Eastern Lightning/The Shouters and the Local Church Cult

Awoken · 03-17-2021, 07:57 AM

Well, I somehow ended up going down this "Eastern Lightning" rabbit hole today while looking up stuff related to modalism and Witness Lee. Wow. Bad, bad fruit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Lightning

https://www.chinasource.org/resource...ome-from/#ft16

https://www.chinasource.org/resource...ers-come-from/

Related to the last post by Unregistered, I haven't done extensive research, but it appears based on that Wikipedia article that there is at least some possibility that Eastern Lightning attempted to manipulate the Israeli 2019 elections.

What I really wanted to say here, though, is that ironically I believe that Zhao Weishan, Yang Xangbin, and these other antichrist leaders of Eastern Lightning are Witness Lee's most exemplary disciples. I say with a sense of gratefulness to the Lord for having snatched me out of a fire.

What I mean is that Witness Lee taught one thing and did another: in respect to teaching, Do as I say, not as I do, and in respect to doing, Take the parts of Scripture that best suit your purposes and twist them to make other people serve your interests.

For the most part we were all fearful enough to simply obey what WL said we should do, but we didn't actually go so far as to emulate his behavior. The Eastern Lightning leaders took his example and simply carried it to the natural conclusions, declaring themselves Christs, setting aside the previous teachings handed down to them by WL, and setting up their own sect. Bravo, sirs; you are better disciples than I was.

(Edited to add: Interesting note, they took the WL heresy of "God in life and nature but not in the Godhead", and just corrupted it one step further to "God in life and nature and in the Godhead").

03-17-2021, 07:57 AM	#7
Awoken Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 86	Re: Eastern Lightning/The Shouters and the Local Church Cult Well, I somehow ended up going down this "Eastern Lightning" rabbit hole today while looking up stuff related to modalism and Witness Lee. Wow. Bad, bad fruit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Lightning https://www.chinasource.org/resource...ome-from/#ft16 https://www.chinasource.org/resource...ers-come-from/ Related to the last post by Unregistered, I haven't done extensive research, but it appears based on that Wikipedia article that there is at least some possibility that Eastern Lightning attempted to manipulate the Israeli 2019 elections. What I really wanted to say here, though, is that ironically I believe that Zhao Weishan, Yang Xangbin, and these other antichrist leaders of Eastern Lightning are Witness Lee's most exemplary disciples. I say with a sense of gratefulness to the Lord for having snatched me out of a fire. What I mean is that Witness Lee taught one thing and did another: in respect to teaching, Do as I say, not as I do, and in respect to doing, Take the parts of Scripture that best suit your purposes and twist them to make other people serve your interests. For the most part we were all fearful enough to simply obey what WL said we should do, but we didn't actually go so far as to emulate his behavior. The Eastern Lightning leaders took his example and simply carried it to the natural conclusions, declaring themselves Christs, setting aside the previous teachings handed down to them by WL, and setting up their own sect. Bravo, sirs; you are better disciples than I was. (Edited to add: Interesting note, they took the WL heresy of "God in life and nature but not in the Godhead", and just corrupted it one step further to "God in life and nature and in the Godhead").