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Unlike Preterism, which denies the second coming of Jesus; Partial Preterism holds that the …“Second coming and the resurrection of the dead …have not yet occurred.” (Wikipedia) This view, like futurists (of which I am) upholds the future coming of Jesus. One of the greatest advocates of this body of doctrine is N. T. Wright, a British New Testament scholar and the Anglican Bishop of Durham, England (until his retirement in2010). Wright is a pioneer of the New Perspective Movement - which seeks to re-write many of the New Testament perspectives of traditional protestant doctrines and teachings. Partial Preterism opposes futurism; and yet it hold a futurism doctrine. Partial Preterism disagrees with almost all fundamental teachings of the church. They are strongly opposed to being labeled as full Preterism; they are strongly opposed to being labeled Futurists; they are strongly opposed to traditional doctrines on justification, faith, grace, atonement, works and righteousness.
Do all Partial Preterists agree with each other as to which doctrines are still future and which are already fulfilled? No. The camps are very much divided, which makes discussion about Partial Preterism all the more tenuous. The common denominator they appear to agree with, in contradiction to Full Preterism, is that the Second Coming of Christ did not occurred in 70 AD. The Preterism camps argue with each other on this most fundamental of teachings to the Preterism position. Most people who still believe in the Second Coming of Christ readily acknowledge this as a futurist position; but not so with Partial Preterism. They “strongly oppose” any label of futurism in spite that their major doctrine on Christ is futurist.
I would be interested to know how others have dealt with these teachings.
Do all Partial Preterists agree with each other as to which doctrines are still future and which are already fulfilled? No. The camps are very much divided, which makes discussion about Partial Preterism all the more tenuous. The common denominator they appear to agree with, in contradiction to Full Preterism, is that the Second Coming of Christ did not occurred in 70 AD. The Preterism camps argue with each other on this most fundamental of teachings to the Preterism position. Most people who still believe in the Second Coming of Christ readily acknowledge this as a futurist position; but not so with Partial Preterism. They “strongly oppose” any label of futurism in spite that their major doctrine on Christ is futurist.
I would be interested to know how others have dealt with these teachings.
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