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Nothing in Revelation 1:1-3 requires that the
tribulation of Revelation chapters 6-18 has been
fulfilled, for Revelation 1:1-3 can be understood in
light of 2 Peter 3:8-9.
Neither the Jews nor Nero ever fulfilled the killing
of Christians as shown as part of Revelation chapters
13-14 and in verse 20:4.
Preterists could want to believe that preterism is
closest to what the scriptures teach, because they
are afraid of going through Revelation chapters
13-14 and verse 20:4 (not to mention all the rest
of the horrors of Revelation chapters 6-18), whether
or not they will admit that fear to anyone (including
themselves).
It's true that there's no point in trying to make the
whole world a better place since it really is going
to be ruined by the Antichrist soon (Revelation
13:4-18). So we should focus our energies in saving
as many individuals as possible instead, before the
Antichrist comes, and preparing the saved to face the
coming tribulation with patience and faith, unto the
end (Revelation 13:10, 14:12-13, Matthew 24:9-13).
Jesus will be able to make the whole world a better
place at His second coming, when He will destroy the
Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19:20)
and set up His millennial kingdom on the earth
(Micah 4:3-4).
Preterists do ignore Revelation chapters 6-22,
because they can't ever show how it was fulfilled in
70 AD, or why almost all of it can't be literally
fulfilled in the future.
The first three chapters of Revelation clearly
contain some symbolism (e.g. Revelation 1:20),
but the seven churches of the first three chapters
of Revelation aren't "church ages", but seven first-
century local church congregations in the Roman
province of "Asia" (Revelation 1:4,11b).
After the first three chapters of Revelation are over,
John is taken up into heaven in Revelation 4:1 to be
shown the future events of Revelation chapters 6-22,
which events have never been fulfilled, and almost
all of which will be fulfilled literally.
The two witnesses could be spoken of in the present
tense as the two candlesticks standing before the God
of the earth (Revelation 11:4) because they are Moses
and Elijah, who could presently stand before Jesus in
heaven just as they stood before Jesus on earth at the
transfiguration (Matthew 17:3).
The seven first-century local church congregations
which were in the Roman province of "Asia" (Revelation
1:4,11b) did not fulfill the two-witness events of
Revelation 11:3-13, which events have never been
fulfilled.
Only the seven individual letters of Revelation
chapters 2-3 were specifically applicable to the
seven individual first-century local church
congregations which were in the Roman province of
"Asia" (Revelation 1:4,11b), so that while Revelation
2:10 is referring to a first-century persecution,
nothing requires that it's referring to the
tribulation of Revelation chapters 6-18, which did
not happen in the first century.
Jesus was in no way being deceptive in Revelation
3:11, for it should be understood in the clear light
of 2 Peter 3:8-9.
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