Sean Nelson Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 I would like to see Dr. Gentry's commentary on Revelation available in Accordance at some point. I don't know of any other recent commentaries on Revelation from a partial preterist perspective.
Mike Atnip Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 1 hour ago, Sean Nelson said: I would like to see Dr. Gentry's commentary on Revelation available in Accordance at some point. I don't know of any other recent commentaries on Revelation from a partial preterist perspective. Without getting into any eschatological warfare ... could you explain in a sentence or two the difference between partial preterist and full preterist? My father-in-law is full preterist (I think). I am going to assume that there may be degrees??
ukfraser Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 If you believe the internet, these are one definition of degrees 1. Full preterists believe the events of Revelation have already occurred in the first century. They link all the catastrophic symbols written in Revelation to Jerusalem’s temple being destroyed in AD. 70. Fred Zaspel, adjunct professor of systematic theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, defines the full preterist view of Revelation as “an approach to biblical eschatology that understands all prophecies as fulfilled in the first century AD.” 2. Partial preterism holds that most of the prophecies of Revelation found their fulfillment in either the fall of Jerusalem (AD 70) or the fall of the Roman Empire (AD 476), but the Second Coming of Christ is yet to come. 3. Moderate preterism remains the conventional preterist position. Moderate preterists suggest most of the prophetic statements in Revelation have been fulfilled, though events depicted in Revelation 20-22 haven’t happened yet.
Sean Nelson Posted December 20, 2024 Author Posted December 20, 2024 The above definition is mostly accurate, though the differences extend outside of Revelation. In short, what is today called "partial preterism" was, in previous generations simply known as "preterism." It was a way of interpreting Scripture that saw specific biblical prophetic passages as already being fulfilled, typically in the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. However, with the rise of a new form of preterism, sometimes called "full" or "hyper" preterism today, many decided to adopt the label "partial" to avoid confusion. Hyper-preterism sees all the biblical prophecies as having been fulfilled, including those concerning the second coming, the final judgment, and the resurrection.
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