by Sandy » Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:44 am
Without the necessity of a long discussion here, Keith probably knows a number of Preterist sources to read which interpret his "end of the age" statements, and connect the dots through events, occurrences, allusions and references to Old Testament prophetic witnesses, and the apocalyptic language, to arrive at their conclusion. This particular interpretation (Preterist), and the corroboration that is provided, shoots a big hole in the "Jesus and the writers of the New Testament missed their guess on his return timetable" conclusion. I'd suggest Gary DeMar's Last Days Madness, or Richard Abanes End Times Visions.Neither of them are "inerrantists," BTW. If you want to get way out in left field, William Turner, former pastor at South Main Houston, has an excellent book on the Revelation, and I think R.C. Sproul is as well.
You're entitled to hold whatever view you choose, though the idea that Jesus got it wrong on this one, and so did some of the New Testament writers kind of leaves you at the place where the only thing you have to go on is your own speculation, which might not even be right because the whole Bible could just be an invention of a third century conspiracy to take over the world, and Jesus and Christianity just a figment of someone's creative religious imagination. But characterizing your own view as the "adult" faith is condescending, and reflects the kind of intolerance you ascribe to fundamentalists.
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