Does Preterism Work?
Is the fulfillment close enough that we can say that the beginning of sorrows, the rise of the Antichrist, the abomination of desolation, the great tribulation, the Second Coming of Christ, and the rapture of the Church have passed? Certainly, some of the events in A.D. 70 are similar to the prophecy given by Jesus, and if the vision of Josephus is true, some are supernatural. However, remarkable as they may be, as my mother would say, they are close, but no banana. They are not perfect enough to be the fulfillment of a prophecy given to us in the inerrant Word of God. In brief: • While there were famines, pestilences, and earthquakes during this time, Revelation says that they will take the lives of up to one-quarter of the earth’s population. This did not occur in A. D. 70. • The gospel was not preached to all nations at the time Jerusalem was destroyed. It had been preached only to the known world. • The abomination of desolation is a very specific event that requires a human being
