I’ve read some material - commentaries included - on Revelation. It appears that the Preterist view should get more support than it does, at least the partial Preterist view. The fulfillment of the Old Covenant by, in, and through Jesus, with his death and resurrection, and the outward evidence of that in 70 AD, is often minimized. Could it be that the ‘New Creation’ the New Testament refers to is not of the space time universe, but of Christ’s people (2. Cor. 5:17)? Jesus basically said the only thing greater than raising someone from the dead is if they hear the gospel, believe it, and are resurrected spiritually in this life, and physically in the next. So many people are waiting for the material universe to be re-created, when the new creation has occurred and is continuing to occur, as people experience the new birth and life that Jesus gives. Aren’t Jesus’ people the new creation, the new meeting place of heaven and earth, the ones in whom God dwells? Surely, this is greater and far more significant than a physical remaking of the cosmos, isn’t it? Maybe the new universe, the new creation, is God’s new humanity dwelling on earth, with a new spiritual capacity wrought by God himself. There is absolutely nothing greater than being filled with the third person of the Trinity, enabled to enter the heavenly throne room at any time, guaranteed that One ear will always hear our prayer. People are ‘waiting’ for the new creation that has occurred already, spiritually, and is greater than any remaking of material structures could ever be. We need to realize what has happened to us already, instead of waiting for something less substantial to happen sometime in the unknown future.
This being a new book, I am just being made aware of it. It seems to me the Preterist view in some form is head and shoulders above others. Having been a pastor for over 45 years and a long time student of Revelation, and after recently preaching on Revelation for a year, I wrote my own book on Revelation: Worthy is the Lamb: The Book of Revelation as a Drama. Check out my website: https://www.revelationdrama. Drew is right on in his comments!
I’ve read some material - commentaries included - on Revelation. It appears that the Preterist view should get more support than it does, at least the partial Preterist view. The fulfillment of the Old Covenant by, in, and through Jesus, with his death and resurrection, and the outward evidence of that in 70 AD, is often minimized. Could it be that the ‘New Creation’ the New Testament refers to is not of the space time universe, but of Christ’s people (2. Cor. 5:17)? Jesus basically said the only thing greater than raising someone from the dead is if they hear the gospel, believe it, and are resurrected spiritually in this life, and physically in the next. So many people are waiting for the material universe to be re-created, when the new creation has occurred and is continuing to occur, as people experience the new birth and life that Jesus gives. Aren’t Jesus’ people the new creation, the new meeting place of heaven and earth, the ones in whom God dwells? Surely, this is greater and far more significant than a physical remaking of the cosmos, isn’t it? Maybe the new universe, the new creation, is God’s new humanity dwelling on earth, with a new spiritual capacity wrought by God himself. There is absolutely nothing greater than being filled with the third person of the Trinity, enabled to enter the heavenly throne room at any time, guaranteed that One ear will always hear our prayer. People are ‘waiting’ for the new creation that has occurred already, spiritually, and is greater than any remaking of material structures could ever be. We need to realize what has happened to us already, instead of waiting for something less substantial to happen sometime in the unknown future.
This being a new book, I am just being made aware of it. It seems to me the Preterist view in some form is head and shoulders above others. Having been a pastor for over 45 years and a long time student of Revelation, and after recently preaching on Revelation for a year, I wrote my own book on Revelation: Worthy is the Lamb: The Book of Revelation as a Drama. Check out my website: https://www.revelationdrama. Drew is right on in his comments!