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Realized Eschatology? The AD 70 Doctrine (part 6)

The AD 70 Doctrine (part 6). Good Doctrine The Corruption of Good Doctrine Through “Realized Eschatology”

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Realized Eschatology?

The AD 70 Doctrine(part 6)

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The Corruption of Good DoctrineThrough “Realized Eschatology”

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Previously

▪Section 1: The corruption of “HOPE” and “THE RESURRECTION”▪Section 2: The corruption of the “COVENANTS”

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Corruption of

the END OF THE WORLDSection 3

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“The world marked for destruction in prophecy, the end of which involved the second coming of Christ and resulted in the true redemption of Israel, was the Jewish world.  Therefore it is the end of the Jewish world and not this material earth we live on today.”

(King, The Spirit of Prophecy, p. 83)

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Did THE WORLD ENDIn AD 70?

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Bible Passages On The End Of The World

1.Psalm 102:25-27

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Psalm 102:11, 12

What is being contrasted?11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.12 But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.

ANSWER: The life of the Psalmist versus the life of God

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ThisNeverEnds!

Psalm 102:25-27

What is being contrasted?25 Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.26 They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed.27 But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.

ANSWER: The time of the material universe versus the time of God

ThisEnds!

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Bible Passages On The End Of The World

1.Psalm 102:25-27

2.Matthew 13:24-30 (Tares)

a)What is the meaning of the parable?

b)Answer: Matthew 13:36-43

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Elements of the Parable (Matt. 13:36-43)

Picture

Meaning Observation

Sower Jesus (37) Kingdom of heaven, not political Israel (Matt. 3:2)

Field World (38) World, not Israel or Jerusalem

Good Seed

Sons of God (38)

Allowed to coexist until the harvest (13:28-30)

Tares Sons of Satan (38)

Enemy Devil (39) Complete and permanent separation of tares (cf. Matt. 13:47-50; 25:31-34); Complete purging of offenses and lawlessness (13:41-43)

Harvest

End of Age (39)

Reapers

Angels (39)

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Questions

▪ Did a complete and permanent separation of the wicked from the righteous occur in AD 70?

▪ Do the righteous and wicked cease to coexist? Are there no tares today?

▪ How would the flames of Jerusalem purge the wickedness in churches thousands of miles away?

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Questions

▪ Are acts of lawlessness and offenses no longer present in the kingdom today (Lk. 17:1, 2)?

▪Were some men’s sins only hidden until the destruction of Jerusalem (1 Tim. 5:24)?

▪ How would the flames of Jerusalem expose hidden sin since AD 70?

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Bible Passages On The End Of The World

1.Psalm 102:25-27

2.Matthew 13:24-30 (Tares)

3.Revelation 20:1-15

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A Super Fast Millennium!

Preterists believe John wrote the book of Revelation in AD 65 and was fulfilled in AD 70 (fall of Jerusalem)▪ John speaks of Satan being

bound for 1000 years 20:1-4?–1000 years is a “sign” which

takes exception to the nature of the things described as being “near” (Rev. 1:1, 3)

–Distinguished from “a little while” (20:3)

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“and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the

nations no more till the thousand years were

finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while” (Rev. 20:3)

Time statements mean things

Appreciate the relationship of time between God and man (Ps. 90:1-12)

God is not limited to time, space, or matter

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A Super Fast Millennium!

The RE position would have Satan being bound for a thousand years, released, and then destroyed within five years of John’s writing!

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Questions

▪ When was Satan bound to no longer deceive the nations?

▪ When was Satan released where he could deceive the “nations” again?– Not “nation” as of “one,” but “nations” as of

many (20:3, 7, 8)?– When did fire come down and devour the

nations that surrounded the camp and the beloved city (20:9)?

▪ When was the devil cast into the lake of fire (20:10)? Did this take place in AD 70?

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Questions

▪ How would the destruction of one city be the devouring of the nations and the destruction of the devil?

▪ Is it true that Satan has no longer been able to walk about as a roaring lion since AD 70?

▪ When did the dead, small and great stand before God (Rev. 20:12)?

▪ How would one city’s destruction be related to the “sea” giving up the dead (20:13)?

▪ Were ALL the dead in Hades judged in the destruction of Jerusalem (20:13-15)?

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Bible Passages On The End Of The World

1.Psalm 102:25-27

2.Matthew 13:24-30 (Tares)

3.Revelation 20:1-15

4.2 Peter 3:1-13 (next lesson)