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Pastimes : Ask God
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To: Jamey who wrote (27472)10/5/1999 12:51:00 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 39621
 
I know many early Christians believed the 2nd Coming would happen very soon, just as many believe today. But still I know of no early Christian writings which referred to the 2nd Coming in the past tense.

Preterist beliefs seem to me to be based entirely on some very shaky interpretations of some passages from a book written by Josephus, which itself should be taken with a grain of salt in regard to some passages. Do you know any ancient Christian writers who regarded Josephus' writings as evidence of the 2nd Coming?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not going to argue you shouldn't belief the way you do - there are certainly lots more offbeat beliefs than this. But when you state that preterism was the "original apostolic teaching" or something like that, you are making an historical statement and I think someone should point out that historically this just isn't true.
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