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302					<td style="width: 287px"><i><font size="2">And when he was come near, he 
303			beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even 
304			thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy 
305			peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come 
306			upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast&nbsp; trench about thee, and 
307			compass thee in on every side, and shall lay thee&nbsp; even with the 
308			ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in 
309			thee one stone up0n another; because thou knewest not the time of 
310			thy visitation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Luke 19:41-44)</font></i></td>
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315			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Preterism is an 
316			school of eschatology that embraces a <i>contemporary-historical</i> 
317			interpretation of Biblical prophecy. The term “Preterism” is derived 
318			from the Latin <i>praeteritus,</i> meaning <i>that which has past.</i> 
319			The term occurs in Matt. 24:34 in the Latin Vulgate to describe the 
320			time of Christ&#39;s second coming:&nbsp; &quot;Verily I say unto you, This 
321			generation shall not pass (<i>&quot;non praeteribit haec generatio&quot;</i>), 
322			till all these things be fulfilled.&quot; Full Preterists view the Second 
323			Coming and related events as being fulfilled in the events 
324			culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.</p>
325			<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
326			&quot;The Time is Fulfilled&quot;</b></p>
327			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The Old Testament 
328			was characterized by a patient waiting for the kingdom and reign of 
329			the Messiah.&nbsp;The Jews of Jesus&#39; day recognized that the time 
330			for fulfillment of the Old Testament prophets was near.&nbsp;When 
331			John the Baptist appeared, &quot;the people were in expectation, and all 
332			men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or 
333			no&quot;&nbsp;(Lk. 3:14).&nbsp;Jesus began his ministry proclaiming the 
334			kingdom and reign of Christ, saying: &quot;The time is fulfilled, and the 
335			kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel&quot;&nbsp; 
336			(Mk. 1:15).&nbsp; </p>
337			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The prophets made 
338			no distinction between the first and seconding coming of Christ, but 
339			treated them as a unity, interrupted only by a brief absence when 
340			the Messiah would be &quot;cut off&quot;&nbsp;(Dan. 9:26). However, the 
341			Messiah would return, and &quot;destroy the city and the sanctuary.&quot;&nbsp;Jesus taught that his return was so imminent that the apostles would 
342			not have opportunity to fully evangelize Palestine:&nbsp;&quot;When they 
343			persecute you in this city, flee ye unto another: for verily I 
343say 
344			unto, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son 
345			of man be come&quot; (Matt. 10:23).&nbsp; </p>
346			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Jesus spoke of this 
347			coming in his kingdom when he stated: &quot;For the Son of man shall come 
348			in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward 
349			every man according to his works.&nbsp;Verily I say unto you, There 
350			be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see 
351			the Son of man coming in his kingdom&quot;&nbsp; (Matt. 16:27,28).&nbsp;Luke states that the kingdom and reign of Christ would come in the 
352			events marking the destruction of Jerusalem:&nbsp;&quot;So likewise ye, 
353			when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of 
354			God is nigh at hand.&nbsp;Verily I say unto you, This generation 
355			shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled”&nbsp;(Lk. 21:31,32; <i>
356			cf.</i> II Tim. 4:1).</p>
357			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The return of the 
358			Messiah would be in that <i>generation;</i> some of the apostles 
359			would <i>live</i> to witness it. Just before his ascension, 
360			John was expressly named among the disciples who would be alive at 
361			Christ&#39;s return: &quot;If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that 
362			to thee? follow me&quot;&nbsp; (Jno. 21:22).&nbsp; </p>
363			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The nearness of 
364			Christ&#39;s second coming is affirmed over and over.&nbsp; Paul said, 
365			&quot;But this I say, Brethren, the time is short&quot;&nbsp;(I Cor. 7:29).&nbsp; 
366			James said, &quot;the coming of the Lord draweth nigh...the judge 
367			standeth before the door&quot;&nbsp;(Jm. 5:8,9).&nbsp;Peter stated, 
368			&quot;the end of all things is at hand&quot; (I Pet. 4:7).&nbsp;The Hebrew 
369			writer makes several unmistakable statements to this effect when he 
370			says, &quot;For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and 
371			will not tarry&quot;&nbsp; (Heb. 10:37).&nbsp;The nearness of the day is 
372			seen in the fact that his readers would &quot;see the day approaching&quot;&nbsp; 
373			(Heb. 10:25). </p>
374			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The apostle John 
375			indicated the nearness of the end when he stated they were in the 
376			&quot;last time&quot; (Grk. <i>hora,</i> &quot;hour&quot;):&nbsp;&quot;Little children, it 
377			is the last time; and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, 
378			even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the 
379			last time&quot;&nbsp;(I Jno. 2:18).&nbsp;The nearness of Christ&#39;s return is 
380			repeated over and over throughout Revelation in unmistakable terms, 
