Post by Allyn on Nov 22, 2008 9:16:42 GMT -5
Matthew 22: 1-14 & Hyper-Preterist Interpretations
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In Matthew 22: 1-14, we have the very important parable of the marriage of the king's son. Everyone knows that the King's Son is Christ. But if we follow this parable to its logical conclusions, we'll find that Hyper-Preterism is wrong.
1. Marriage supper was ready/at hand when the invitations were sent out. AGREED. 22: 4.
2. Invitees rejected the invitation. AGREED. 22: 5.
3. Servants in charge of the invitations were mistreated and killed.AGREED. 22: 6.
4. City was destroyed because of continued rejection of the invitation. AGREED. 22: 7.
5. Marriage supper was postponed. DISAGREED. But see 22: 8.
A question for Preterists: Is there anything in this parable that claims the marriage supper was the destruction of the city?? Or were the invitations extended to others after the city was destroyed? (BTW, I can't send you an invitation to an event that already happened.)
Obviously, a simple exegesis of Christ's parable shows that the second coming of Christ is still future.
"And he saith unto me, write, Blessed are they which are called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb." (Rev. 19: 9).
From our Lord'd own parable, anyone can see that IT IS HYPER-PRETERISM TO CLAIM THAT THE MARRIAGE SUPPER HAPPENED IN A.D. 70.
Hyper-Preterism is called "hyper" because it goes beyond the original intent of doctrine established by Christ and His hand-picked apostles. To claim that Rev. 19 was fulfilled in A.D. 70 is to ignore the time-frame of the marriage supper given in Christ's parable--which is said to take place AFTER the city is destroyed--and to make it equivalent to the destruction of the city itself. This violates the grammatical and contextual rules of interpretation.
In my opinion, all Hyper-Preterism must be clearly identified whenever possible, and the erroneous views of its teachers combated with clear exegetical evidence. The parable is just one of the many examples that shows how Hyper-Preterism has completely departed from anything remotely akin to "historic Christianity."
MillennialSaint
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In Matthew 22: 1-14, we have the very important parable of the marriage of the king's son. Everyone knows that the King's Son is Christ. But if we follow this parable to its logical conclusions, we'll find that Hyper-Preterism is wrong.
1. Marriage supper was ready/at hand when the invitations were sent out. AGREED. 22: 4.
2. Invitees rejected the invitation. AGREED. 22: 5.
3. Servants in charge of the invitations were mistreated and killed.AGREED. 22: 6.
4. City was destroyed because of continued rejection of the invitation. AGREED. 22: 7.
5. Marriage supper was postponed. DISAGREED. But see 22: 8.
A question for Preterists: Is there anything in this parable that claims the marriage supper was the destruction of the city?? Or were the invitations extended to others after the city was destroyed? (BTW, I can't send you an invitation to an event that already happened.)
Obviously, a simple exegesis of Christ's parable shows that the second coming of Christ is still future.
"And he saith unto me, write, Blessed are they which are called to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb." (Rev. 19: 9).
From our Lord'd own parable, anyone can see that IT IS HYPER-PRETERISM TO CLAIM THAT THE MARRIAGE SUPPER HAPPENED IN A.D. 70.
Hyper-Preterism is called "hyper" because it goes beyond the original intent of doctrine established by Christ and His hand-picked apostles. To claim that Rev. 19 was fulfilled in A.D. 70 is to ignore the time-frame of the marriage supper given in Christ's parable--which is said to take place AFTER the city is destroyed--and to make it equivalent to the destruction of the city itself. This violates the grammatical and contextual rules of interpretation.
In my opinion, all Hyper-Preterism must be clearly identified whenever possible, and the erroneous views of its teachers combated with clear exegetical evidence. The parable is just one of the many examples that shows how Hyper-Preterism has completely departed from anything remotely akin to "historic Christianity."
MillennialSaint
