minister of the Age, and that the rest of the body of Christ was hopelessly and pitifully degraded, then the entire leadership was forced to play the hypocrite to maintain some false image to the rank and file.

If today's generation has dropped those exclusive claims, then they can be liberated from the many entanglements of the current leadership, including lawsuits and quarantines, and that's good news! It's so much better just to be who you are in Christ, and not be forced to maintain some old pretension.