Even if we allow that there could have been literal fulfilments of some prophecies around 70 AD, what kind of second coming and Kingdom is it then to have this current awful state of affairs in the world, no sign of God’s rule in power, and the same can be said of just about the entire time since 70 AD?
Other than the fact that the Jews were driven out of Jerusalem in 70 AD, what changed in the world to demonstrate that a righteous God had instituted a Kingdom and sent Jesus Christ to reign over it? Nothing. It was 326 AD before a Roman emperor (Constantine) even accepted Christianity as a valid faith.
So the preterist view asks us to accept that an entirely absent King and Kingdom is “proof” of their theory, which actually rests on only one event and that not a particularly good outcome for believers in God.
It is self-evidently a wrong theory.
>>Other than the fact that the Jews were driven out of Jerusalem in 70 AD, what changed in the world to demonstrate that a righteous God had instituted a Kingdom and sent Jesus Christ to reign over it? Nothing. It was 326 AD before a Roman emperor (Constantine) even accepted Christianity as a valid faith.<<
The way I interpret the scripture, the thousand-year reign began after the destruction of Jerusalem. A thousand in the scripture is not one thousand, but a large number, in this case, a long time.
From the signs I have seen, Satan has been released from his prison and is currently deceiving the world:
“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth” — Rev 20:7-8 KJV
Mr. Kalamata
Thank you.
Love your tagline.