Man always makes known his personal belief-systems (doctrines) according to his expertise in the knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures. As he progresses in this knowledge there must be a willingness to change when new truths are realized. Thus, we like the Reformers of old must always be willing to embrace enlightenment of the Scriptures when presented to us and not continue holding to man's dogmas because of peer pressure or any other sort of personal retribution that may arise by way of Church, family, employment or even for the sake of unity.

I would like to suggest to you that it is high time to reconsider some doctrinal issues that you may believe settled long ago. Let me pose just a few for you to keep in mind as you continue in this quest for a better understand of the Scriptures.

1. Was Jesus mistaken when he promised He would return the second time in that generation? Why are some still waiting for His return if it has been 2000 plus year so far since He promised that He would return? Was Jesus lying or could it be that He was a false prophet as Scripture would suggest when a prophecy does not come true? Did He have to come up with an alternate plan for a future arrival date or perhaps the teaching of a future coming is in error? Could this inconsistency be one of the reasons why some, if not most, brilliant people do not believe in or trust the Bible?
2. Do you find it interesting that Daniels prophecy was to occur in less than 600 years (586 BC) and he was told to seal up his prophecy because it was still a long time away but The prophecy of the Second Coming was not to be sealed because that time was at hand, not 2000 years and still counting as many are claiming today? Could God be as confused about time as we apparently are?
3. Is Jesus coming back again in our future . . . or has He already come? What about the Gifts today? What is left for Preterists to look forward to? What portions of the Scriptures have not yet been fulfilled?
4. Did you seek the Lord and choose Salvation or Did the Lord perform a work in you first that opened your eyes unto the truth of Salvation as He called you? If man’s free will is true would it then have been a possibility that no one would have accepted the Lord, making His sacrifice on the cross to none effect? Did Jesus have to look into the future to be sure that someone would will to choose His plan of salvation? Can your will really override God’s will?
5. Is Salvation by Grace and Grace alone or are some works needed such as Baptismal Regeneration? If the smallest portion of works possible were to be added to Saving Grace would it still be Grace or just another system of works? Is Christianity different from all religions because mans works are not need for salvation? Does not the Bible tell us that the works come after salvation because it is the Lords power working in us that causes us to do these good works?
6. Was the flood during Noah’s time global, or was it a localized flood? Does the book of Genesis explain the book of Revelation and visa-versa? Are these two books tied together in a most impressive and needful way? Is it probable that the same wording that is found in the local event of Sodom and Gomorrah hold the key to understanding that The Flood and Second Coming were physically local events too?
7. Should we let the Bible reveal truths by using Scripture to understand Scripture or can we use the speculations and traditions of others? Would the best way be to let Scripture define Scripture on a spiritual level but not to the degree where it would deny proven observable and scientific facts on the physical level? Wouldn’t we need both the spiritual discernment of the Bible and the physical observations of Science so that we as Christians would not make non-sense of the Bible to those we are witnessing to? Is this why learned infidels scorn the Christian faith? How did Geo-centrism get its start?
8. Is the world only about 6,000 years old or is it actually much older as scientific studies provide? In Jesus time was the world (this earth) thought of as a sphere? And did they understand the workings of our solar system?
9. Can you rightly believe in an old earth and a future Second Coming at the same time and still have consistency and truth in your results? Can you rightly believe in a young earth and also hold to a past view of the Second Coming? If not why not? Is it because both of these two views are inconsistent? Shouldn’t we believe in an old earth and a past Second Coming?
10. Was the Old Testament plan so faulty that a totally new testament had to be introduced? Did God have to come up with a Plan B? Should there be a gap between the Old and New Testaments? Is the Gap Theory of Genesis correct? Shouldn’t both testaments be read as one continuous covenant event?
11. If you were to believe in a young earth would this theory because of the very short time span to date even make Darwin shake his head in unbelief?
12. If you took every word in the Bible absolutely literal would you find Scripture contradictory to other passages of Scripture? Shouldn’t we then use Scripture and God’s physical creation mixed with personal humility to discern truth?
13. Are some translations more accurate than others? Should their origins be of any concern? Are some of the most popular translations taken from corrupt manuscripts? Do you understand why Dynamic Equivalence is used by modern translators but a word by word translation method was used for the King James Version? Why are the oldest texts available to us today corrupt?
14. Do all of the Bible translations into the English language reflect the true meaning of words used as they were originally intended and understood? Haven’t we in our short lifetime already seen many word meanings change?
15. When we talk in phrases, peoples of other languages and dialects do not understand what we mean because they take those exact words literally. Should we be doing the same thing when understanding the Scriptures?
16. Will this world/earth ever end? Must the world become evil in order to usher in the Second Coming? Is this belief why Christians have left their civic responsibilities to the ungodly? Should we be waiting for the Rapture to end our problems? Isn’t this still the same world physically that God call a very good creation? Did Adam’s sin really change the physical world as seen now?
17. Are there special groups of people today such as the Jews or are all believers under God’s one and only Covenant? What about futurist dispensations?
18. If the global flood doctrine is in error does this mean that the world/earth will still be consumed by fire sometime in our future? Is the Tribulation still in our future? Has all of Scripture been fulfilled? What prophecies still await us?
19. Are you aware that if you logically take the doctrine of a young earth to its ends it would have to prove evolution which is a false belief? Actually wouldn’t it have to be a hyper-evolution? And the doctrine of a global flood wouldn’t it also have to come to this same conclusion of evolution? Wouldn’t the length of time since Noah be one of the major keys in understanding this truth?
20. If a hyper-literal interpretation distorts the intent and meaning of the Bible shouldn’t we then embrace all of the Scriptures as covenantal statements and not as scientific documents of the physical world and of our future events?
21. Could those that favorably use Futurist and Young Earth teachings to evangelize others be bring God’s Word (the Scriptures) under an unfortunate and needless rebuke by those that can see doctrinal errors in these teachings such as the Muslims? Can we witness to Muslims if they see how these doctrines cause us to be unfairly partial to the Jews? Do these false teachings also cause some to remain Bible skeptics and atheists? By espousing these false doctrines of Futurism and Young Earth teachings are we then also standing with the Modern Day Cults that teach these same errors? How about the liberals that also treat God’s Word carelessly and unjustly? Are we literally teaching them that Jesus was in error and that the Bible can not be trusted?
22. If we had the answers to these and other questions could we then have a wholesome brotherly Unity instead of the false ecumenical unity of today? Can we sacrifice Biblical Doctrine for an empty unity? Would this be the correct way to ‘build bridges’ between opposing religious groups? Would you agree that we can not simply have unity on the premise of ‘no doctrines’ as many liberals understand fellowship any more than we can have unity solely on a belief in Preterism as are only criteria? Can we have unity in a Preterist Movement when some of the members hold to an Arminian theology that insists on certain works for salvation, such as Baptismal Regeneration and a faith that allows man’s will preeminence over Gods, while others are of the Calvinistic persuasion that correctly teaches and proves God to be God and gives explanation as to why man’s will and works are only a secondary work in Gods sovereign plan? The differences between these two diametrically opposed faiths are where the battles should lie and not in trivial differences of eschatology that pale in comparison to such doctrines as salvation without works, correct?
23. It may very well be true that Preterism, a fulfilled eschatology of all Biblical prophecies, has the ability to prove all of the Scriptures in the Bible to be correct to the liberals, skeptics, atheists and the alike, which is very fortunate for us that are witnessing to these personalities. However if the truth is that God does His own choosing of men for salvation, then we must keep these basic truths and fundamental doctrines strong and intact, honoring our sovereign Lords ability to do His own work. We are only messengers of God’s Word. God will make the changes in the hearts of men, not us. Should we not then keep our priorities in order and build our unity with the brethren on sound exegesis in such a manner that is pleasing to God?

