Cs,
“Not sure what you’re on about. This is basic math. The Alter Rebbe was Chabad Rebbe 1, so obviously the Rebbe is 7. What’s invented?“
What Arso is saying is that was there anyone before the rebbe that had this concept of “Dor shvii”? It seems not and you being a loyal chassid will accept whatever your rebbe says as fact
Now let’s say that a Rav in some city says that Moshoach is going to come from his city or was born to a lady named (insert his mothers name) so everyone should assume he’s moshiach you would say the guy is crazy
So to over here, if the rebbe made up this concept of Dor shvii and there’s nowhere where it says this (outside of his sichos) it’s the same thing
It’s shooting an arrow and drawing the target around it (which has been repeated a thousand times it just seems like you’re not understanding it)