The Bible record describes God leading people into and out of things

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Originally Posted by Evangelical

Revelation 12:17 says the genuine church keeps the testimony of Jesus:

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring--those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

It seems the focus of God's commands and the testimony of Jesus changed from "God loved the world and sent His Son" and "love your neighbor" in the gospels, and "whoever believes and confesses Jesus as Lord will be saved" in the epistles. Now, the commands of God and the testimony of Jesus is about "one church per city", and "the seven stages of the church", if you believe Witness Lee's exposition on Revelations 1 through 3.

Why does the number seven signify "sevenfold intensification" with the seven Spirits, but then "completion in God's move" with the seven churches in Asia? If you're going to be simple, at least be consistent. This doesn't at all look like Occam's razor to me. Where's textual evidence that John might have thought this way? No; it's rather about satisficing Lee's hermeneutical agenda.