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2. Reviewing The A.D. 70 Doctrine
The Prophecy Of The End Of All Things

3. Its Identifying Terms Formal name is “Realized Eschatology”
Eschatology = study of last things, end times
Realized = has already been accomplished
All things re: the end of time (2nd coming, the resurrection, the judgment, etc.) has already taken place

4. Its Identifying Terms Common name is “A.D. 70 Doctrine” 4
All Biblical prophecy and teaching was “realized” or accomplished when Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70
Sometimes called the “Max King Theory”
Author of the book The Spirit Of Prophecy (1971, rev. 2002) 4

5. Its Main Beliefs
1st century Judaism was “smothering” the church in oppression, persecution by Jewish dominance in Jerusalem
We agree…read Acts 8-9
God sent the Romans to destroy Jerusalem in A.D. 70 to “free” the church

6. Its Main Beliefs
A.D. 70 advocates claim this was the “real” beginning of the N.T. church
To keep their doctrine from being rejected automatically, A.D. 70 advocates must “redefine” N.T. words & concepts
One of their primary texts Ù Mt 24:3, 29-30

7. Its Main Beliefs 5 of their major targeted areas… The Kingdom
Not fully set up (established) until A.D. 70
It did begin on Pentecost (Acts 2), but not with “power & glory” [their distinction]
Was it incomplete for these 40 years??

8. Its Main Beliefs 5 of their major targeted areas… The Kingdom
Refuted by Eph 3: :17-23
Other writings of Paul equate the “church” with the “kingdom” Col 1:13-14, 17-18
The enthroned King had “power” Mt 26:64

9. Its Main Beliefs 5 of their major targeted areas… The 2nd Coming
Every Biblical mention of the Lord’s return was “figuratively” fulfilled in A.D. 70
Christ came, but not “visibly”…He came “figuratively” to “spiritually” judge Judaism

10. Its Main Beliefs 5 of their major targeted areas… The 2nd Coming
Only 1 passage says “2nd coming” Heb 9:28
Other mentions are literal or figurative…the context will always determine
His “coming” in Mt 24 is “figurative,” not “final”

11. Its Main Beliefs 5 of their major targeted areas… The 2nd Coming
Refuted by Acts 1: Thess 4: Jn 14:2-3 with Mt 24:15-16
Christ’s eventual “final” return will be “visible”

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