9th of Av in Jewish History – “The annual temple tax was diverted to Rome. “The Romans now ordered the Jews to send the same annual sum, not to Jerusalem, but to the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill of Rome. The insult was deliberate. The sum involved was petty. The real point was, that despite the pride of the Jews in the God of heaven, they had to pay tribute to the Olympian god who presumably had conquered him and was entitled to be his heir”
Catholic Preterism Study Archive – Pope Benedict XVI: ‘The judgment announced by the Lord Jesus refers above all to the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70.’
Geneva Bible – Marginal Notes (1560) “For within fiftie yeres after, Jerusalem was destroied: the godlie were persecuted, false teachers seduced the people, religion was polluted, so that the worlde semed to be at an end.”
Julian the Apostate “His object in the rebuilding of the temple was rather, in the first place, to enhance the splendor of his reign, and thus gratify his personal vanity; and then most probably to put to shame the prophecy of Jesus respecting the destruction of the temple (which, however, was actually fulfilled three hundred years before once for all), to deprive the Christians of their most popular argument against the Jews, and to break the power of the new religion in Jerusalem.”
Was the Jewish “World” Destroyed in AD70? – “The idea that the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in AD70 could be the prophesied end of the world, does not stand up to examination. The Jewish “world” is based in its blood, its scriptures, and its synagogue. None of these was destroyed or abolished in AD70. To make prophecies in the Bible about the second coming of Christ, and the end of the world, refer to events of AD70 misrepresents these prophecies, because nothing was destroyed that had not been destroyed in times past, and nothing was destroyed that was essential to the Jewish world’s continuance into the future.”
What if the Second Temple had survived AD70? “Akenson’s governing assumption is that the key event that created Christianity and Rabbinical Judaism was the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem in AD 70”
This system was first developed by former Full PreteristTodd Dennis, and presented at the first annual “Carlsbad Eschatology Conference” in 2007 (hosted by Kurt Simmons); though it integrates elements from Preterism and other systems. Preterist Idealism teaches that the historical fulfillment of prophecy constitutes only the “shadows” of an eternal spiritual substance which believers obtain “in Christ.” New Testament typology is vertical rather than horizontal; and meant to point to the higher realties of the Christian life, rather than foreshadow things to come. Idealism relies heavily on the allegorical interpretation of prophetic texts. The system has a small number of adherents, most of them former Full Preterists.
I would point out, though, that those “outside of Christ” likewise receive the eternal spiritual reality… in their case that which is coming to the rebellious, as pointed out in the shadows of destruction Matthew 24:2 = 21:44
“Israel’s Indiana Jones” : “argued that the Western Wall — for centuries considered Judaism’s holiest site — was part of the “newer” area built by King Herod, and therefore not included in the Second Temple’s original layout, and thus, not specifically a holy place.”
“EVER since his (discovery and) translation of Eusebius’s ‘Theophania,‘ my father’s mind had been more or less occupied on the subject of Prophecy, and he became convinced that the views which he entertained, known as the Preterist, were those held by the early Church.” A Brief Memoir
“And we recognize that some of the blessings and curses have come, (24) those written in the Bo[ok of Mo]ses; therefore this is the End of Days” (4QMMT; Terminology used “in Palestine from the 40s to the 60s” )
4TH CENTURY SYRIAC BIBLE TITLE FOR BOOK OF REVELATION
“The Revelation, which was made by God to John the Evangelist, in the island of Patmos, to which he was banished by Nero the Emperor.”
COMMENTARIES SHIFTING TOWARDS PRETERIST ANSWERS
“Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. ” Mathew 10:23
NIV Study Bible Notes (1985 Edition) “The saying seems to teach that the gospel will continue to be preached to the Jews until Christ’s second coming.”
NIV Study Bible Notes (1995 Edition) “Jesus’ saying here is probably best understood as referring to his coming in judgment on the Jews when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed in A.D. 70.”
