In messages he brought, John often linked a person's ability to receive revelation with their openness to be submissive to authority. Think about how difficult it was for a seeker to have an honest revelation...if in the back of their mind, they believe the blockage to revelation might be their lack of submission--as suggested by John in his word. Frankly, I suspect many of my 'revelations' about John and the Kingdom during this time period was the product of his power of persuasion, and good ol' peer pressure.
Does anyone recall a This Week entitled 'The Submissive Will Know.'--in which the topic is dealth with in some depth (submission leading to understanding)? I may not have the title exactly correct...
paleface Wrote:
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> I recall that "getting a revelation" was a big
> carrot on a stick that was constantly presented
> before the sheep. First is was "get a revelation
> of JRS", then it was "get a revelation of
> Marilyn". And other important and vague, magical
> concepts. I think now it wasn't the Lord
> revealing to us, but us "snapping" and closing off
> our inner BS detectors and accepting these leaders
> as gods. This magic relelation process was really
> us partially breaking down internally and opening
> up to being brainwashed on a much more intense
> level.
Does anyone recall a This Week entitled 'The Submissive Will Know.'--in which the topic is dealth with in some depth (submission leading to understanding)? I may not have the title exactly correct...
paleface Wrote:
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> I recall that "getting a revelation" was a big
> carrot on a stick that was constantly presented
> before the sheep. First is was "get a revelation
> of JRS", then it was "get a revelation of
> Marilyn". And other important and vague, magical
> concepts. I think now it wasn't the Lord
> revealing to us, but us "snapping" and closing off
> our inner BS detectors and accepting these leaders
> as gods. This magic relelation process was really
> us partially breaking down internally and opening
> up to being brainwashed on a much more intense
> level.