Introduction Fifteen years before Gary DeMar’s “Three Question Letter Controversy” with Doug Wilson and others, I was already answering Wilson, Gentry, and Mathison’s When Shall These Things Be? (2004) with a book-length exegetical rebuttal. Gary has repeatedly stated he is not a full preterist. I am. Yet Doug still refuses […]
Introduction Critics of Full Preterism often mischaracterize the view that Christ’s Parousia, the Day of the Lord, and the resurrection were spiritually fulfilled in AD 70 as akin to the premature eschatological errors condemned in 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2 and 2 Timothy 2:17–18. These passages, however, do not refute Full Preterism […]
Introduction As Full Preterists, we stand on the shoulders of exegetes like John Lightfoot, John Gill, Milton Terry, and Keith Mathison to explore Acts 1:3, 8–11. This article argues that Jesus’ 40-day post-resurrection ministry inaugurated a New Covenant second exodus (AD 30-70), fulfilled in AD 70, as anticipated by the […]
As usual, Doug Wilson’s arguments against Full Preterism are incoherent and unconvincing. In this response, I will briefly critique his recent article, which seeks to undermine the imminent AD 70 fulfillment of Christ’s coming in glory to judge the living and the dead (see his article cited below). Wilson begins […]
Introduction: Untangling Eschatological Confusion The Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25) is a battleground for eschatological interpretation, with Dispensationalists and Partial Preterists like Kenneth Gentry dividing it into two comings of Christ—one marked by signs, the other allegedly signless. Dispensationalists propose a secret rapture followed by a Second Coming seven years later, […]
Matthew 24 stands as a monumental testament to Jesus’ prophetic precision, weaving together the Jewish betrothal wedding idiom, the Mosaic feasts, and the Old Testament’s resurrection promises to proclaim the imminent judgment of Jerusalem in AD 70. Central to this discourse is the “day and hour” imagery (Matt. 24:36), which […]
Introduction Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:35—“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away”—seem to predict a cosmic end. Yet, a contextual, historical hermeneutic reveals they signify the old covenant’s dissolution in AD 70, not the planet’s destruction. Reformed and Evangelical scholars largely agree, yet “orthodox” […]
The Parable of the Fig Tree: A Call to Discernment (Matthew 24:32-34, Luke 21:29-32) “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that […]
The Coming of the Son of Man and the Gathering of the Elect of Matthew 24:30-31 Introduction Matthew 24:30–31’s vision of the Son of Man coming on the clouds with a trumpet-blast gathering of the elect has long stood at the center of eschatological debate. Futurists read it as a […]
Matthew 24:29-30: Setting the Stage The text of Matthew 24:29-30 proclaims, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear […]