Preterists Cannot Prove Their Assertions !

As often as you keep reminding me of your view, I will respond with the truth of the preterist view. The dispensationalist view simply doesn't make sense.

 

Again, no. Jesus was telling His disciples those who see those signs, Matthrew 24:29, Matthew 24:32-34, ". . . when ye shall see all these things, . . ." That event has not literally happend yet, Matthew 24:29; Revelation 6:12.
The plual pronoun can refer to those beyond the immediate audiance. As in Matthew 3:11-12, ". . . he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: . . ." ; John 3:7, ". . . Ye must be born again. . . ."

 

Specifically what in the dispensatonalist view are you referring to?

 

Your problem is that you are looking for evidence of WORLDWIDE CALAMITIES, whereas the prophecies are of LOCAL CALAMITIES concerning Jerusalem & Israel.

Note the range of meanings of Gk - GE

You are looking for secular encyclopaedia references to the various occurrences worldwide while rejecting the Scripture truth that these related to the AD 70 destruction. Josephus recorded many of them. Local events, on a population of perhaps one million allows a scale of slaughter as prophesied.

Note also that Rev. 6:15-17 was predicted by the Lord Jesus in connection with the children of those who mourned for him. Luke 23:27-31. By then they would be 30-40, converted or rebellious.

Darkness at midday was recorded during the crucifixion, as was an earthquake. Darkness & light certainly have a spiritual significance. Note also that the events of Mat, 24:4-14 are not specific signs of the end. They would, & did happen, & they have happened down the centuries to such an extent that the end has been predicted - wrongly, many times. However from 24:15 on, events relating to the destruction are specifically prophesied. Events that the believers noted, so they fled the city before its destruction.

No need to name names - corrupt priests & false prophets abounded.

 

And again, you are mistaken, Brother. I'm not disputing whether "you" can refer to a plural audience, but whether it does in the context. In this case, Jesus is speaking to His immediate audience, not to an audience 2,000 years in the future. Remember, the books / epistles of the Bible were not written TO us, but they were written FOR us. In the example you quoted, Jesus told Nicodemus that he must be born again. However, this was to teach us that everyone must be born again. Not the same thing as saying that "you will see these signs", because everyone can't possibly see the same signs - especially if they live in different eras.

 

The rapture, the idea that God has separate plans for the Jews vs Gentiles, the view that we are living in the end times - I don't see Biblical support for any of those views. Having said that, I believe there are several dispensationalist views, but I think the things I've mentioned are common to each of them. Regardless, the Partial Preterist view is the only one that really makes sense to me.

 

Hi, Rev. I don't really think I'll have the time it would take to give you a detailed explanation of how I view the seals, trumpets, and bowls. As I said earlier, the short answer is they all point to the AD 70 judgment on Jerusalem. If you are truly interested, I can recommend several sources where you can find detailed information. However, I also suspect that if I provide this detailed answer, you, Roby, or one of the others on this forum will come back with another "how about this or that?". Let's just leave it at we have different ways of interpreting the prophecies of the Olivet Discourse, Revelation, etc.

 

All you've "proven" is that you don't believe Nero was "the Beast". We will just have to agree to disagree on that point.

The "great tribulation" was localized, not a worldwide catastrophe. Again, we will not come to an agreement on this point.

I never claimed Jesus was physically present in the judgments. He used the Roman armies to execute judgment.

Nobody in the whole Bible mentions a 3rd temple. There are only 2 temples in Scripture - Solomon's temple and the Herodian temple. Herod's temple was still standing in John's vision in Revelation.

Preterism was an established teaching from Christianity's beginning. Whether Alcazar popularized it or just made it well-known, I couldn't say. OTOH, Dispensationalism was popularized by Darby (1830) and later by Scofield.

I have the highest regard for the proponents of Preterism. My favorites are DeMar, Gentry, and Sproul. I've read some of Preston, but don't agree with all he has to say, since he is a Full Preterist.

 

I kinda gathered that was your opinion on the matter .

 

Especially for @Revmitchell and @robycop3 - Since I was asked about the seals, trumpets, and bowls in Revelation, I am providing the following material. This was provided by our good friend @kyredneck :
The Covenant Judgments of Revelation
By Duncan McKenzie, Ph.D.
2006

Four sets of seven:

18 And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
24 then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.
28 then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. Lev 26

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. Rev 6
6 And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Rev 8
4 And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. Rev 10
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth. Rev 16

 

I would never disagree with Scriptures, but I most certainly disagree with incorrect interpretations of them.

Great Trib - Yes, it happened from AD 66-70. We will not agree on this.

Agreed, we are still awaiting the 2nd Coming of Christ. (That is the main point where I disagree with Full Preterism.)

Gentry's "Before Jerusalem Fell" makes a very strong case for the early writing of Revelation - in the late 60s.

I believe the futurist view was virtually unknown before the Council of Nicea (AD 325), but I agree that a few believers had this view. Preterism predates the futurist view.

It would be pretty easy to make a case that "futurists" are in it for the money.

 

To a point, I agree. By definition, Orthodox Jews are under the OC. However, they no longer have the Temple, and no sacrifices. Regarding wars and rumors of wars, we have to look at the context. The wars He spoke of was during the Pax Romana. If we look at history, we've had very few periods of peace since the time of Christ (maybe earlier).

 

You don't take any of the evidence that I present as "credible" because you are looking for something entirely different. We need to be careful not to interpret fulfilled prophecy as if it were still unfilled. That's the mistake Jews make - still looking for the Messiah when He came 2,000 years ago. The key to understanding the mysteries of Revelation is from the time statements (soon, near, at hand) and from the symbolic language. Many of the figures are not meant to be taken literally (metaphors, similes, hyperbole, etc.)

We've been discussing the Beast and the Great Tribulation, but you disagree with everything I've said. In Revelation 7:3, we see that God seals His bond-servants on their foreheads. The Mark of the Beast was Satan's counterfeit mark. Do you believe God's servants will receive a literal mark in the future? If not, why would you believe the Mark of the Beast will be literal? This is about those Jews who aligned themselves with the Old Covenant system who were "marked" for access into the temple. (For further reading, see "Last Days Madness" by Gary DeMar, page 250.)

 

I meant to reply to this comment earlier. Brother Roby, if I truly thought that Preterism was false, I would repent and run from it. Discerning truth from error is far more important than hanging on to any doctrine or view because of stubborn pride. I left the premillennial dispensationalist / futurist view many years ago because I became convinced of the truth of the preterist view. I stand by this view because I believe it to be true, not because it fascinates me or because I like to argue.