Preterism – Weighed and Found Wanting

Did Jesus really promise to return within the lifetime of the Apostles? Did He keep that promise at the fall of Jerusalem in AD70?

Is the Great Tribulation, the Antichrist, and the Battle of Armageddon already behind us?

Some claim “the Last Days are behind us, not ahead of us” but is that the best understanding of the Author’s intended meaning of specific passages, and does it hold when weighed against the whole counsel of Scripture?

Overview

“Preterism” is the view that most or all biblical prophecy was fulfilled when Rome destroyed Jerusalem in AD70.

In this scholarly yet accessible book, Dr John Ecob exposes interpretations the Preterist must assume and examines that claim systematically tests them against Scripture, history, and the witness of the early Church.

What You’ll Discover

• What Matthew 16:28 means in context and what God inspired Peter to state about it decades later.
• Who “this generation” of Matthew 24:34 refers to and signs which were absent in AD70.
• The origins of the Preterist view, whether they reach back to the Church Fathers or to a far later controversy about church authority.
• How Preterist interpretations of Daniel’s 70th Week, the ten horns, and the “little horn” hold up against Scripture and verifiable Roman history.
• Whether a spiritualised reading of Israel’s national future can be sustained, or if it renders God’s covenants meaningless.

Format & Availability

Available as a free PDF download with a free account.

Hard copies available on request.

Why It Matters

If the Last Days are behind us, then the Rapture, the Tribulation, the literal return of Christ, and God’s covenant promises to Israel are either already fulfilled invisibly or no longer relevant, a conclusion the Scriptures will not bear.

This book equips believers to recognise a growing error that quietly undermines the blessed hope, weakens evangelistic urgency, and robs Christ of the visible, glorious return that is His rightful due.

Read it to be grounded, and to be ready.

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