Re: Question for Clergy / resurrection/ escatology

Jack:
Thank you for your explanation. I am now much better informed than I was!
Don

jack syme wrote:

> 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
>
>

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