"The Multiple Invisibilities of Witness Lee"

aron · 01-25-2017, 02:56 AM

One can see subjective experience leading the prophet astray, by considering his teaching against clear NT precedent.

Jesus said, "These things were written concerning Me." WL said, "No they weren't; they were the OT prophet writing about himself, according to his fallen human imagination."

Peter said, "David, being a prophet, knew that God had promised a Seed. ." WL accepted that only for the citation in question, from Psalm 16, but elsewhere when the psalmist wrote similarly that "He rescued me because He delighted in me" WL said, "No, God did not delight in David the sinner." NT precedent was ignored, even overturned. The "mystical Christ" of WL's subjective experience caused him to not see Jesus in the confessional text, even though the writers of the NT had done this repeatedly before him (cf Heb 2:9 &c).

I'm not claiming that my interpretation is right & WL's is wrong; rather that WL's experience narrowed his perception, and his discipleship programme kept anyone else from seeing what he couldn't see, even when a pattern in NT reception suggested otherwise.

01-25-2017, 02:56 AM	#1
aron Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Natal Transvaal Posts: 5,632	Re: "The Multiple Invisibilities of Witness Lee" One can see subjective experience leading the prophet astray, by considering his teaching against clear NT precedent. Jesus said, "These things were written concerning Me." WL said, "No they weren't; they were the OT prophet writing about himself, according to his fallen human imagination." Peter said, "David, being a prophet, knew that God had promised a Seed. ." WL accepted that only for the citation in question, from Psalm 16, but elsewhere when the psalmist wrote similarly that "He rescued me because He delighted in me" WL said, "No, God did not delight in David the sinner." NT precedent was ignored, even overturned. The "mystical Christ" of WL's subjective experience caused him to not see Jesus in the confessional text, even though the writers of the NT had done this repeatedly before him (cf Heb 2:9 &c). I'm not claiming that my interpretation is right & WL's is wrong; rather that WL's experience narrowed his perception, and his discipleship programme kept anyone else from seeing what he couldn't see, even when a pattern in NT reception suggested otherwise. __________________ "Freedom is free. It's slavery that's so horribly expensive" - Colonel Templeton, ret., of the 12th Scottish Highlanders, the 'Black Fusiliers'