IS BIBLE PROPHECY RELEVANT?
Question: Preterism is the view that prophecy was fulfilled in the past, primarily in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Preterists argue that if the Book of Revelation mainly describes events that are about to take place in the 21st century it would be largely irrelevant to first-century Christians. Whats your response to that? Answer: The assumption that for something to be relevant and meaningful it has to be very close at hand is an erroneous assumption. The prophet Isaiah spoke of a time of world-wide peace, a time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares (Isa. 2:1-4). For 2,700 years this has not yet taken place. There have been hundreds of wars that have taken place in the ensuing years. If anything, the situation is now becoming more perilous. Several nations, including fanatical terrorists, now have access to weapons of mass destruction. Are we to conclude, therefore, that this prophecy was wrong, or totally irrelevant? The relevance of a prophecy has nothing t
