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I became a partial preterist when I started a heavy study of the prophets in the Old Testament and realized that many of the apocalyptic prophecies were referring to the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel, the Babylonian exile, & the fall of the temple. So much of the wording in Revelation is heavily borrowed from those prophets (Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc.)

Logic follows... why not apply it to the destruction of the temple in 76 AD, and to the persecution of Christians in Rome until the 300s?

Of course, that doesn't mean a future judgement (and an ultimate end) isn't still forthcoming.

I will change my preterist position when I see that the temple is being rebuilt (a MUST for the events in the book of Revelation to occur)... and it doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon since Muslims have control over the original site, and the UN/the world isn't going to yeild Israel another acre of land anytime soon.

But then, only God knows!

Of course, that doesn't mean a future judgement (and an ultimate end) isn't still forthcoming.

Genesis 8:21-22. God declares one will not come.

I will change my preterist position when I see that the temple is being rebuilt

Even that doesn't negate Christs telling of "when" (Matt 16, 23, 24, 26, Luke 21) compounded by the apostles teachings.

I will change my preterist position when I see that the temple is being rebuilt (a MUST for the events in the book of Revelation to occur)...

Really? Please show me where the proof of this is. I have never found it in scripture.