Initially I was asked to write a refutation of the Israel-Only doctrine but I wanted to expand the scope to include a more comprehensive examination of the newest manifestation of preterism. I will assume the reader has a basic knowledge of preterism but for sake of clarity, preterism (also known as
full preterism and
hyperpreterism, as distinguished from the lesser developed
partial preterism) is the belief that Jesus already returned and that the attending eschatological (end time) events such as the collective resurrection, the judgment of wicked and righteous, and the end of sin has already happened in the first century. These conclusions are based on two main premises.
1.
Audience Relevancy - The New Testament is mainly to and about the first century people.
2.
All is Fulfilled - All of the New Testament eschatological events were fulfilled in the first century.
Upon those two main interpretative keys, all of the Bible is filtered, thus concluding a fulfilled eschatology or pret (past) -erism.
