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Full Preterism Pantelism: How dangerous?

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What eschatology view to you hold to?

I'm not sure I found 'my view' in your list, but I'd like to share the best answer I ever heard to that question. It was asked by a pastor at the end of a Jamie Buckingham conference for pastors. His answer was....after a brief pause and his answer was; "ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS. I KNOW A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN I USED TO KNOW. BUT THE LITTLE THAT I DO KNOW, SUFFICES THAT THAT I DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW."

That answer was worth memorizing and repeating a hundred times over the last few decades. Does that mean I don't have a view? No, but the one I have is just as much a 'work in progress' as my walk is a 'work in progress'. ;)
 
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I'm not sure I found 'my view' in your list, but I'd like to share the best answer I ever heard to that question. It was asked by a pastor at the end of a Jamie Buckingham conference for pastors. His answer was....after a brief pause and his answer was; "ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS. I KNOW A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN I USED TO KNOW. BUT THE LITTLE THAT I DO KNOW, SUFFICES THAT THAT I DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT I DON'T KNOW."

That answer was worth memorizing and repeating a hundred times over the last few decades. Does that mean I don't have a view? No, but the one I have is just as much a 'work in progress' as my walk is a 'work in progress'. ;)
Excellent.........
This is a favorite commentator of mine and tho I have had his site bookmarked for over a decade, I have just barely scratched the surface of his rather extensive studies and in fact I think I have read thru on about a half a dozen of his parts in Revelation.

He mentions the "pan theory", which perhaps is akin to "pantelism"?
Anyway, it is a vast site that would take me decades to read thru......

http://www.kingdombiblestudies.org/tablecontents.htm

Kindgdom Bible Studies Revelation Series Part 1

The mark of the beast. Armageddon. The Four Horsemen. The false prophet. Babylon the great. Falling stars, stinging locusts, and giant hailstones. The seven last plagues. The bottomless pit. The lake of fire.
These images of terror and catastrophe from the book of Revelation have greatly influenced the thinking of millions of Christians through the ages. Even the secular press uses images such as "Armageddon" and "four horsemen of the Apocalypse" to describe calamities in our world.
Despite 1900 years of fascination with the book of Revelation, John’s letter to the seven Churches of Asia continues to be misunderstood. And badly misinterpreted!

One misconception shared by some is that the Revelation has nothing of importance to say to us. It’s considered to be merely a bizarre piece of first-century writing with no relevance for today. Another wrong idea is that the Revelation is a code book describing a specific outline of history written in advance.
Countless interpreters have tried to "decode" the book from a historical perspective to find all the major world events of the past 1900 years.
Others interpret it more literally as a handbook for predicting the cataclysmic events that will bring the final wrath of God and the end of the world.

The claims of Christian groups from the early church to the present — that the Revelation pinpoints the events, personalities, and time periods of "the end" — have all failed. This should be a caution to believers for using the book of Revelation as a predictive handbook.
Other people’s interpretation of the book of Revelation is based on the "Pan Theory" — it’s all going to pan out in the end! Beloved brethren, the fact is, it’s not panning out the way the end-time prognosticators are projecting!

Through the years I have ministered the Word in Bible studies, seminars, and church services of various types. When there has been a question and answer session, or when opportunity was granted for people to request teaching along a particular line, the most often requested subject has been — THE BOOK OF REVELATION!

I have met people who were babes in Christ, carnal Christians whose lives were a mess, they had incredible problems and needs, including deliverance, and instead of prayer or counsel or messages that would help them overcome and grow up in Christ, they wanted me to teach them the book of Revelation! "Yeah, brother, that’s for me, lay it on me, I want the book of Revelation!"
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Pantelism - Wikipedia

Pantelism is a variant of Christian eschatology that holds that the plan of God has been completed both prophetically and redemptively. The term "pantelism" comes from the Greek παντελής "all accomplished," and means "all things having been accomplished".
Pantelism has a similar "inclusive" approach to that of Transmillennialism. Pantelism is an extension of Preterism. The difference from preterism is that pantelism views Israel's prophesied redemption in Christ as the catalyst for mankind's restoration to God.
 
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Excellent.........
This is a favorite commentator of mine and tho I have had his site bookmarked for over a decade, I have just barely scratched the surface of his rather extensive studies and in fact I think I have read thru on about a half a dozen of his parts in Revelation.
Preston's POV is the one I am currently pursuing. I consider him to be the anointed pen in my life. I've gotten every monthly study he ever sent since 1982.

Other people’s interpretation of the book of Revelation is based on the "Pan Theory" — it’s all going to pan out in the end! Beloved brethren, the fact is, it’s not panning out the way the end-time prognosticators are projecting!
Yes, we have the prognosticators who have failed consistently. You can't understand with the religious mind, what was prophetically given when "John was IN THE SPIRIT on the Lord's day" receiving by inspiration the words for the book. We will need to interpret by the same method...that of being IN THE SPIRIT. ;)
 
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