Re: Question for Clergy / resurrection/ escatology

At some point during Christ's Parousia, his second coming, which was during
the war between Rome and Israel, the Old Covenant age came to an end, the
Law was destroyed, and the New Covenant was fully implemented. It was at
this point that the change in personal eschatology was made.

I dont know exactly when this change ocurred, but know only that it was
related to the destruction of the temple. We dont have enough details about
the history of that time. I imagine that at that moment things ocurred that
were similar to the moment of Christ's death on Golgotha, an earthquake
perhaps? A rift in the Temple? A sudden appearance of all of the dead? I
cant be precise. We are not given this information.

Of course this view of personal eschatology, that is, that there is no
continuity between the physical body that dies, and the spiritual body that
is raised, does not require a preterist viewpoint. It could be the case
that after death believers become disembodied souls until Judgment day, and
that this Judgement is yet future. I am not sure that a debate about
whether or not preterism is true, is appropriate to this group, so I was
just trying to explain the position more than prove it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
Cc: <mrb22667@kansas.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: Question for Clergy / resurrection/ escatology

> jack syme wrote:
>
>>
>> As a preterist, I think the judgment and resurrection was in 70 AD. All
>> of those that died prior to 70 AD have been judged, and raised or not.
>> Since then, after death, believers are immediately resurrected into their
>> spritual bodies.
>
> I find this statement very strange in a couple of l respects and I ask for
> clarification. First, why 70AD? Second, what specific instant ? (If this
> refers to the destruction of the temple in Jeruslaem by the Romans, then
> what about those who died during that event?)
> Don
Received on Thu Apr 20 22:20:11 2006