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Pastimes : Ask God
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To: Berry Picker who wrote (38112)7/22/2004 9:29:26 AM
From: Emile Vidrine  Read Replies (1) of 39621
 
"Emile - if I ascribed to the "authority" of church creeds
as you have just prescribed - I could not believe in Preterism."

Then I would strongly urge you to examine your beliefs in light of the Scriptures and the early traditions of the Church to see they are in harmony with the Church. Our purpose as Christians is to know and obey the Truth. Christ is, of course, the Truth, but he often hides the details of that truth to develop our humility. There are thousands of denominations today all proclaiming that they have the correct interpretation of scripture. So how do we determine who is correct? All of these thousands of denominations basically use the same scriptures and claim that they have the Holy Spirit, but come up with different meanings. Why? Because they have abandoned the authority that God gave the Church---the Apostles and their successors. This is why you need to consult the Early Fathers of the Church on doctrinal disputes and scriptural interpretation. Many of the concepts of Preterism are clearly contained in the Bible and the Church Fathers. There are others that are in conflict with the clear teachings of the Apostles and the Early Church Fathers. The creeds are simply a summation of the critical points of our Faith. When the Apostolic Creed says that "Jesus will return to judge the living and the dead", I would certainly give more credibility to that early Church teaching that is in unity with the scriptures than with some modern doctrine of the 20th and 21st century. It does not invalidate the central theme of preterism, but rather shores it up. The central themes of Preterism are that Jesus fulfilled the old covenant and established the New, that Jesus fulfilled all the Messianic prophecies, and that the Church--the Body of Christ--has become the new Israel of God.
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