"We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him who beheld the apocalyptic vision. For that was seen not very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitians`s reign." (Against Heresies, v.xxx.3)This was written by Irenaeus (120-202 AD) who was an early church father and who wrote the above in 180 AD. Preterists claim those men who lived in those times would not have known... Sure, the people in those ancient times did not have TV, radio or internet, but they were not stupid, and were informed about such important matters like Jesus' Coming back to earth.
PRETERISM (interpreting the Bible saying that Jesus came back in 70 AD) IS A LIE! They say it He came back in 70 AD Spiritually only. But they confuse this with the kingdom of God that is within God's people, also known as the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus left us shortly after His resurrection known as Pentecost.
"When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts 1:6-8 KJV)
Preterism is a lie, because Israel has only been restored in 1948, and not before. The fall of Jerusalem was the last destruction that took place, and the Jews were spread into the Diaspora until then.
According to Acts 1:6-8 (see above), Jesus' Second Coming has not taken place yet, because if Jesus had come back in 70 AD, all the people on earth would have witnessed that.
The following verse underlines this:
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.(Revelation 1:7 KJV)
When God says "every eye", He means "every eye".
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The Kingdom of God is about now and here and then:
"Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." (Mark 1:14 KJV)
"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence." (John 18:36 KJV)
There were two kinds of kingdoms Jesus was talking about... the Kingdom of God that was about the love and holiness by the Holy Spirit that was to fill the hearts of His followers, and a real literal kingdom that was - and still is - to come.
"That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." (2 Thess. 2:2-4 KJV)
But there was nobody sitting in the temple of God in Jerusalem. This temple was destroyed, and we are waiting for that same temple being built up again, so this all can take place. We have to watch out for that "third" temple, and we are warned not to believe anything else.
God Bless You!
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