Why I Am A Futurist

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Bowas

Not at all. AD 70 was not that type coming, just a localized coming in judgement.

Ok so to get me focused....you are a "partial" preterist? And there are actually people who DO believe that Jesus came and took Christians away to Heaven? They are "full" preterists?

[Bowas]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Ok so to get me focused....you are a "partial" preterist? And there are actually people who DO believe that Jesus came and took Christians away to Heaven? They are "full" preterists?

I won't present what full preterists believe as I feel the best way to understand what a view point is, is to get it straight from one that believes it and not from second-hand or hearsay, but yes, I am partial preterist.
At one time I was pretib (although it was merely what I was taught) and when I began my independent studies I graduated to Post-trib, (as pre-trib was the weakest view to explain Biblically) and upon further review, I became partial preterist and am convinced it holds closest to what Jesus and the apostles taught, particularly the events leading up to and surrounding the temple destruction and the scattering of the Jewish and the preservation of the Christians at that time. No, they weren't rapture, but fled Jerusalem when they saw the gentile armies surround Jerusalem, just like Jesus told them to do.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Bowas

I won't present what full preterists believe as I feel the best way to understand what a view point is, is to get it straight from one that believes it and not from second-hand or hearsay, but yes, I am partial preterist.
At one time I was pretib (although it was merely what I was taught) and when I began my independent studies I graduated to Post-trib, (as pre-trib was the weakest view to explain Biblically) and upon further review, I became partial preterist and am convinced it holds closest to what Jesus and the apostles taught, particularly the events leading up to and surrounding the temple destruction and the scattering of the Jewish and the preservation of the Christians at that time. No, they weren't rapture, but fled Jerusalem when they saw the gentile armies surround Jerusalem, just like Jesus told them to do.

The full prets must be ashamed to declare what they believe. I cant blame them. I have talked to some of them and am reasonably sure they believe Jesus already came in 70ad but I guess Im just trying to hear it again to make sure.