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If none of it has been fulfilled, then Jesus was a FALSE prophet, for He told His disciples that THEY would see ALL come to pass in THEIR generation.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before.
Most of it is fulfilled in Christ even the aspect of the thief (death) coming on a day and hour to destroy (kill) your earthly house (body) then the Lord's appearing is when you are brought before him to face judgement.
This is part and parcel of the resurrection of the dead that started when the Old Covenant Saints tombs were opened as recorded in Matthew 27:52-53 after Christ's resurrection when he took with him these once captives Ephesians 4:8-10 and in fulfilment of Old Testament scripture in Ezekiel 37:11-15.
So the resurrection of the dead is now and the separating of the sheep and goats is now and has been happening since the tombs were opened that was the start of the resurrection of the dead.
This resurrection of the dead will continue to happen until the end of age when Christ comes as a brilliant angelic light and declares time no longer by sounding the seventh trumpet, thereby erasing the time based Adam One realm altogether.
The part of Mathew 24:15-25 isn't fulfilled because the Abomination that maketh desolate who is the wicked one, the son of perdition the false earthly messiah to manifest in the time based realm has not yet been revealed. One the devil manifests himself as the beast of the bottomless Pitt to martyr the Apostolic church in a world wide Calvary then those days will be served by God with volleys upon volleys of cosmic judgements unparalleled since man was created. That is why scripture says:
Basically if ANY manifested Christ shows up in the time based realm anywhere own earth Christ warned us to not believe and not go anywhere near him. Christ would say if he appears in the desert don't go and if he appears in the secret or public chambers don't go there.
The following versus point to satan being revealed to the world and accepted as the earthly messiah in the last hour of temptation that comes upon the world. That is why in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 it warns that once the world accepts this counterfeit impostor the devil pretending to be Christ they are condemned to spiritual eternal death.
God for this reason gives them that strong delusion to believe in a false earthly second coming doctrine so that they that believed not the truth that was established by the only begotten Son on his first and only earthly manifested advent are by why of association with this false second coming doctrine to accept this LIE makes them guilty to be condemned to eternal death.
So the second coming doctrine prepares them for that lie.
I was raised to believe in the First Coming.
Never preached to about waiting & hoping & looking up to the sky for some "Second Coming." Which, by the way was for judgment as Jesus said He came into that 1st century Jewish world - for judgment. I believe its John 9. It was the judgment of Israel.
The "Second Coming" was spiritual. And the apostles & disciples were told to "watch" so THEY would be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, They themselves were the end of the age remnant of Israel. But that covenant ended.
Understand spiritual things. Not those physical material kingdom things which the Pharisees did.!
Jesus & the Father makes their home with us. The Spirit lives in us.
Many Christians have misplaced hope in some 2nd coming which accomplishes nothing that Jesus didn't already do.
They should be thankful & concentrate on His real coming. His resurrection, free grace & eternal life in heaven.
Having a personal relationship with the Lord through the H.S. is major.
I was always a First Coming believer. (30 yrs)
That's why when the phrase "Second Coming"came my way 10 yrs ago,-
I knew I was a full Preterist.
I knew it wasn't true.
My reality & death of my 1st family at a very young age, had God close to me.
He would never show me or tell me a lie.
Heaven's really blissful.
That's all He wrote.
No literal coming back to this sinful world.
Won't ever ever happen again.
Believe it!
Why would a glorified Christ come back to a sinful and dying world. When Christ sounds the seventh trumpet it will be when He calls it a day and time no longer meaning the sinful time based earthly realm has ended.
To be in heaven in the presence of Christ is to be in blissful love because you know in all your being that this is your Father. There is no worldly love that compares to his blissful love.
The Lord does come for the departed to cloth them with the garments of angels and he has been doing that for the last 2000 years and little does the world Know that Noah's ark is in Heavenly New Jerusalem where the faithful are taken to in safety under the wings of The Lord.
So as the world looks to a materialist second coming they forget to trim their lamps before darkness comes when the thief (death) comes for them in that day and hour.
Heaven is more real and tangible than this life yet people want to place all their eggs in this earthly basket, thinking they can have one foot firmly grounded on earth and the other in heaven, unbeknown to them that them muddying of their other foot prevents them to prepare for that hour, just like that rich man that Jesus offered to come with him, was discouraged because he had much riches invested in this world. Where is that rich man now and where are his earthly wealth has it not gone with the wind.
This is absolutely correct. The word "aion" means "age." The King James translators botched it up royally. Paul said that the end of the AGE (aion) had come upon THEM. 1 Corinthians 10:11But, There is no end of the physical world in scripture predicted.
The notion probably stemmed from the error in the KJV in Matthew 24:3, which has the disciples asking when will the end of the "world" be? They also asked Jesus when would the temple be left with no stone unturned AND the sign of Your coming? They asked "when would these thing be?
