It is really ashame that Preterist's continue focusing on the year 70AD where things end and things begin. Mill's maintains that the "fleshly covenant" ended in 70ad and was replaced by a new covenant world, the age of Christianity." HOW SO? Who is not within this new covenant world, if the old covenant world which represented the "fleshly covenant" ended? How can a covenant that is eternal begin or end in 70ad? Is 70AD WHEN God wrote laws upon their heart, by destroying physical nations, and making sticks and stones fall down? Can Preterist really think any more temporally and fleshly than to make these things temporal periods of time. Preterist miss the whole point to what the "fleshly covenant" represented and making it pass or end in 70ad which results in a HIGHLY Universalistic system in which ALL are in the new covenant WORLD. Mill's problem is that he applies the transition point from Old to New in 70AD, rather than "in Christ" where by one is born again from "flesh" to "spirit". To me this is a much more personal approach which is quite beautiful to witness as one is truly born again and leaves his life of sin behind (resurrection!).
Jesse Mills
Cleansing of the earth, casting Satan from his domain, the earth. John 12:31,16:11. Removing all his power and works. 1 John 3:8, Heb. 2:14. Annihilating his rule and power forever. Dan. 7:26,27. Thus allowing Christ to become the new administrator of earth, and ruler over all the Kingdoms of earth. Rev. 11:15, Mat. 28:18. Casting Satan into the lake of fire forever. Rev. 20:10-15. This covenant allows for the influence of the (people) of Satan to continue in order that man may remain a free moral agent; choosing good or evil.
When the fleshly covenant of Ishmael ended, and Satan bound in the lake of fire forever, and then Christ was given Heaven and earth as His domain Rev. 11:15, and He took New Jerusalem as His Bride, Rev. 19:6, then truly Christians can enjoy the reality of fulfilled prophecy in the New Heaven and Earth. And can know that the covenant made to Isaac and fulfilled in 70 AD began a new covenant world, the age of Christianity. Now the conditions of Eden have been restored. Isa. 51:14, Isa. 52:1-9.
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