DOUG WILSON AND PRETERISM:  IS IT BIBLICAL?
Channel: Reformed Rev. C
Date: 2023-04-30

WHAT IS FULL PRETERISM? Is It HERETICAL? Let's Talk Eschatology

Full preterism teaches that all biblical prophecy has been fulfilled, including the second coming of Christ, Satan and the Antichrist being thrown into the lake of fire, the resurrection of the dead, and the full arrival of the kingdom of God.

Problems with this position include that it does not take the already-not yet pattern of the New Testament into account, it over-emphasizes some statements in the Gospels to the exclusion of others, and it does not line up with the timeline of the New Testament documents, our experience of the world, or the theology of the early church.

Preterists often ground their view in biblical passages such as the following:

I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes (Matt. 10:23).

Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom (Matt. 16:28).

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place (Matt. 24:34).

I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God (Luke 9:27).

Preterists find further support in the familiar biblical exhortations to “watch” for the “soon” coming of Christ.