Preterism
is the theory that all future prophecies were nullified by the
"fulfillment" (their word) of Matthew 24:34 where Jesus says, "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled."
In other words, preterists try to tell us that 70 AD fulfilled
everything. There is nothing left but? - they really don’t say. But if
that is the case, how do they explain present day Israel back in the
land being prepared for their Messiah.
They claim to be letter perfect in their
interpretation of Matthew 23:34, and then proceed to expel or twist all
the prophetic things that are still awaiting a future fulfillment. If
all future events were fulfilled by titus in 70 AD, then what do they do
with the following scriptures? Did any of these things take place
before, and up to, 70 AD? An ounce of common sense says, "No."
But if the Preterists’ premise is true, then what do they do with all of these things that have not happened yet?
Acts 1:11 - "...this same Jesus which
is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have
seen him go into heaven." - (Bodily, head first, from the Mt. of
Olives)
Romans 11:12 - "Now if the fall of them
(Israel) be the riches of the world (our gospel of Grace), and the
diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles (our age of Grace); how
much more their fulness?" (Israel’s future blessing)
Romans 11:24 - "...how much more shall these, which be the natural branches (Israel), be graffed into their own olive tree?"
Romans 11:25 - "For I would not,
brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery (secret), lest ye
should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part (for a
while) is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles (the
Body) be come in."
II Thess. 2:3,4 - "Let no man deceive
you by any means: for that day (the Day of the Lord - the Tribulation)
shall not come, except there come a falling away (or a departure) first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped;
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he
is God."(Compare this with Daniel 11)
II Thess. 2:8 - "And then shall that
Wicked (the Anti-christ) be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming."
Jude verses 14 and 15a - "And Enoch also, the seventh
from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all,...."
Now, here are more verses from the Old Testament - Keep asking - "Have/Did these things happen before 70 AD?"
Deut. 30:1,2a - "And it shall come to
pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the
curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind
among all the nations, wither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, And
shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice...."
Ezek. 37:1-10, 12- (the vision of the
dry bones) "Therefore prophesy and say unto them (the whole house of
Israel), Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your
graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves (the Gentile
nations), ...and bring you to the land of Israel."
Ezek. 47:9- "And it shall come to pass,
that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers
shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of
fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed;
and every thing shall live whither the river cometh."
Ezek. 47:10- "And it shall come to
pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi (now a resort on
the West shores of the Dead Sea) even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a
place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their
kinds, as the fish of the great sea (Mediterranean), exceeding many."
Daniel 9:27- "And he (the Prince-the
Anti-christ) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (7
years): and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he
shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined
shall be poured upon the desolate." (the desolator, the
Anti-christ)-(This is the verse Jesus referred to in Matthew 24:15)
Joel 3:2- "I will also gather all
nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and
will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel,
whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Joel 3:15, 16- "The sun and the moon
shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The Lord
also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the
heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his
people, and the strength of the children of Israel."
Zech. 14:4a- "And his feet (the
Lord’s-see verse 3) shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,
which is before Jerusalem on the east...." (Compare that with previously
quoted Acts 1:11 - He left head first - He returns feet first.)
Zech. 14:8- "And it shall be in that
day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward
the former sea, and half toward the hinder sea (Dead Sea): in summer
and in winter shall it be." (Compare with previously quoted Ezek. 47:9
and 10.)
Zech. 14:9- "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."
These are just a few of the scriptures that refer to future events that could not have taken place before 70 AD.
So, what do Preterists do with all this? They simply
throw them out or twist them so completely that they change their
meaning. And what does Scripture say about people who twist Scripture?
II Peter 3:16- "As also in all his
epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things
hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction."
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