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I think there is far more room, exegetically, for historic premillennialism than for the dispensational variety. A great many modern premills are abandoning in droves classical dispensationalism and adopting 'progressive' dispensationalism which cedes a tremendous amount to traditional amills and historic premills.

In any premill. system, you invariably wind up with a very complex structure of multiple comings, goings, resurrections, etc. that becomes very complex and I suspect in the process not wholly true to Scripture. One instance is the division of the just and the unjust in the resurrection. Coming not from a preterist position, but a simple amill. critique would be to see that language as two aspects applied to one event. A general resurrection, a singular event - but two different classes. Another point to note, if you will track it down in Scripture, is that the first resurrection is that of the new birth and is spiritual. If the first resurrection is spiritual perhaps the second is also? Regardless, one can look through different windows at the same thing, describing the object or room viewed differently because of perspective or emphasis, but the object/room is still singular. My point being this - the resurrection of the just, the resurrection of the unrighteous, etc. refers to a singular event in classical orthodox thought.

Thanks for the ping and article, I am looking for a couple well written historical premill. essays for my website as I give equal time to a number of different and competing views in my teaching and on the website. I don't believe I am a repository of all truth and in eschatology in particular, I believe we need to cut one another a break - it is all so speculative in the end (though preterism can make a strong case if viewed dispassionately. Thanks again!

If the first resurrection is spiritual perhaps the second is also?

I think you just answered my question as to what "type" of preterist you are.
Even though my friend Ken insists that technically there is only one type and all else are really Amill or Postmill.

Can I send you a couple of responses I wrote and have on my web page for your critique?

I have a link if you are interested that has various positions.I will FR amil it to you.

I was a HPM before I knew it had a name..it is what a plain reading of scripture said to me

Sometimes a prophecy is true on different levels and the same prophecy in different times..We see the mixture in some OT scriptures that move back and forth...

The bottom line is that there is no 100% accurate system .In the end I suspect that we will see perhaps they were all a bit true...

When someone thinks they have all the answers I worry about deception (yea I do not think Satan is bound:>)