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“If we place our trust in Christ, what does it matter what dispensation we are in?”

Here is a good reason: If an unbeliever picks up the Bible and starts to wonder what his Christian friend thinks of the MANY prophecy passages, it does little good for the Christian to tell the unbeliever a preterist interpretation.

Why?

Because the preterist interpretation is so common-sensically wrong, and the average reading person sees it from a mile away.

The unbeliever is then left to wonder if anything from the Bible is true at all as a result.

[Quix]

Why?

Because the preterist interpretation is so common-sensically wrong, and the average reading person sees it from a mile away.

The unbeliever is then left to wonder if anything

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INDEED TO THE MAX.

[MEGoody]

What do you mean by preterist interpretation? I know that there are those who are total preterists who actually think Jesus already returned. They are mostly those of the Ba'hai faith which isn't Christianity. I've never met a Christian who believes that, but there may be some. (Very few.)

Partial preterists (i.e. those who think the great trib happened in the first century) wouldn't confuse an unbeliever, as there was a tribulation of the church (as opposed THE tribulation) during the first century. So in that sense, it isn't common-sensically wrong to be a partial preterist.