Full Preterism: Common Assumptions based on a 70AD Line

This is a rather interesting link, that I would highly recommend checking out. The Curator of Preterist Archive, Todd Dennis (who is a former Full Preterist) is archiving articles written by Full Preterists that list out the things that are assumed to have ended or began in 70AD. Of course not one verse in the bible says it happened, so these are clearly assumptions that they have made, which is the foundation for their "unscriptural" theology. As you can see, there are many dangers with making a historical line in which things end and things begin. What is funny is that ALL Full Preterist HATE when they are called a HYPER-PRETERIST, and yet they have earned that title through the assumptions they have made, as seen below.

http://www.preteristarchive.com/Hyper/index.html

Richard Anthony

  • Scriptures Say When Jesus Would Come! (2002) "If Jesus didn't come back in the first century when he said that he would, then you might as well throw your Bible out"

    • Every man was rewarded according to his works in AD70

    • Every reference to the Lord's coming is a time statement pointing to AD70

    • Jesus was a liar if his second coming wasn't in AD70

    • Scripture is not inspired if Jesus' second coming wasn't in AD70

William H. Bell Jr. - Church of Christ

  • When Did Miracles Cease? - "If that redemption were "completed" at the cross or on the day of Pentecost, then miraculous gifts were a useless commodity to the church"
    • The church came under a new dispensation after AD70

    • There are no "miraculous operations of the Spirit" after AD70

    • The gift of inspiration to apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers ceased in AD70

    • Christian Age on earth doesn't start until AD70

    • Christian Age on earth is without end

    • Supernatural power of evil ceased in AD70

    • The earnest and sealing of the Holy Spirit was only until AD70

    • The "day of redemption" was in AD70

    • In AD70 God was seen "face to face"

    • In AD70 the church came to the unity of faith

  • The Parousia and Acts 1:11 - "Any interpretation of Acts 1:11 that fails to honor the time limitations for the parousia is not "exegesis" but "eisegesis"!"

    • Jesus' prayer "thy kingdom come" no longer valid - kingdom came in AD70

    • God anticipated the errors of "parousia delay" by placing related verses next to time texts

  • The Dead Are Raised - "Yes, the dead are raised. Hades has been destroyed. The way into the holiest of all is now manifest. Thanks be to God who gave us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
    • The "eternal new covenant age" is earthly, and started in AD70

    • There was no resurrection prior to AD70

    • Sonship in Christ is equated with resurrection

    • Jesus' declaration that there is no marriage in the AD70 age to come doesn't preclude marriage

    • The patriarchs were resurrected into the eternal kingdom when it came in AD70

    • The saints from the east, west, north and south sat down and inherited the kingdom in AD70

    • The gathering of the elect from the four winds happened at the fall of Jerusalem in AD70

    • The great sound of the trumpet happened in AD70

    • Hades was destroyed in AD70

    • The way into the holiest of all was made manifest in AD70

  • A Boat Divided Against Itself Cannot Float - "Noah's ark cannot be split according to scripture. The division in Matthew is unsupported, unsubstantiated and indefensible. Luke 17 links Noah with the fleeing event, all in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. A future coming of Christ that disregards these facts simply cannot be as it was in the days of Noah."
    • God anticipated the errors of "parousia delay" by placing related verses next to AD70 time texts

    • Christ's only coming was in AD70, the parousia limited to that event

  • Challenging Concepts Of The Resurrection - "The resurrection of saints from Hades and the change of the "living" as far as we know, was not perceivable to the physical eye. The limits of physical observation do not deny, disprove, or otherwise negate the clear teachings of scripture that the resurrection occurred in 70 A.D."
    • Israel's captivity was symbolic of the saint's captivity prior to AD70

    • The "fall of Babylon" is the fall of national Israel in AD70

    • AD70 was the resurrection of the saints to their homeland, the new heaven and earth

    • The deliverance of the saints in AD70 was the opening of the graves and the bringing forth of all into judgment

