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You will find some variance of opinion as to what specifically each prophetic image symbolizes, but most non-dispensationalists will agree that most if not all of the OT prophecies were fulfilled by 70 AD.

I would hesitate to say that I am a full preterist when it comes to eschatology, mainly because I am still studying it myself. However, I agree with the general summation of Matchett-PI's post #270—the promises of the Old Testament must be viewed through the lens of the New Testament.

One example of the importance of this concerns Joel's prophecy of the pouring out of God's Spirit:

And it shall come to pass afterward    That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
   Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
   Your old men shall dream dreams,
   Your young men shall see visions.
   And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
   I will pour out My Spirit in those days (Joel 2:28-29).

I have seen that passage quoted many times by my premillennialist college professors as a reference to the Millennium, when there will be 1,000 years of peace. However, in Acts 2 we read Peter's sermon and he specifically states that Joel was prophesying about the Day of Pentacost, when the Holy Spirit descended. When Joel's prophesy is read in the light of the New Testament, we see that he couldn't possibly have been referring to a future Millennium. He was referring to Pentecost.