This particular quote is actually quiet funny because it shows Hyper-Preterism's "STEPS OF LOGIC" that is used to make their assumption sound firm. Step 1: They tell you the how significant the destruction of Jerusalem really was. Step 2: They tell you that this particular event was the completion of God's redemptive plan. Step 3: They tell you that it happened, BUT you must have special glasses to see the magical moment. And it is ironic that these glasses are not something you can pick up down at the local Walmart. LOLThis assumption is the basis of their lies and distortions of scriptures. If you can't "SEE IT" then you just don't have a big enough faith, OR you are still living in your earthly man, OR you are just not able to see the heavenly “preterist” vision from on high. This is how Hyper-Preterism reinvents what faith is all about. They go on and on about the fulfillment being non-physical, and about spiritual things, AND YET they say the fulfillment occurred in 70AD. What they are really saying is that spiritual things are subjects of time and that "things historical" are really just spiritual "someTHIGNS". It then goes to reason, how fulfillment is historical, (earthly) and yet also be said to have spiritually (heavenly) occured within the context of time. Does anyone else see this? Can something really be spiritually fulfilled in history? This idea seems like such an anomaly, and backwards from that which is presented in the Bible!!! This idea promotes the idea that shadows are really the substance, rather than being mere copies of the substance.
If you can't see it, touch it, feel it, taste it, or smell it, then what this writer is saying is "to see, you must have faith." This is a very common form of deception which is common among Hyper-Preterism. The line of logic used to connect the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD to the finality of God's redemptive plan is quite absurd to place in the context of "mere past events". Redemption is NOT historical but personal in nature. The focal point of prophecy is within, not without. Meaning the world did not magically change as a result of 70AD. It has and will always be Christ “at the crux” who brings change to individuals bringing about redemption IN THEM. This process is not secondary, or second team to that which is historical. This process within us was the real substance which was always meant to be the primary focal point. Its purpose is to bring about New Life, IN HIM. If one fails to see 70AD as significant, this is neither a requirement for one to find redemption, nor does it give one redemption because it is not at the crux of the matter, nor will it ever.
Sjolander Road Fellowship: "Historically, we know that the destruction of Jerusalem took place in the year 70 AD. This event has long been recognized as significant to the Jewish people because in that year they ceased to exist as a nation in their promised land. What has been often lost is the overriding significance of this event in redemptive history. (GAG) In the careful evaluation of the Olivet discourse, one sees that the AD 70 destruction was actually the culmination of God’s total redemptive plan. In this event are included all the eschatological promises of the Bible. Not all these promises were fulfilled in the physical realm and not all were therefore discernible by everyone. Some saw but did not realize what they saw. (GAG) Only those who were looking with the right “minds eye” made the proper connection. (GAG)
knowingtodaysgod.com/articles/Significance%20of%20AD%2070%20in%20the%20History%20of%20Mankind.htm
http://preteristheresy.blogspot.com/2008/02/hyper-preterism-spiritually-but.html
