(Hebrews 11:1-3) Now FAITH is the assurance of THINGS HOPED FOR, the conviction of things NOT SEEN. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, SO THAT WHAT IS SEEN WAS NOT MADE OUT OF THINGS WHICH ARE VISIBLE.Tom Kloske and Steve Kloske in their book "The Second Coming Mission Accomplished" ask their readers the question, "HOW WOULD YOUR FAITH BE ALTERED IF THE SECOND COMING WAS HISTORY?" I would now like the readers of this blog to ask themselves this very question and then to think about the reasons why this question is even being asked. This question is not only manipulative but shows the arrogance seen throughout the hyper-preterist view. Hyper-preterism has gone down a destructive path and it is certainly within their powers to attack Christianity using any means possible. Only someone whose faith has been entangled and altered by Hyper-preterism could ask such a question as this. In their view FAITH is just as much a past event as Christ second coming!!!!
The Kloske brothers are wrong on many different levels. In light of Heb. 11:1-3, they are making the case that FAITH is altered by historically visible events. This is not only contrary to what Heb. 11:1-3 states, but is at best, it destroys the whole concept of what faith is. If faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and that which was hoped for arrived or came in 70AD, then what good does faith and hope now have? Their argument is that they received everything they hope for in 70AD, which basically means their faith has either now been redefined in their view OR is no longer needed. It is indeed shown by this statement that the Kloske brother's faith has been certainly altered by such a view. It has now been made obsolete.
Hyper-Preterism has shown once again how beginning or ending prophetic events in history results in a horizontally dualistic view. Paul warns that these types of men who have gone astray from the truth AND they upset the faith of some. However, I think it would be better to say this view has destroyed the faith of some.
Hebrews 9:28 tells us specifically the "second coming" is not historical. If anything it is ahistorical. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men TO DIE ONCE AND AFTER THIS COMES JUDGMENT, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, WILL APPEAR a second time for salvation without reference to sin, TO THOSE WHO EAGERLY AWAIT HIM. The fact is the Hebrew writer specifically makes this appearing personal to those waiting for him. Not simply the pre-70AD saint, but all saints who die in the Lord.
Paul likewise likens his own death with the death of the saints as a personal and individually coming of Christ. (2 Timothy 4:7-8) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me ON THAT DAY (NOTE: PAUL DID NOT DIE IN 70AD. CERTAINLY PAUL DID NOT WAIT 2-4 YEARS FOR HIS CROWN TO BE RECEIVED) ; and not only to me, but ALSO TO ALL WHO HAVE LOVED HIS APPEARING.
Both of these passage prove that the Lord's parousia can not be watered down and diminished into a singular one time historical event. The Kloske brothers employ the worse kind of trickery by making faith about believing things seen rather than the things not seen.
Faith is now a matter of historically visible events.
Mission Accomplished!!
Mission Accomplished!!
