>>>http://www.raptureready.com/who/Kenneth_Gentry.html<<<
Come on, Cynical Bear, you can do better than use that goofball site as a reference. “Rapture Ready” ... LOL!
There will be no “pre-trib” rapture. That is modern, new-age, cult doctrine, with no scriptural foundation whatsoever.
This is the last time I address this with you. The term preterist means someone who believes the book of the Revelation has been fulfilled. I don’t believe that, nor does Gentry.
If you would apply yourself to studying the scriptures in a manner where you rely on the scripture to prove the scripture, instead of relying on charlatans like Scofield and the Rapture Ready smear guy, you might be amazed at what you don’t know. I would also recommend praying for guidance and an open heart.
Philip
Let’s let Gentry answer that one when being interviewed. And guess what site it’s on? [http://www.preteristsite.com/docs/gentrypretpost.html]
P: As a "preterist postmillennialist," are you aware of any significant "in house" disagreements among those who share your same overall perspective on eschatology?
G: Basically there are two competing schools of preterist interpretation (excluding the various and constantly mutating heretical hyper-preterist approaches): One school deems Revelation a picture of the Church´s struggles against two early enemies of the church: one religious, the other political, i.e., Judaic Israel and imperial Rome. The other branch sees the focus as concentrating primarily upon Israel, though noting a few places where John steps back for a broader political context and brings in Rome.
P: Shifting to a related topic. Do preterist and non-preterist postmillennialists differ significantly in their reading of Matthew 24? Are there different interpretations of the two "days" even among preterists?
G: Matthew 24 has been subjected to a fairly wide variety of interpretive approaches. Perhaps the more widely endorsed one holds that the Lord more or less jumbles together material on A.D. 70 and the Second Advent, in that A.D. 70 is a microcosmic precursor to the Second Advent. This view makes it difficult to sort out the verses in regard to which event the particular verses focus on. Among evangelical preterists two basic positions prevail: that 24:4-34 focus on A.D. 70 and 24:36ff focus on the Second Advent. The other view holds that all of Matthew 24 deals with A.D. 70.
Another site [http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/g/gentry-kenneth.html]
Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry - Postmillennialist / Reconstructionist Partial Preterist
Would be classified "Historical Preterist" due to Olivet Discourse "transition text" at Matthew 24:36, but qualifies as "Modern Preterist" due to his view that the book of Revelation has been fulfilled up to chapter 19.
Gentry identifies himself as a preterist and is identified so on the preterist sites. The only thing he disagrees with is hyper preterism. Don’t try to claim that either Gentry or you are not preterists again.