Joel McDurmon of the Preterist organization American Vision recently produced a hit piece against the evangelist Ray Comfort, which at the time this article was published could be found here. McDurmon was criticizing the latest Comfort produced movie entitled, “Noah and the Last Days.” American Vision’s president Gary Demar often begins his criticism of other theological […]
A Preterist Attempts to Interpret Zechariah 14
July 29, 2013 by 4 Comments
There are certain passages of Scripture that when taken out of context appear to support various forms of Preterism. However, Preterism simply cannot stand under the weight of extensive prophetic narratives found throughout Scripture. One such narrative is that of Zechariah 14. This chapter is so favorable to futurist eschatology that the vast majority of […]
Daniel 2:44 and the Failure of Preterism
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Preterism is a form of eschatology that holds to the belief that all of Biblical prophecy was fulfilled by or soon after 70 A.D. with the destruction of Jerusalem. There is also partial Preterism which is exactly what it sounds like. There are vagaries within the partial preterist camp. Suffice it to say the partial […]
Irenaeus Did Not Teach that Jesus Lived into His Fifties Before Being Crucified
May 16, 2013 by 12 Comments
Several ante-Nicene Church Fathers confirm that Revelation was written toward the end of Domitian’s reign. This places the date of Revelation’s composition at approximately 95 or 96 A.D. Irenaeus’ teaching on this represents the earliest extant quote on the matter. Because the partial and full preterists scheme falls apart if Revelation was written after 70 […]
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