Most Bible versions have "end of the age" Which clears up all imaginations about the word of the physical heaven & earth.
Oh boy, where to even start with that?!
SS, I believe you have almost everything wrong when it comes to prophecies.
But at least you have the "heaven" part right! Angels have substance. We won't be ethereal vapors. But heaven's environment, NO one knows what it will consist of. I just can discern from some scriptures about rewards in heaven, then that those rewards may be what is for our individual happiness.
Say, seeing loved ones again. And finally getting answers that didn't happen on this side of eternity. Even seeing & playing with ones' beloved pets too.
But, There is no end of the physical world in scripture predicted.
The notion probably stemmed from the error in the KJV in Matthew 24:3, which has the disciples asking when will the end of the "world" be? They also asked Jesus when would the temple be left with no stone unturned AND the sign of Your coming? They asked "when would these thing be?
Most Bible versions have "end of the age" Which clears up all imaginations about the word of the physical heaven & earth.
It was to be the end of the Jewish age. The old covenant age. The new covenant is also termed the "new heaven & earth." We see in Hebrews that the old covenant had to wax old & pass away.
We also reconcile that theory with the New heaven & earth coming after the old passed away, seen in Rev. 21:1.
I'm not saying that there isn't a perfected heavenly reality of the New Jerusalem see as the new earth in Rev.21-22. For God did prepare a city for the deceased, faithful patriarchs, shown in Hebrews.
So that must be the "new heaven" & the new earth we see in scripture is representative all physical blessings in the new covenant of grace.
We see the tree of life is back. And the leaves of the trees are for the healing of nations.
What was lost in Adam, is gained back in Christ.
Our fruit doesn't fail year round. Just like Psalm 1 says for those who put their trust in Him.
Here is a link that describes the apocalyptic & prophetic symbols used in the Bible.
We full preterists can speak freely in this forum, so if you really desire truth, like me, & not just what tradition needs one to believe- then consider what what preterism teaches.
Who created "Orthodoxy" in the 1st place? It was uninspired men who wrote the Creeds.
But I'll believe what the Inspired writers in the Bible teach, Thank you very much!
Here's the link:
Prophetic Symbols and Apocalyptic Language Of The Bible
Before their final demolition, however, Titus took, a survey of the city and its fortifications ; and, while contemplating their impregnable strength, could not help ascribing his success to the peculiar interposition of the ALMIGHTY HIMSELF. "Had not God himself (exclaimed he) aided out operations, and driven the Jews from their fortresses, it would have been absolutely impossible to have taken them ; for what could men, and the force of engines, have done against such towers as these ?"
After this he commanded that the city should be commanded razed to its foundations
Matt 24
29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from [r]the sky, and the powers of [s]the heavens will be shaken. 30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31 And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His [t]elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
1. Tribulation is yet to come. See Revelation.
2. The moon still gives its light and the stars have not fallen.
3. The Son of Man has not yet appear in the sky for ALL to see.
4. The tribes of the Earth are yet to mourn (only the Jews mourned the loss of the temple).
5. No great trumpet from Heaven yet.
6. The angels have not gathered the elect from the four winds.
Josephus, and other Roman writers, wrote about the destruction of Jerusalem. They also wrote about the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 ad. NONE wrote about Jesus return in the clouds or any other event that is part of His second coming. Jesus has not yet returned.
Originally Posted by coraline
But, There is no end of the physical world in scripture predicted.
The notion probably stemmed from the error in the KJV in Matthew 24:3, which has the disciples asking when will the end of the "world" be? They also asked Jesus when would the temple be left with no stone unturned AND the sign of Your coming? They asked "when would these thing be?
Most Bible versions have "end of the age" Which clears up all imaginations about the word of the physical heaven & earth.
This is absolutely correct. The word "aion" means "age." The King James translators botched it up royally.
Paul said that the end of the AGE (aion) had come upon THEM. 1 Corinthians 10:11
BTW, just so I understand - was this thread moved to unorthodox specifically because the OP took a stance in any given direction or does CF, as a rule, deem preterism to be heterodox?
I beg to differ.This is absolutely correct. The word "aion" means "age." The King James translators botched it up royally. Paul said that the end of the AGE (aion) had come upon THEM. 1 Corinthians 10:11
Full preterism sees all of the Olivet Discourse as all fulfilled, but....they or some do not know how much of Revelation is fulfilled or even knowing whether the Olivet Discourse is the same event depicted in that book, tho the majority consensus it that it is the same.See the Statement of Pupose at the top of this forum. Full Preterism is considered Unorthodox. http://www.christianforums.com/t7758825/#post63568632
TY.See the Statement of Pupose at the top of this forum. Full Preterism is considered Unorthodox. http://www.christianforums.com/t7758825/#post63568632
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