Jesus “Did” Know The Day and The Hour…

October 30, 2009

As full-preterist’s we constantly harp on the importance of the timing statements made by Jesus throughout the New Testament. However the non-full-preterist responds by saying that Jesus Himself said that even He didn’t know when He was going to return. That only the Father did. And I think in some ways they have a good [...]

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The Rapture of Exodus 19:4

October 25, 2009

First exodus under Moses described as such.
Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Second exodus under Jesus prophesied.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not [...]

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Does Preterism Have a Future?

October 24, 2009

THE question is often asked of those who believe in the fulfillment of all Bible prophecy (Luke 21:22), “Does Preterism have a future dimension to the teaching?”  The answer to the question is, of course, Yes.
The fact of Biblical fulfillment is an established principle in the Scriptures, and includes results that continue beyond the time [...]

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Towards a Preterist Worldview: An Outline

October 20, 2009

I. The Scriptures: We affirm the 66 books of the Bible as the one and true, and the only, revelation of God, inspired in each letter, word and sentence by the Holy Spirit.
II. The Nature of God: God is the Creator of all that is and shall be. He is King, LORD, Sovereign Ruler of [...]

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Closet Wilson (Part 2)

October 13, 2009

I came across something the other day that made me think of Closet Wilson.
Acts 17:11: “Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.”
Imagine that! The Bereans examined the Scriptures every [...]

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From Babylon to Babylon: An Exposition of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks

October 12, 2009

Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and your holy city, to shut up the transgression, to seal up sin, to cover over iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. (Dan. 9:24)
So you are to know and discern that from the issuing [...]

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Podcast: Tree of Life Ministries

October 8, 2009

Friday night October 9th at 5:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time Michael Sullivan and myself will be continuing with part 2 of our podcast that we started 2 weeks ago discussing Hal Lindsey’s and Calvary Chapel’s interpretation of Matthew 24:34 and was 1948 a fulfillment of Bible prophecy?  After we finish what we started (with Don [...]

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Closet Wilson

September 30, 2009

We’ve all seen the creedal argument against full preterism. Most of us, including a lot of futurists, can see right through that argument. Many futurists who hear some of the statements made by Mathison, Gentry, Wilson, et al., find their comments to be disturbing. And indeed they are disturbing. But its time to introduce everyone [...]

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A Great Irony

September 28, 2009

In The Last Days According to Jesus, RC Sproul states the following: “The great weakness of full preterism—and what I regard to be its fatal flaw—is its treatment of the final resurrection. If full preterism is to gain wide credibility in our time, it must overcome this obstacle.”[i]
There is great irony in Sproul’s comment above. [...]

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Arbitrary Interpretation?

September 27, 2009

Every wonder how or why interpreters of the Bible chose to interpret certain words the way they did. A friend of mine by the name of Jeff decided to take it upon himself to make a pretty cool comparison chart. Here is what he concluded.
mellw: to be about to do, to be on the point [...]

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