    • The indwelling of the Spirit ceased in AD70

    • The dead saints were resurrected from hades in AD70

    • The resurrection of the "living" occurred in 70 A.D., in connection with the fall of Jerusalem

  • This Present Evil Age - "Eternal life will be seen in Matthew where it is seen in Hebrews, in A.D.70, at the fall of the temple and Jewish commonwealth. "
    • The Bible was written in a different dispensation, as it was all written prior to AD70

    • The Christian age didn't start until AD70

    • The "world to come" is earthly in nature, and started in AD70

    • The saints deliverance from "this age" was in AD70 at the return of Christ

    • "the law" is the "Jewish age"

    • The gospel was not part of "this present age" of Scripture

    • Jesus taught that the consummation of the age was Jerusalem's fall in AD70

    • Matthew 24-25 cannot be divided -- all referring to AD70

    • The church could not enter into the holy of holies until AD70

    • Eternal life did not come until the fall of the temple in AD70

  • The Illusion Of The Conclusion - "Old Covenant Israel must be introduced into the equation as consideration of the creation in Romans 8. There was a real need to deliver them from the bondage of sin-death. Christ took on the nature of his brethren (Old Covenant Israel) that he might suffer sin-death with them in order to destroy the power of Satan and subsequently deliver his brethren from that bondage,."

    • Old Covenant Israel was the creation that was to be freed from sin/death in AD70

    • Christ took the nature of Old Covenant Israel to die sin/death and deliver them from bondage

    • The "present age" was a transition period from Old Covenant to the establishment of the New in AD70

    • This transition was from AD30 to AD70

    • Judaizers persecuted Christians because of their teaching of an imminent return of Christ

    • The "sufferings" were eschatological in nature

    • The creation's reception of glory came in AD70

    • The "world" of 1 John 3:1-2 was Jewish

    • The consummation of the ages was in AD70

    • The New Testament saints were freed from the bondage of corruption in AD70

    • New Covenant saints were perfected in AD70

    • The Holy Spirit completed his work in AD70

  • Philippians 4:5 - Spatialogy or Eschatology - "No mild fit of intellectual wresting can sever this text from the subject of the Parousia, nor lessen its emphatic nearness."
    • Universal acknowledgment of Christ's sovereignty came in AD70

    • The resurrection was completed in AD70

Don Preston - Church of Christ

  • The Passing of the Elements: II Peter 3:10 - "The word translated as world is from cosmos. It is unfortunate that when this word is used in scripture most people think it has to speak of the physical universe."

    • The Greek word "stoicheia" only has reference to the rites of Old Covenant Israel

    • For Paul, the destruction of the world meant the passing of the Old Covenant world

    • The passing of the "old world" and the coming of the "new world" was in AD70

    • The "day of the Lord" was exclusively AD70

    • The crucifixion initiated atonement, but left it incomplete until the second coming.

    • Atonement was completed in AD70

  • An Airtight Argument? - "We are convinced the only construct of Mark 8:38-9:1 and parallels which satisfies the chronological and contextual demands is to understand Jesus predicting his return in full glory to judge all men... This happened in 70 A.D. when he destroyed Jerusalem"

    • The kingdom was not full grown until AD70

    • The scheme of redemption was completed in AD70

    • Kingdom established, yet not fully established on Pentecost

    • Jesus returned in fully glory in AD70

    • Jesus returned, with his angels, to judge every man in AD70

  • Misconceptions About Misconceptions - "Since the disciples did not lack understanding as has been generally assumed, it is easy to correlate the parallel passages of Mark 13 and Luke 21 with Matthew 24."
    • The parable of the tares was fulfilled in AD70

    • The parable of the pearl was fulfilled in AD70

    • The parable of the fish net was fulfilled in AD70

    • Matthew 24 is a singular discourse about the only parousia of Christ, which was in AD70

http://preteristheresy.blogspot.com/2008/02/full-preterism-common-assumptions-based.html