Preterism, from my understanding, says that all Biblical prophecies, particularly those related to the end times and the Apocalypse, have already been fulfilled. This is clearly wrong, because Christ has not yet returned. It is clear in Scripture that when He does return, this whole world will be destroyed in fire, and will not exist anymore (2 Pet 3:10). So I am NOT preterist.
Every person is a spirit (the soul) within a physical form (the body). As James says, "For just as the body without the spirit is dead...". But when we are reborn into Christ, we receive the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, who takes up residence within our hearts (Rom 8:9, 1 Cor 6:19, John 14:16-17). So yes, those who are born again do have the Holy Spirit living within them along side their own spirit.
You don't need to be a full preterist to be a preterist. You're a partial preterist and that's still preterism. Not judging you, just saying. I fully understand why preterists believe what they do and it's almost plausible aside from the avalanche of failed prophecies which is why most Protestant sects call it heresy.
There are no "failed prophecies", as you call them. There are either prophecies that have been fulfilled or not yet fulfilled. All the prophecies in Scripture other than the ones about the second coming have already been fulfilled. We are currently in the "great tribulation". There are already famines, wars, rumors of wars, etc. There is NOTHING, no prophecy, no fulfillment, no sign that we are still awaiting to be fulfilled before the Lord can return. If there were any signs remaining, then His coming would not be like a thief in the night.
A Christian is body, soul, and spirit.
Again you show your bias and/or ignorance.
You contest that there was a greater tribulation than the global flood, in the days of Noah, in 70 AD? Or you think the destruction of the temple, and the sacking of Jerusalam, was greater than WW2? Under your preterist theology, the Bible fails and it fails hard. It also gives good reasons to abandon the faith so you shouldn't go around telling people that partial preterism is true. This is why it's heresy and rejected by most.
You are the first guy that I ever came across in all my years that ever said he has 2 spirits.
Look at all of Matt 24. Jesus is talking about His future return, and He tells of many signs that must come first. All of them have already happened. I believe that verse 15-16 is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD. And then there are further things like false prophets etc. that will come. And then "immediately after the tribulation of those days" Christ will return in judgement. I believe we are currently in those last days between the destruction of Jerusalem and the return; still within the tribulation of those days.
That's interesting. But what does that matter to anything?
So you believe Matthew 24:21 is future. Ok, so in the context, praying for it to not occur on the Sabbath is a valid prayer. Do you believe the 7th day Sabbath is still in effect now or in the future?
No, I believe Matt 24:21 began with the sacking of Jerusalem and is still happening now. I don't believe that it is a single event, but a continuous time of tribulation that has so far lasted almost 2000 years (a third of the life of Earth so far). Because at the end of the tribulation, immediately following those days, the Lord will return (Matt 24:29).
This is in reference to the 70AD sacking of Jerusalem.
Hmm. So you believe the part highlighted in red already happened in Daniel 7?
The coming of the Son of Man in the clouds in Matt 24 is His return to Earth. I believe the coming of the Son of Man with (not on) the clouds in Dan 7 is His return to Heaven after His first coming. These are two different events; one having already happened (Dan 7), and the other still future (Matt 24)
Very good. Now you see how Daniel 7 is solidy future, not a past event. Everything that occurs after "coming with the clouds of heaven" event is future, also known as the second advent of Christ.
Evidently you misread what I wrote. I said, "I believe the coming of the Son of Man with (not on) the clouds in Dan 7 is His return to Heaven after His first coming." which would make the Daniel 7 mention of Jesus appearing "with the clouds" a past event to us.
Not at all. Jesus has already been given dominion, glory, and Kingship. His Kingdom (the Church) is already in the world, and was established when He (the Rock) broke the feet of the statue (again the 4th kingdom) from Daniel 2.
Jesus said he would be "coming" (to them) not "going" (away from them) on the clouds of heaven after he had already sat down at the right hand of God. Jesus being taken to heaven and coming on the clouds when he returns isn't the same event. See, Jesus quoted it at his trial. It's future.
Jesus will return in the same way He left (Acts 1:11). So when He went from Earth to Heaven, He went with (not on) the clouds, and that is how He arrived in Heaven (Dan 7). When He returns, He will come back on (not with) the clouds (Matt 24). These are two different events. Both future to the people who wrote of them, but one of them is past to us today.
Here's how I see it. God created Adam with a body then gave him a soul and Adam then became a living creature. God then wanting to make man in His image so He then created spirit in Adam. That's the image of God... Spirit. Adam and Eve lost that spirit. Humans could not understand spiritual things and so Jesus had to speak to them in parables. Then after the resurrection Christ got the spirit back only for those who are Christian.
