Eclectic Preterism

[Patrick]

Although fundamentally preterist, I consider myself an eclictic as well. I see truth in Dispensationalism, Preterism, and Idealism.

In addition I hold to an IBD view of the endtimes. I personally believe all that is earthly & natural, all that is corruptible will eventually pass away to be replaced by the heavenly and immortal. I don’t believe in a transformation, I believe in a replacement or exchange. This is not a new concept…

Heb 1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Heb 1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Heb 1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

So I do believe there is a final state of things that is different than the current state of things.

Unlike Todd Dennis, I do not see the AD 70 judgment as a shadow, I see it as the Antitype. The shadow is what we see today. We still go through trials and tribulations. There are still satans (adversaries). There still false prophets and jezebels. And there are still Christians trying to be faithful unto the end.

Not ready to completely defend my view on this… but I did think the picture I came up with was kind of neat, so I wanted to post it.

[Patrick]

I was asked what the symbols above meant (or the star at least).

 

1)  The star represents The Star of Bethlehem - Jesus Christ's birth

2)  The cross represents the cross that Jesus Christ was crucified on.

3)  The bolt of lightning represents the Second Coming of Christ described in Revelation and Matthew 24.

       (Rev 8:5, Mat 24:27)

 

Christ is the Antitype.  The Tabernacle shadowed him.  The Church on earth also represents Him here on earth (Matt 5:14).

 

Before Christ the Tabernacle of God in Heaven was like the Tabernacle of Israel (Hebrews 8:5, Revelation), but after the Second Coming, the Tabernacle in heaven is transformed to resemble the Garden of Eden where Adam was unseparated from God.  

 

[Patrick]

Hoekema describes his amillennialist interpretation of Revelation, thusly:  
First, there are references to events, people, and places of the time when the book of Revelation was written.  Second, the principles, commendations, and warnings contained in these letters have value for the church of all time.  These two observations, in fact, provide a clue for the interpretation of the entire book.  Since the book of Revelation was addressed to the church of the first century A.D., its message had reference to events occurring at that time and was therefore meaningful for the Christians of that day.  But since the book was also intended for the church through the ages, its message is still relevant for us today. . . .  [until] the final judgement at the end of history.[53]

 

posted on Preterist Archive here.