The Kingdom Was At Hand

 Throughout the years, Bible students have wrestled over statements in the New Testament which represent Christ’s return as being “at hand” in the first century. Liberals and skeptics have claimed that because “Christ never returned when He said He would,” the Bible must be a hoax. During the 1800’s, however, a system of theology named…

Refuting Preterism: The Second Foundation: The “Timing Texts”

   Besides relying on a restricted meaning of the phrase “this generation,” another essential of Preterist theology involves what are called the “timing texts.” These are preterist proof-texts which contain an imminency factor, representing eschatological events as “near,” “soon,” and “at hand.” Treating the canonical New Testament writings as purely human documents, Preterists use these…