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Here’s the last installment of my answers to Brian Simmon’s 50 objections to a first century “coming in judgment” of Christ. You can find a link under Featured Articles that will list them all for you. 46. Abraham still hasn’t inherited the land God promised him (Gen. 13: 15; Acts 7: 5). Joshua 21:43 “So […]

41. The cities of the nations never fell in A.D. 70 (Rev. 16: 19). This is a symbolic passage, but when we understand its nature, its message is astonishing. The reference to Jerusalem being divided into three parts alludes to Deuteronomy 19:3 concerning cities of refuge. There is also a “trinitarian” judgment in Ezekiel 5. […]

36. Acording to Preterists, all those left in Jerusalem were reckoned unholy. But see Isaiah 4:3-4. Simple answer: Isaiah 4 refers to the “new Jerusalem” of Ezra and Nehemiah. But I’m going to use this as an opportunity to analyse Isaiah 4 and its context. This stuff blows me away.

31. The remnant of Israel still practices iniquity (Zeph. 3: 13). Drew was right. Some of these really are weak. Zephaniah denounces Judah for her indulgence in idolatry and luxury while she presumed the Lord would protect her. He predicts a new Jerusalem without these sins. All fulfilled. Ripping the prophets out of context and […]

26. Christ returned in A.D. 70 (?), but according to preterists the literal cloud was missing (see Acts 1: 9; Matt. 24: 30; Rev. 1: 7). The “Bible matrix” pattern always begins with a Word from God’s glory cloud on the Lord’s Day (Sabbath), the accepted Mediator received into this single-cloud “Tabernacle” (Firstfruits) and ends with […]

21. The New Covenant is still not established, because Christians need teaching. Jer. 31: 34. The Jeremiah passage is actually not referring to the first century, but to the Restoration Covenant. Every death-and-resurrection of Israel starts with law on stone and ends with law on flesh, ie. law incarnate. See Jeremiah was a Bullfrog? The […]

11. “We shall see Him as He is.” (1 John 3: 2). Never happened in A.D. 70. 12. “We shall know, even as we are known” (1 Cor. 13: 12). Still not fulfilled — unless you redefine knowledge. I believe the first resurrection occurred during the Jewish war. Revelation specifically teaches two resurrections bookending the kingdom […]

6. Jesus Christ was not judge of the quick and the dead, because (according to preterists) He only judged the dead. Jesus judged between the living and the dead in AD70. The true bride and the false bride were bodies of living people. Of course, part of the true bride was the Old Covenant saints […]

  3. 97,000 Jews got away scot free from Revelation 19: 21. “And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.”

Here’s the first of my replies to Brian’s contentions. I’ve put a 50 Failed Predictions? link under featured articles so all posts in this series are easy to find.   1. The bodies and souls of the wicked were not thrown into Gehenna (Matt. 10: 28). Gehenna was the Valley of Hinnom. It was the […]

Brian Simmons posted some great points of contention on his anti-Preterist blog last June: 50 Failed Predictions for Fools Who Say Christ Returned in AD70 Brian’s a great bloke and a good thinker. He fights the heresy of hyperpreterism, but I reckon he’s thrown the baby out with the bathwater. And how could I refuse […]