Death Defeated in 70ad and not in Christ
I believe that the Apostle John has this in mind when he saw the end of "the Death" in Rev 20.14,15. Here, again, "the Death" is brought to the end of its once triumphant reign (pictured as riding on the fourth horse - Rev 20.8 used with the article, "the Death") and "the Life" is granted to those found written in the scroll. This is the same "the Life eternal" in Rom 5.21. The end of the reign of the Death meant the granting of the Life and the beginning of the reign of the Grace. To the quick, the theology of Rom 5.21 is the same in Rev 20.14,15. For the preterist that believes the end of the "thousand years" marked the end of the age in 70 A.D. this has major implications. I am one of those preterists.
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