381			saying, the &quot;time is at hand&quot;&nbsp; (Rev. 1:4; 22:10), &quot;Behold, I 
382			come quickly&quot; (Rev. 2:5,16; 3:11; 22:12,20), &quot;Behold, I come as a 
383			thief&quot;&nbsp; (Rev. 3:3; 16:15), and the things of the prophecy &quot;must 
384			shortly come to pass&quot; (Rev. 1:1; 22:6). </p>
385			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">There is nothing 
386			difficult in any of this language; all who will may plainly see that 
387			Jesus and his apostles taught the first century church to be in 
388			earnest expectation of the Lord&#39;s return.&nbsp;The difficulty 
389			arises not so much from the announced <i>time</i> of Christ&#39;s 
390			return, but understanding its <i>manner.</i>&nbsp;Because men have 
391			been taught that Christ&#39;s return would mark the end of the universe, 
392			its continued existence beyond the specified time frame has forced 
393			them to explain away the express statements of time by resort to 
394			theories of <i>delayed fulfillment</i> or <i>double fulfillment,</i> 
395			and assertions that Christ and the apostles were simply <i>wrong.</i>&nbsp;Preterism rejects all such theories, maintaining that the time 
396			elements cannot be disregarded or explained away consistent with the 
397			doctrine of verbal inspiration.&nbsp;<i>The very authority of the 
398			scriptures is at stake!</i></p>
399			<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
400			Biblical Hermeneutics</b></p>
401			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">It is a basic 
402			principle of hermeneutics that <i>obscure or difficult passages must 
403			be interpreted in light of those that are plain.&nbsp;</i>The great 
404			hurdle&nbsp;many face in understanding Biblical eschatology is the 
405			figurative nature of apocalyptic language. The language of the 
406			prophets by its very definition is veiled and obscure; it is marked 
407			by poetic imagery, license, and exaggeration, and is impressed with 
408			hyperbole, metaphors and symbols.&nbsp;Hence, as between 
409			apocalyptic language describing the <i>manner</i> of Christ&#39;s return 
410			and the plain statements of time given by the Lord and his apostles 
411			concerning <i>when</i> it would occur, it is clear that the former 
412			must be interpreted in light of the latter and not <i>vice versa.&nbsp;</i>
413			</p>
414			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Preterism maintains 
415			that the eschatological teaching of the Lord and his apostles was 
416			fulfilled <i>when and as</i> prophesied.&nbsp;However, Preterists insist 
417			that the manner of fulfillment was essentially <i>spiritual</i>, not 
418			physical, and that language which on its face appears to describe 
419			the dissolution of the chemical elements in a cataclysmic end of 
420			time and space must be&nbsp;given a figurative construction and 
421			interpretation.&nbsp;This is required, not only because of the 
422			confines for fulfillment imposed by statements of time, but by the
423			<i>usus loquendi</i> (manner of speech) of the prophets.&nbsp;The 
424			following language describing God&#39;s judgment upon Idumea and the 
425			nations of the world in the days of Assyria and Babylon will help 
426			make the point:</p>
427			<p class="style1" style="text-align: justify"><i>Come near, ye 
428			nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and 
429			all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of 
430			it.&nbsp; For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and 
431			his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he 
432			hath delivered them to the slaughter.&nbsp;
432 Their slain also shall 
433			be cast out, and their stink shall come out of their carcasses, and
434			</i><b><i>the mountains shall be melted with their blood.&nbsp; And 
435			all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be 
436			rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as 
437			the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the 
438			fig tree.&nbsp;</i></b><i> For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: 
439			behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my 
440			curse, to judgment. Isa. 34:1-4,9-10; emphasis added.)</i></p>
441			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The poetic and 
442			figurative nature of the instant language is only too obvious; it 
443			describes a time of divine wrath upon the world by the Assyrians and 
444			Babylonians. Yet, none will contend that in the dissolution of Edom 
445			and the world the stars of heaven were literally dissolved, the 
446			heavens rolled together as a scroll, or the dust of the land was 
447			turned to brimstone. Edom ceased to exist as a separate people and 
448			nation millennia ago, yet none of the physical phenomena described 
449			attended its passing. Although language of a universal nature 
450			involving the whole fabric of the heavens and earth is employed to 
451			describe the judgments announced, its fulfillment is circumscribed 
452			in time and manner to the people and era set out. Occurrence of such 
453			language and imagery is common throughout the Old Testament in 
454			passages describing God&#39;s judgment upon various peoples and nations; 
455			it is the usus loquendi of the prophets; invariably it is poetic, 
456			never literal. </p>
457			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Understanding the 
458			figurative nature of apocalyptic language in the Old Testament is 
459			essential to the mastery of Biblical eschatology for at least two 
460			reasons: First, because identical language is employed by Jesus and 
