With regard to Revelation, this means that chapters 1-19 (in the partial preterist view) are primarily concerned with first century events – events that most of John’s original readers would experience within their lifetime. Partial Preterists are almost always amillennialists or postmillennialists. Partial preterists maintain, however, that the second coming (bodily and undeniable), the final judgment, the final resurrection, and the inaugeration of the new heavens and new earth await future fulfillment. Textually, partial preterists view the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) and the majority of the book of Revelation as referring to first century events. Partial preterists believe that prophecies concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, the great tribulation, the anti-Christ, and a “judgment coming” of Christ were fulfilled during the Roman siege of Jerusalem culminating in the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D.
Two version of revelation preterist and posterist full#
Full preterism is viewed as heretical by most conservative Christians and creedally heterodox by all Christians (including most full preterists themselves). Full preterists also the final resurrection took place “spiritually” during the first century. For full preterists, Jesus’ second coming was not a bodily and visible return at the end of history, but a spiritual return manifested in judgment on Jerusalem via the Roman army in 70 A.D. Stuart Russell’s The Parousia, first published in 1878.įull preterists believe that all eschatological events were fulfilled in the first century, and we now living in the new heavens and the new earth. The most historically significant case for full preterism was J. Some examples of contemporary full preterists are Edward E. Some examples of contemporary partial preterists are Kenneth Gentry, R.C. I use the terms “full” and “partial” to denote the two views, because they seem to me to be both less charged and more accurate than the other labels. Partial preterism is also called moderate preterism and orthodox preterism, while full preterism is also called consistent preterism, hyper-preterism, and radical preterism. There are two main kinds of preterism: full preterism and partial preterism (though these labels are disputed by each side). The term preterism comes from the Latin praeter, meaning past, since this view deems certain biblical prophecies as past, or already fulfilled.” Preterism is well defined at as “a view in Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the Last Days refer to events which took place in the first century after Christ’s birth, especially associated with the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.