I ain’t gettin’ too hung up on the timeline. The preterist view does make sense to me.
This is what Paul taught about the Preterest view. " Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and
overthrow the faith of some."
2Timothy 2:18
He called it profane and vain babblings.
Was Paul referring specifically to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, which is clearly specifically what I was referring to regarding the preterist view…? Or was Paul referring to something completely different than that…?
Yes, double fulfillment is common in Bible prophecy.
From Paul’s specific reference above, it seems he was clearly specifically referring to something other than the pending destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple, both of which absolutely and unequivocally happened just as Jesus predicted it would.
2 Timothy 2:18 refers to the coming (not past because it hasn’t happened yet) rapture or resurrection of the church. The whole book of 2 Timothy is about the endurance of the church.
Hymenaeus and Philetus committed apostasy by preaching the resurrection of the church had already occurred. It hasn’t, according to God’s Word. Scripture says a Christian will be bodily raised from the dead, just like Jesus.
Romans 6:1-11, Phil 3:20-21, and 1 Corinthians 15
Hymenaeus and Philetus rejected the resurrection of Jesus by denying the resurrection of the church and teaching the resurrection of the church had already taken place. It hasn’t.
2 Timothy 2:17-18 is an example of preterism, a false doctrine and heresy still being taught even today.
“Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” 2 Thess 2:1-4
Preterists are STILL deceived, and their resurrection theology/heresy continues to overthrow the faith of people.