JEROME’S VULGATE REFLECTS PRETERIST ESCHATOLOGY
“And the Romans Will Come..” – Daniel 10:30 Jerome LXX – Latin Vulgate Still Used by Catholics
CLEMENT OF ROME POSSIBLY PRE-AD70 PRETERIST COMMENTARY
Pre-70 Preterist Epistle? – “Not in every place, brethren, are the daily sacrifices offered, or the peace-offerings, or the sin-offerings and the trespass-offerings, but in Jerusalem only. (41:2) & “Of a truth, soon and suddenly shall His will be accomplished” (23:5) (Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow labourers, whose names are in the book of life. )
Benjamin Netenyahu, 2000 – “It is true that the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. was a highly important factor in the ultimate decline of Jewish power and presence in Palestine.” (A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations)
Will Durant – “the Jewish rebellion was caused by Roman actions which are also historically uncertain. Again, hundreds of thousands of Jews were slaughtered and so many sold into captivity that their price fell to that of a horse (Caesar and Christ, p. 548).
Dante Alighieri, AD1310
“In that age when the worthy Titus, with help from the Highest King, avenged the wounds from which the blood that Judas sold had flowed, I have sufficient fame beyond” (Purgatory, 21:82-84) “Hear now, and wonder at, what next I tell. After with Titus it was sent to wreak Vengeance for vengeance of the ancient sin. (Paradise, 6:92, 1321) “It should no longer now seem difficult To thee, when it is said that a just vengeance By a just court was afterward avenged.” (Paradiso 7)
Piers Paul Read, 2001 – “What is clear, however, is that the early Christians regarded the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem as both a necessary part of the new covenant between God and man, and as God’s punishment for the Jews’ repudiation of his only begotten Son.” (The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades, p. 20)
Torah – Or “TaNaKh”, an acronym denoting these three sections: – Torah (Teaching)
– Nevi’im (Prophets) – Former (Deuteronomic Code); Latter (Literary)
– Ketuvim (Writings) Canonical Collection From Post-Prophetic Age Talmud – Documents that Comment and Expand Upon Mishnah
– Mishnah 1st-2nd Century Rabbinic Study Book of Laws/Values
– Gamara (Agadah – Tales and Morals ; Halacha – Code of Jewish Law) – Babylonian (“Bavli”) Gemara (200-600)
– Palestinian (“Yerushalmi”) Gemara (200-500) Midrash Exegetical Interpretation of the Torah’s Text
– Halakhah – Interpreting Law and Religious Practice
– Aggadah – Biblical Narrative ; Ethics, Theology, Homily (200-1000) Targums – Translations of the Bible into Jewish Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls – Collection of Materials Found in Judean Desert Josephus – One of World’s All-Time Greatest Non-Biblical Historians Apocalyptic Genre – “Turn of Era” Lit. Exploring Eschatological Salvation Liturgical Texts – Routine Prayers Said Spontaneously Reference Works – Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Concordances
Catholic Preterism Study Archive – Pope Benedict XVI: ‘The judgment announced by the Lord Jesus refers above all to the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70.’
Alan Patrick Boyd“Perhaps a word needs to be said about the eschatological position of the writer of this thesis. He is a dispensational premillennialist, and he does not consider this thesis to be a disproof of that system. He originally undertook the thesis to bolster the system by patristic research, but the evidence of the original sources simply disallowed this.” (“A Dispensational Premillennial Analysis of the Eschatology of the Post-Apostolic Fathers (Until the Death of Justin Martyr)” p. 91, note 2)
Significance of A.D. 30: G.L. Stone – The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecyor, All true prophecy terminated in the advent of Christ and the establishment of Christianity (1855) The argument of Mr. Stone proceeds somewhat on the principles of prophetical interpretation adopted by the late Dr. Samuel Lee. Mr. Stone states that the learned Professor was more indebted to Calvin for his views than he appeared to be aware of; and that Grotius and Hammond, Bossuet and Calmet, also ” immensely helped towards the same conclusion.” (The Journal of Sacred Literature, Vol. II, 1856, p. 467)
Preterist Universalism: Max King admitted his acceptance of Universalism to Ward Fenley: “Obviously if according to Ward in his interview with Sam and Jason that Max has admitted his acceptance of Universalism to Ward face to face there is no doubt where he now stands.”
Luke 21:20-24, “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.”
Luke 21:34-36, “Watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Ps 31:4 “Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge
1Ti 6:9 – People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. // Re 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. // Ps 32:7 – You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
Torah – Or “TaNaKh”, an acronym denoting these three sections:
