Stevens continues to crack me up with his self-assurance and assumptions. He blasts the Jews for not seeing beyond the physical, and historical yet Stevens blast non-prets for not seeing the historical events in 70ad of Christ's coming and resurection. It is funny that he judges the Jews for their quest for a physical king, yet maintains a temporal kingdom period of post 70ad. Stevens does not get that if something is Spiritual it can not also be temporal and thus is not about time. It is not a matter of here it is or there it is as he continues to assume that spiritual things are mere past events that occured in 70ad. It is also funny that he does not use the Bible to make his case, becuase he knows he can't. He has a long essay on why the Bible is silent and does not support his view. It is fun bit of bathroom reading, especially to wipe with after you are done. Stevens has continued to focus on natual historic events as the antitype which continues to always result in disagreement. If the types are natural things, how can the antitypes also be natural things.
QUESTION: If Jesus Christ came back in AD 70—corporately, invisibly, symbolically, spiritually or however—why didn’t anybody notice? Why hasn’t history recorded this cosmic event?
ANSWER: They did notice. It has been recorded. See all the quotes from Josephus, Eusebius, and Tacitus, and Yosippon that we have listed below in answer to the question on 1 Thess. 4:16-18. The problem is, no one reads history with spiritual discernment. We are making the same mistake the Jews did. They were looking for a physical king and materialistic kingdom. They missed the spiritual kingdom Christ established. People today are missing the spiritual kingdom for exactly the same reason: they are looking for a physical paradise and fleshly, materialistic fulfillments. The kingdom is here now, we just need to open our eyes and realize it. -Edward E. Stevens
http://www.preterist.org/preteristQA.asp
