In The World Situation and God's Move, Witness Lee provides a short but panoramic view of God's move throughout human history. He shows how God's detailed arrangement of world affairs was instrumental in the accomplishment of redemption and in the initial spread of the gospel. He further shows how God has been moving throughout church history to gain a proper testimony for His full expression. Such a testimony issues forth from believers who experience and live Christ and who are willing to meet according to God's ordained way, not in a way of division but in genuine oneness as the Body of Christ.
Born in 1905 in northern China, Witness Lee was raised in a Christian family and educated in English-speaking schools. At the age of 19 he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and consecrated himself to preach the gospel. Early in his service, Witness Lee met Watchman Nee and began to labor together with him. In 1949 Witness Lee was sent by Watchman Nee to Taiwan to ensure that the things delivered to them by the Lord would be preserved. In 1962 Witness Lee came to the United States and began to minister here. He ministered in weekly conferences, delivering several thousand spoken messages until 1997. He gave his last public conference in February 1997 at the age of 91. His major work, Life-Study of the Bible, comprises over 25,000 pages of commentary on every book of the Bible from the perspective of the believers' enjoyment and experience of God's divine life in Christ through the Spirit.