lol. i will let drew answer that his kingdom is only in heaven. so god doest reign over the earth right now?
here.
when did the death that john saw and hell(sheol) get cast into the lake of fire? and rome being the beast that nero was part why did it surive 200 yrs after the fact?
also can you tell me why a christian who was martryed in rome wasnt raised from the dead if they died ere ad 70?
and uh whether that temple that comes from heaven is literal or not it still comes to the earth? if that was a future event and as lehigh3 says an acess to God then why would John see what happened in the past?given that we have already predeath been ressurected?
most pretribber dont see us in heaven forever and ever.
how can death still be on this earth if its spiritual and was cast into the fire in a70? no more sorrow right? ok so if its only the earth can you tell me why John saw that after death was destroyed? was there not sorrow in his day and
here he wasnt redeemed via the coming of the lord.but died a natural death.
John the Apostle
was the son of Zebedee, a fisherman on the Lake of Galilee, and of Salome, and brother of James, also an apostle. Peter and James and John come within the innermost circle of their Lord's friends; but to John belongs the distinction of being the disciple whom Jesus loved. He hardly sustains the popular notion, fostered by the received types of Christian art, of a nature gentle, yielding, feminine. The name Boanerges, Mr 3:17 implies a vehemence, zeal, intensity, which gave to those who had it the might of sons of thunder. [JAMES] The three are with our Lord when none else are, in the chamber of death,
Mr 5:37 in the glory of the transfiguration, Mt 17:1 when he forewarns them of the destruction of the holy city, Mr 13:3 in the agony of Gethsemane. When the betrayal is accomplished, Peter and John follow afar off. Joh 18:15 The personal acquaintance which exited between John and Caiaphas enables him to gain access to the council chamber, praetorium of the Roman procurator. Joh 18:16,19,28 Thence he follows to the place of crucifixion, and the Teacher leaves to him the duty of becoming a son to the mother who is left desolate. Joh 19:26,27 It is to Peter and John that Mary Magdalene first runs with the tidings of the emptied sepulchre, Joh 20:2 they are the first to go together to see what the strange words meant, John running on most eagerly to the rock-tomb; Peter, the least restrained by awe, the first to enter in and look. Joh 20:4-6 For at least eight days they
continue in Jerusalem. Joh 20:26 Later, on the Sea of Galilee, John is the first to recognize in the dim form seen in the morning twilight the presence of his risen Lord; Peter the first to plunge into the water and swim toward the shore where he stood calling to them. Joh 21:7 The last words of John's Gospel reveal to us the deep affection which united the two friends. The history of the Acts shows the same union. They are together at the ascension on the day of Pentecost. Together they enter the temple as worshippers, Ac 3:1 and protest against the threats of the Sanhedrin. ch Ac 4:13 The persecution which was pushed on by Saul of Tarsus did not drive John from his post. ch. Ac 8:1 Fifteen years after St. Paul's first visit he was still at Jerusalem, and helped to take part in the settlement of the great controversy between the Jewish and the Gentile Christians. Ac 15:6 His subsequent history we know only by tradition. There can be no doubt that he removed from jerusalem and settled at Ephesus, though at what time is uncertain. Tradition goes on to relate that in the persecution under Domitian he is taken
to Rome, and there, by his boldness, though not by death, gains the crown of martyrdom. The boiling oil into which he is thrown has no power to hurt him. He is then sent to labor in the mines, and Patmost is the place of his exile. The accession of Nerva frees him from danger, and he returns to Ephesus. Heresies continue to show themselves, but he meets them with the strongest possible protest. The very time of his death lies within the region of conjecture rather than of history, and the dates that have been assigned for it range from A.D. 89 to A.D. 120.
John the Apostle - Meaning of John the Apostle in Smiths Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)
so john missed that bus. he wasnt transformed till after ad 70. and peter mentions that after christ comes there will be a new heavean and earth wherein dwelleth rightenous
2 peter 3
6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of
judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
so i guess the full preterist ignore this promise to look for that as we have it already and if that was done at the cross where we already have that why then were we look for it. one doesnt look for salvation , you already have it.