To: BSunday
With God, a thousand years is but a day....
Care to explain exactly when and how the events in Revelation occured during the first century?
16 posted on
04/01/2004 4:55:30 PM PST by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: My2Cents
God, a thousand years is but a day.... Care to explain exactly when and how the events in Revelation occured during the first century?
Quick version....as I understand Preterism (which is the view being alluded to), most of the doomsday material in Revelation was in reference to the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 AD. Emperor Nero is identified as the anti-Christ, and the return of Christ is identified with the Roman army destroying Jerusalem. The old earth and heaven passing away is a representation of the Old Covenant between God and Man passing away; the New Heaven and New Earth are seen as references to the New Covenant in Christ.
I've been leaning toward preterism lately...and no, it's not a "liberal" doctrine.
21 posted on
04/01/2004 5:43:03 PM PST by
xjcsa
To: My2Cents
It would take too much time and energy to do it on this forum, but I will find you a reasonable (non-premillenialistic) commentary and get back to you.
24 posted on
04/02/2004 8:49:19 AM PST by
BSunday
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