Hodges is another who teaches that the Spiritual Resurrection is Past. I thought that if something is spiritual, it has NOTHING TO DO WITH time. Is that not Paul's point in II Tim. 2:16-18. Those men were making the Resurrection about time, which is the same thing Preterist continue to do. Hodges shows that he believes the resurrection occurred in 70ad but then says it is not a visible event. So how can something invisible occur, yet one knows it occurred? If something can not be seen, or touched, witnessed, nor can it be here nor there, how can one know it is a past event? It is impossible, and pure speculation and a addition to the word of God.
Now to your third question: I believe the text you are referring to is in I Tim. 1:20; II Tim. 2:16-18. These men of whom Paul speaks were teaching that the Resurrection had already passed prior to AD 70. In that time setting Paul was very correct, what they were teaching was false. But I do think the fact that they were so successful in leading many astray say a lot about the “nature” of the resurrection. I had pictured the resurrection coming and all the cemeteries would be emptied. If that was the concept that was taught about the resurrection I doubt seriously that these men would have been very effective at all. But in light of what was being taught about the resurrection, I can see how they could have been effective The resurrection was not a visible event (AMEN, SO HOW CAN IT BE IN 70AD IF IT IS NOT A VISIBLE EVENT) , it was a simple transformation of the dead to their final resting place when Jesus returned in AD 70.
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