Christianity Before and After AD70

Hyperpreterists have a major difficulty explaining why for 2000 years, Christianity through all its various expressions has been UNITED on the basics of eschatology.  There have been a variety of attempts by hyperpreterists to downplay that perhaps the MOST SETTLED doctrine of Christianity is basic eschatology.  Some examples of hyperpreterists tactics on this matter are:

1. A 2000-year long coverup or conspiracy.
2. 1st-century rapture that took away people who would have held to hyperpreterism.
3. Trace-citations of theologians who sound like they might be hyperpreteristic.
4. Post Ad70 Christians too stupid to realize what happened.

No matter which of these explanations hyperpreterists try to use, any of them result in an ineffective and an incompotent God who was either unable or unwilling to maintain the most basic understanding of His eschatological plan among His New Covenant people.  Some hyperpreterists are also okay with that outcome.

Thank You Jason Bradfield

Jason Bradfield, long-time hyperpreterist and perhaps the guy who has helped many of the modern crop of hyperprets set up their websites, recently recanted the heresy.  Bradfield has been a long-time "hater" of me and continues to hate my guts to this day.  He recently posted a reply to a thread I started at CARM.  What follows is my interaction with Bradfield's comments.  Before you read this interaction, please know I am very happy that Bradfield has left the heresy of hyperpreterism behind.  I hope in time he will leave behind his general rudeness.

Take It From the New Guard

For the longest time, it was just a few of us fighting against hyperpreterism from the INSIDE.  Sure, Dee Dee Warren of PreteristBlog.com had been fighting the heresy and she should be commended for the great work she has done, but she wasn't ever really within the movement.  But what is strange is a new crop opposing hyperpreterism has come to the fore.  Lots of ex-hyerpreterists such as Jason Bradfield (who left before his mentor Sam Frost by the way), Sam Frost and some others.  This new crop, perhaps at the instance of PaulT (PreteristBlog's new mouthpiece) is called the "new guard".  PaulT likes to call me the "old guard".  That's okay I guess since the Bible says "Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls." - Jer 6:16a.

Besides the "new guards" AREN'T saying anything different than the "old guards" have been saying all along. For example, I said:

Stalled Starting Points

The Hyperpreterists are in a tailspin.  As more and more high-profile people leave the movement, some hyperpreterists are eager to tell us why -- whereas some like hyperpreterist leader Don Preston, does as he always does and ignores that his house is on fire.

One such hyperpreterist, known as John Hedges (aka "Prophet Whiteboy") has been trying to figure out what is going on.  He plans to write a series of articles. Hedges asks and then states:

"Is Preterism heresy? Is preterism correct? These questions will be answered in hopefully no more than three articles with this being the first." -- source

The first issue is Hedges use of the term "preterism".  What does he mean by it?  There are certainly variations but hyperpreterists have taken to claim the term completely for themselves, thus muddying the discussion before it starts.  Hedges really means HYPER or "Full Preterism".

Gary DeMar's Answer Realized As Wrong

After years of seeing his mentors and peers coddle hyperpreterism as "not a heresy" (as Gary DeMar claimed), ex-hyperpreterist leader Sam Frost FINALLY and plainly states what I've been saying for some time:

"I have, now, come to the conclusion that Full Preterism cannot be called 'Christian.' And, I say that with boldness. I was blind." -- source