Pale horse in Egypt?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by houston

bunch of nonsense. i took scissors to the prophetic books of the bible... dun need em. everything has been fulfilled! /tic/

The Full Preterists here have been AWOL for a while (Bro. Burke? Dom?) so I don't think anyone will raise to your bait.

I was a dyed in the wool Dispensationalist for most of my life. To me, there was no such thing as "schools of thought" on prophecy. If it was Dispensational then that was BIBLE prophecy. Everything else reeked of FALSE prophecy.

Continued study and paying careful attention to all of the claims over the years sort of mellowed that zeal. Also, having to stand up in front of a crowd of people that you love and care for and having to say some of this stuff over and over AND actually sound like you mean it took its toll.

I've come to the realization that the Bible doesn't necessary tell us what WILL HAPPEN, so much as it tells us WHAT HAPPENS. That's why the Christians of the First and Second Centuries could read the book of Revelation and receive a blessing (Revelation 1:3) - the very same blessing that you and can get from reading it today.

[houston]

Originally Posted by pelathais

The Full Preterists here have been AWOL for a while (Bro. Burke? Dom?) so I don't think anyone will raise to your bait.

I was a dyed in the wool Dispensationalist for most of my life. To me, there was no such thing as "schools of thought" on prophecy. If it was Dispensational then that was BIBLE prophecy. Everything else reeked of FALSE prophecy.

Continued study and paying careful attention to all of the claims over the years sort of mellowed that zeal. Also, having to stand up in front of a crowd of people that you love and care for and having to say some of this stuff over and over AND actually sound like you mean it took its toll.

I've come to the realization that the Bible doesn't necessary tell us what WILL HAPPEN, so much as it tells us WHAT HAPPENS. That's why the Christians of the First and Second Centuries could read the book of Revelation and receive a blessing (Revelation 1:3) - the very same blessing that you and can get from reading it today.

no bait... just nothing of real value to post. and i think Benincasa prefers to be called "Dino" over "Dom."

The assembly that "birthed" me is dispensationalist, though it was never really taught. That said, I didn't pick up the banner of dispensationalism. I was post-trib before I was apostolic. I held the post-trib position for most of my walk. I have looked into forms of preterism. I believe that I know enough of full preterism/fulfilled eschatology to reject it. I have incorporated preterist elements into my eschatology. As I stand today, I am in limbo... in between post-trib futurism and impartial preterism...and don't care enough at the moment to continue with the study of prophecy.