Would you date a preterist? For the sake of argument let's say could a full preterist qualify for mister (or misses) right? Please amplify on your answer a bit.
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Would you date a preterist?
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Since this isn't a theological area, I suggest that you maybe ought to define words like preterist.
I looked it up in Wiki:
Preterism is a Christian eschatological view that interprets prophecies of the Bible as events which have already happened. Daniel is interpreted as events that happened in the second century BC while Revelation is interpreted as events that happened in the first century AD. Preterism holds that Ancient Israel finds its continuation or fulfillment in the Christian church at the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The term preterism comes from the Latin praeter, which is listed in Webster's 1913 dictionary as a prefix denoting that something is "past" or "beyond," signifying that either all or a majority of Bible prophecy was fulfilled by AD 70. Adherents of preterism are commonly known as preterists.
Honestly, I still don't know what it is. I'd have no problem dating someone who was serious student of the Bible. I wouldn't probably last very long with a conspiracy theorist. So it would depend on where they were getting their "facts" to back their belief system.
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I beg your pardon, i wasn't aware of the fact that these terms aren't common.
Preterist believe that all biblical prophecies are fulfilled, so it means you'd be dating somebody who believes it doesn't get any better then this! Which can be taken as a compliment or an insult depending on the date i guess.
Becoming a preterist takes indeed serious study, you guessed that right.
Preterist believe that all biblical prophecies are fulfilled, so it means you'd be dating somebody who believes it doesn't get any better then this! Which can be taken as a compliment or an insult depending on the date i guess.
Becoming a preterist takes indeed serious study, you guessed that right.
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Okay....if it means that we are already at "the end", no, I don't think I could "date" that person because I don't believe that ... although I could be friends. In fact, many of my friends believe we are a lot closer than I do.
When I was younger in the late 70's, I read a lot of books that suggested that the end was near...as in days even... It actually made me sad because I wasn't ready to give up my dream of getting married and having kids. In a warped teenage mind (because teenagers are not developmental complete yet), I also wondered if that would make premarital sex not that bad since the end was coming before I'd ever get to be old enough to be married. I didn't follow through but I see a lot of danger in some of their teachings.
When I was younger in the late 70's, I read a lot of books that suggested that the end was near...as in days even... It actually made me sad because I wasn't ready to give up my dream of getting married and having kids. In a warped teenage mind (because teenagers are not developmental complete yet), I also wondered if that would make premarital sex not that bad since the end was coming before I'd ever get to be old enough to be married. I didn't follow through but I see a lot of danger in some of their teachings.
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I think full preterism is beyond the bounds of historical Christianity, so, no. I think the Second Coming and the resurrection of the dead and the last judgement are future events - 666 was probably a code for Nero, so no need to pull out the newspaper to interpret the Bible. My views are amillennialist (basically partial preterist but quite different from full preterist) - the amillennialism you find in Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic and Orthodox churches. I have a big problem with the dispensational system (such as was popularized in the "Left Behind" novels), and I cannot accept on the other extreme full preterism.
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It means passed the end, preterists believe this is the new heaven and earth.
So do i, but preterists don;t believe the end is near, they believe it is passed. So, you'd date an optimist if you could only see it.
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Then the answer is absolutely not...my husband will be here if we were in the "new heaven and earth"...however, his absence along with the absence of my grandparents is my definite proof that "this is not IT".
And whom do they believe is Christ?
And whom do they believe is Christ?
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It means passed the end, preterists believe this is the new heaven and earth.
So do i, but preterists don;t believe the end is near, they believe it is passed. So, you'd date an optimist if you could only see it.
You can easily avoid the excesses of dispensationalism without going to full preterism. Full preterism is unorthodox. There are other views that avoid all or most of the problems of dispensationalism without getting into heterodox full preterist territory.
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Jesus his Kingdom is not of this earth and how can a blind man ever see it if we need visible proof? Maybe you shouldn't rely so much on your eyes.
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I don't see what's wrong with it, i'd have no problems to date a preterist myself. I mean, is there any law that has something against people that are happy with what they have? I don't think so!
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Rev 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
I work in the hospital...there are still much death and mourning here in this earth. This is not the perfect one yet. My tears alone are my proof...there is no one wiping them away. This has nothing to do with sight alone.
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No, i also lost a lot and i cry too. Whatever you may think, if you read rev 22,2 it is obvious that people who never get sick don't need healing.
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???
Rev 22:2
"down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."
That is a beautiful description of heaven but not sure how this explains anything? Did you give me the wrong verse?
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Note that the leaves are for healing and people who never get sick don't need to be healed.
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No, the healing is for nations...no more wars and strife...not illness.
Rev 21:4 clearly states there won't be anymore death...and I see death on a regular basis...beautiful strong Christians...as well as everyone else...
and it clearly states that their won't be any more mourning...which again, is not the truth of this world....even among Christians...
Rev 21:4 clearly states there won't be anymore death...and I see death on a regular basis...beautiful strong Christians...as well as everyone else...
and it clearly states that their won't be any more mourning...which again, is not the truth of this world....even among Christians...
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