Refuting Full or Hyper Preterism (These terms are synonymous.)
Todd Dennis“We need to be looking at the historical sure enough.. but then using that for its intended purpose to learn what it means and why the revelation was given. For instance, the cross is the most dramatic event in history ; however, it does not save in itself. If it did, everyone would be saved. This is a point with which the Universalists would agree, but I reject that idea. Consider the Roman soldiers at the foot of the cross — those perhaps sprinkled with the blood of Christ. What good does it do for them, as they gamble for his natural clothing? It certainly does not provide them with His eternal clothing. The point being that the shadows and types must be personally received before they are effectual. Making AD 70 a historical line for everyone regardless of faith is another Universalistic doctrine.
This is why passages such as II Cor 5:17 are so important, as it specifies that old things are made new “in Christ.” Yes, AD70 WAS A SHOW of old being made new BUT IN AND OF ITSELF IT MEANS NOTHING. Consider Luke 20:35, where Jesus states that one must be “found worthy” in order to reach the age to come and the resurrection. Clarifying what these age/worlds are, Jesus says “you are from below, I am from above.” The true dispensational line is from the change from the natural to the eternal in Christ.. not the change from one calendar year to the other. In other words, THE HISTORICAL EVEN IS THE OUTWARD SHOW at a particular moment of time in history, GIVEN TO REVEAL THAT EVERLASTING WORK WITHIN GOD'S PEOPLE, and upon God’s enemies. Something deeper is revealed in us as well, which is that same battle which rages between the fruit of the flesh and the fruit of the spirit. That which is in rebellion is overthrown by the Son, as He triumphantly enters our hearts and mercifully cleanses our temples. The same is true for the end of the old things. WE MUST ALL COME OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT … from the elements of our own self-righteous religious bondage into the glorious liberty of sons. This was not done for you or I in AD 70. Just as in that day, the two coexist until the old is taken away through its cessation. If you look at the other times the temple is used in imagery of this sort — from both Jesus and Paul — the “destruction of the temple” is used in terms of physical death. There again, the natural is a symbol, not the substance.”