The Scriptures are provided, inspired and preserved by the Lord. It is our responsibility to uphold, rightly discern and comply. May the Lord give us the strength to continue with our struggle in search of

Divine Truth!

If Jesus returned within His generation,

then the Futurist view is a lie.

If Jesus didn’t return within His generation,

then Christianity is a lie.

What will you say to GOD when asked about these evils?  You will have no choice but to say "Oh, I was told by my preacher or my TV evangelist that the world had to become more and more evil so that you (Christ Jesus) could come back and rapture us out."  The LORD will say to you, "Didn't you read the Bible that I had so carefully preserved for you over the many centuries? I told you in my very own Words that the exact opposite was true in so many ways and so many times!"  I know what I will say: “LORD, I tried to warn them.”

[Important Notice: For an in depth analysis and cogent insight pertaining to these details concerning the New Covenant, GOD's one and only Covenant and what it means for us in todays world please study the NEW COVENANT CREATION FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION by Timothy P. Martin & Jeffery L. Vaughn, PhD.

Also: Ian D. Hardings NEW book entitled: "Taken To Heaven in A.D. 70...blessings expected at the Parousia!"]

Note of Importance:

If you think that I am overstating our situation how would you explain one of the latest judicial decisions where not only your land but all of your property can be taken under the newly rewritten law of Eminent Domain?  What made us free men in a free country was the fact that man could own his own land.  Now anyone [even contractors] can take your land for a variety of reasons which makes us none other than Indentured Servants [bondsmen].  We will continue to pay very high and ever increasingly higher taxes while maintaining this land [your properties] until the time comes when that someone wants your property for whatever purpose. And what about the evil subject matter that is being forced up our children in the public schools! What saith you dear servant?  ~BEK

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POINTS TO PONDER:

Is Preterist Theology truly HERETICAL as accused by today’s Futurist leaders and teachers? Which doctrine would actually prove to be HERETICAL? Wouldn’t Jesus have to be considered as a false prophet if He had NOT fulfilled His promises in the first century as the Scriptures plainly teach? How could Preterism possibly be a heretical doctrine if Jesus did fulfill His promises right on time in that first century as Biblical disciplines command?  Wouldn't it have to be considered heretical to believe that the Lord’s Word and the prophecies of Jesus were in error? 
 

If Jesus is a false prophet then my faith is in vain. If Jesus was mistaken in His predictions how can we then rely on Him for salvation or anything else?

 But don't despair, Jesus is GOD and there is NO OTHER, leaving us with the only possible conclusion: His Word being true would have to mean that the Futurists interpretations concerning future events have to be rethought and greatly adjusted. Those future events then were in the Apostles future but now have been fulfilled! All Biblical prophecies are now in our past. This is extremely good news . . .

-THINK ABOUT IT-