461			the apostles in the New Testament and we must know how to interpret 
462			it. Do we give it a construction and interpretation consistent with 
463			the historical usage of the prophets, or do we suddenly cast aside 
464			long established rules of interpretation in favor of a literalistic 
465			approach? In his great eschatological discourse on the mount of 
466			Olives, Jesus said: &quot;Immediately after the tribulation of those days 
467			shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 
468			and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens 
469			shall be shaken...Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not 
470			pass, till all these things be fulfilled&quot; (Matt. 24:29,34).</p>
471			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Was it the Lord&#39;s 
472			intention that we understand him to mean that the stars would 
473			literally fall from the sky in the events he described, and not 
474			rather that these were figures used to describe events of a 
475			political and spiritual nature? If we abandon the historical usage 
476			of the prophets and adopt a literal approach, upon what ground are 
477			we to base such departure? Are we not upon surer ground to adhere to 
478			established methods of hermeneutics? If the <em>usus loquendi </em>of the 
479			prophets does not require as much, surely the express statement of 
480			time for fulfillment does. Surely, we look in vain for fulfillment 
481			of the events described beyond the generation addressed. Within the 
482			life of many then living, the world would undergo cataclysmic 
483			judgments: from the British Isles to Rome and Italy, Greece, Asia, 
484			Egypt, and Palestine: all would suffer divine retribution for the 
485			murder of Christ, the rejection of his gospel, and the persecution 
486			of his church. Jerusalem would be destroyed and the monarchial &quot;sun&quot; 
487			darkened, the priestly &quot;moon&quot; would withdraw its light, the &quot;stars&quot; 
488			of the elders and Sanhedrin would be loosed from their orbit as the 
489			government and polity of the Jewish nation suffered final and 
490			irrevocable dissolution.</p>
491			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Second, 
492			understanding the figurative nature of apocalyptic language in the 
493			Old Testament is essential to the mastery of Biblical eschatology in 
494			the New Testament because of the relation of the parts to the whole. 
495			The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Nowhere 
496			had the Old Testament ever prophesied the end of the cosmos in 
497			connection with the coming of the Messiah, or otherwise. Jesus and 
498			the apostles did not prophesy it now. Nothing should be introduced 
499			into New Testament eschatological teaching and doctrine that cannot 
500			be proved by resort to the Old Testament. Since the Old Testament 
501			nowhere teaches that the earth is to be destroyed in one final 
502			cataclysmic act associated with the reign of the Messiah, there is 
503			no basis for introducing such teaching into the New Testament. To do 
504			so severs the continuity between the Testaments as the unfolding of 
505			God&#39;s redemptive purpose for man. In the Old Testament man was told 
506			what to look to in the kingdom and reign of the Messiah; in the New 
507			Testament he is assured it is come. </p>
508			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">Far from 
509			prophesying the destruction of the cosmos, the coming of Christ was 
510			to mark an era of unprecedented peace on earth as the kingdom and 
511			reign of the Messiah extended to all nations. Christendom would 
512			serve to unite the nations of the world politically as in the church 
513			the nations were united spiritually. As fellow-members of the same 
514			spiritual kingdom, nation would not lift up sword against nation; 
515			neither would they learn war any more (Isa. 2:4) .The nations which 
516			were divided by language and region would be united in a common 
517			language in Christ, as with one mind and one mouth they returned 
518			thanks and praise to God their Saviour. However, first, all enemies 
519			had to be placed beneath Christ&#39;s feet (Heb. 2:8). The destruction 
520			of Jerusalem and the civil wars and commotions among the Romans 
521			following the death of Nero Caesar represent the subjugation of 
522			Christ&#39;s enemies and his entrance upon his eternal reign and 
523			kingdom. Since the time statements are clear, the apocalyptic 
524			imagery of Christ and the apostles must be interpreted so as to 
525			conform to them, and not vice versa. </p>
526			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">The fulfillment of 
527			Jesus&#39; second coming in that generation is a fact certain; no other 
528			interpretation can be placed upon this language consistent with the 
529			verbal inspiration of the scriptures and sound principles of 
530			hermeneutics. </p>
531			<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
532			Conclusion</b></p>
533			<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">What is Preterism?&nbsp; 
534			Preterism upholds the authority and integrity of the word of God 
535			against theories of purported postponement and double fulfillment.&nbsp; 
536			Preterism is the affirmation that prophecy culminated and came to an 
537			end in Christ, and that Christ&#39;s prophetic utterances were fulfilled
538			<i>when and as</i> he said they would. </p>
539			<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">&nbsp;<b><i>&quot;Non 
540			praeteribit haec generatio donec omnia haec fiant.&quot;&nbsp; (Matt. 
541			24:34)</i></b></p>
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