The doctrine of Preterism rises or falls on the teaching that all of the events of the book of Revelation were fulfilled by 70 AD. A Few Preterist Problems: According to 2 Thessalonians 2:8 the lawless one, the Antichrist, will be brought to an end by the Lord Himself at Christ’s “coming.” Nero committed suicide in June of A.D. 68, two years before A.D. 70 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4: “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day [speaking of the Great Tribulation, the second half of the Tribulation period] will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” NKJV Nero never stepped foot in the temple in Jerusalem, none the less Jerusalem. The turning of a 1/3 of the sea into blood (Rev. 8:8) The death of a third of all sea life dying (Rev. 8:9) A third of the world’s ships being destroyed. (Rev. 8:9) Nada - Nothing like that has ever happened in the history of the world. They must also use an inconsistent hermeneutic when interpreting prophetic passages. According to the preterist view of the end times, chapters 6—18 of Revelation are highly symbolic, not describing any literal events. Since the destruction of Jerusalem did not involve the wholesale destruction of sea life (Revelation 16:3) or agonizing darkness (verse 10), these judgments are interpreted by the preterist as purely allegorical. However, according to preterists, chapter 19 is to be understood literally—Jesus Christ will physically return. But chapter 20 is again interpreted allegorically by preterists, while chapters 21—22 are understood literally, at least in part, in that there will truly be a new heaven and new earth. Even though all of the prophecies relating to Christ’s first coming were fulfilled literally, Preterists do not interpret all of the prophecies relating to Christ’s second coming to be fulfilled literally. Instead, the Christian is free to “spiritualize” some or all of these prophecies. revelationalive.net/materials/papers/partial-preterism/
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