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Postmillenial Preterism

What is it? What does the Bible say about it?

According to Mike Blume's What is Partial Preterism? article, partial preterists believe the following concepts:

Partial Preterism is the view that almost all Biblical prophecy is past (excluding the The Second Coming, The Resurrection and The Judgment).

The term 'Partial Preterism' refers to that wide spectrum of thought which is not fully Futurist, but which incorporates some portion of what the Futurist view has to offer. Though there is a wide range of doctrine among Partial Preterists, they are united in the belief that some, but not all, prophecies were fulfilled in the destruction of the Jewish nation in A.D. 70. Most partial preterist systems believe that the "big three" are yet future - the Great Judgment, Resurrection and Second Coming of Christ.

• The coming (parousia) of Christ
• The day of the Lord
• The resurrection of the dead
• The rapture of the living
• The (final) judgment
• The end of history

Complete Preterism is "2. (Theol.) One who believes the prophecies of the Apocalypse to have been already fulfilled. --Farrar."

Full Preterists do not believe in a rapture to come, whereas Partial Preterists do believe in a rapture. Both parties agree that Matthew 24 was totally fulfilled, though. Partial Preterists believe that the scriptures in Matthew 24 that have been taken to speak about the rapture are misapplied references to the rapture. The true rapture references are in 1 Corinthians 15, and other places.

Partial Preterism states that some of the references to the coming of the Son of Man do not refer to the rapture, but rather to a judgment that occurred in 70 AD.

Partial Preterists believe the following verses literally:

Matthew 16:27-28 - "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom."
Jesus' wrath came in their day, their generation. It was a monumental event for the City of Jerusalem to be destroyed, as you read in the latter part of Matthew 23, for they crucified Him in ultimate unbelief. As the cross is central to the entire Bible, the Jerusalem rejection of Christ through crucifying Him, was the greatest evil accomplished, thus giving credence to the view that the great amount of prophetic scriptures deal with the destruction of Jerusalem yet to come in 70 AD. As opposed to a visible temple and physical Kingdom, His Kingdom is invisible and is in you. And it came at Pentecost, but was confirmed as God's only concern in 70 AD.

Luke 17:20-21 - "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
It will be made manifest to all the souls of humanity after He returns. Generally speaking, Apostolic Preterism denies dispensationalism. It teaches that there are only two covenants of God's concern. Old Testament and New Testament. Partial preterists note that the New Testament refers to no other divisions besides Old Testament and New Testament.

Partial preterists propose that the entire 70 weeks of Daniel, as per Daniel 9:24-27, have been totally fulfilled in uninterrupted sequence. There is no gap between the 69th and 70th weeks.

(That means that there is no future tribulation period of seven years or 3.5 years.)

The cross of Christ fulfilled all of the purposes that God listed in decreeing the purposes of the 70 weeks, as per Daniel 9:24.

Everyone, Jew or gentile, must come in through Acts 2:38, and that there will never be another way, nor a reinstatement of the law of Moses. Nothing but the blood of Jesus will save a soul for ever.

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Want to read Joseph Gleason's article on hyperbole in Bible prophecy? Click here.

Many of the early church fathers were preterists, and recognized that a great deal of Bible prophecy was already fulfilled by 70 A.D. --- Click here to learn more about this from Dr. Kenneth Gentry Jr.