Semi-Random Musings (50)

Partial Preterists argue that Futurists misinterpret the symbolic language of scripture. Where a Futurist understands imagery like that of Matthew 24:29 (the darkening of sun and moon, stars falling from heaven, etc.) to refer to the apocalyptic finale of our present age, Preterists exhaust the meaning of the Lord’s words in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in AD70. For Preterists, most or all of the events prophesied in that chapter have already taken place.

The issue, Preterists say, is that Futurists fail to understand “Old Testament prophetic de-creation language”.

Anonymous Asks (355)

“What does it mean that Jesus will return like a thief in the night?”

Some Christians have a difficult time with the way the writers of scripture consistently and flagrantly compare the timing of our Lord’s second coming to the unexpected entrance of a thief operating in the dark. Perhaps they feel it’s undignified for God to do anything less than appear in blazing glory, defying evil and routing all opposition before the splendor of his appearing. Perhaps they feel he should announce himself with trumpets.

They need not be troubled. He will, and he will. We’ll get to that shortly.