1 Corinthians 15:3-4 "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures"

Though many of the finer points of Hyper Preterist (HyP) error can be displayed in detail, doing so can often be hard to understand for those unstudied in biblical theology.

As with currency, the best way to spot the counterfeit is to know the genuine article very well. And so, perhaps the easiest way to show just how different HyP error is from the entire scope of historical Christianity is to point out the view's vastly different storyline. Throughout Christian history, the focal point for the total revelation of New Covenant redemption has always been the cross of Jesus Christ. This is the genuine article.

Most Christians are probably aware that the removal of separation between man and God is a gift revealed in its fullness by Christ's sacrificial death on the cross. These same people may be surprised to hear that, according to Hyper Preterism, the cross of Jesus Christ was insufficient for this purpose, and needed to be augmented by the fall of the Jewish temple 40 years later. So far as I know, every outlet of HyP doctrine endorses the view that the the fall of Jerusalem in AD70 was the "consummation of the ages" event that removed the separation between man and God.

Not until forty years following the cross, it is taught, was the New Covenant finally established in its fullness, and the separation between man and God removed. This is the counterfeit.

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Natural Israel's History as a Type
Prophetic Fulfillment As Shadow

Historical Israel's Prophecy/Fulfillment Model Seen in the "Land Promises"

Almost everyone interested in eschatology is familiar with the relationship between prophecy and fulfillment. Clearly, there is a natural association between a prediction and its accomplishment.

No matter the context, seeing predictions come true can be very exciting. For instance, baseball player Babe Ruth is famous for having pointing his bat over the outfield fence prior to a pitch, and then clouting a home run to the exact location of his gesture.

Some prophecies are not fulfilled nearly so soon after their original declaration. However, when they are finally realized, the one who foretold its accomplishment looks even more impressive, for having been correct so much earlier. For instance, Albert Einstein's prediction of "frame dragging" (which assumed that space/time is pulled out of shape by large rotating objects) took 80 years to be confirmed. Scientists were thrilled to have been able to confirm Einstein's genius (and the fact that neither space nor time are fixed).

Biblical prophecies about Jesus, as well as those uttered by Him, are given much attention in an attempt to prove -- or disprove -- that the Bible and the Lord are superhuman and Divine.

Sometimes, however, in an attempt to "confirm" a prophecy, a rush to judgment is made, whereby a mistake brings disrepute upon the supposed author. This happens often regarding supposed prophecies about "the end of the world." For almost 2,000 years, futurist Christians have predicted the end of the world in their near futures, only to have their expectations crushed when the earth did not blow up on cue. Repeated failures have brought an odium of shame to the Bible and the Lord, even though the fault was entirely with those who mistook the prophecies for something they were not.

With Hyper Preterism (HyP), the miscues usually accrue in the other direction -- declaring something as being completed when in fact it is not. However, in some cases (such as with Jesus' "it is finished" declaration on the cross), things which are accomplished by Jesus Crhsit are said to be needing augmentation by the fall of a building in AD70.

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This blog is being developed for all who are interested in the doctrinal spectrum of the "First Century Fulfillment Model" (1CFM) of general Preterist theology.

Specifically, HYPERpreteristarchive.com will be focusing on the extreme end of that range, which is represented by the "Total Fulfillment Model" (TFM).

This view teaches that bible prophecy was totally fulfilled by AD70, when the Romans sacked Jerusalem, bringing the Mosaic religious era to a close. This extreme preterism is being categorized as "hyper" -- as in beyond the biblically acceptable -- due to its fundamental divergence from the Christian storyline of the cross of Christ's sole basis and effectiveness for redemption. Sadly, Hyper Preterism (HyP) teaches that when Jesus said "it is finished", there remained still another 40 years before the redemptive work was complete. Another fundamental difference is the teaching that the Christianity displayed in the New Testament was only representative of the pre AD70 era. (teaching instead that the world entered a new age/dispensation when the temple fell in the year 70 of the first century).

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Heya folks.

I'm the founder of PreteristArchive.com (1996), and its only curator. That's just a hobby, though. My real work is in the business wing of collegiate baseball.

Was a Dispensationalist pastor, but was able to begin my theological journey then, having been freed from all "teachers" besides the Holy Spirit.

It was then that my theological training progressed through partial preterism, full preterism, and am now (preterist modified) idealist.

I love sound doctrine, and greatly dislike bad doctrine that enslaves people such as Dispensationalism and Full Preterism (in my opinion) does. If you believe one of those don't my feelings about them trouble you, as I totally love Dispies and Prets anyway!

I may speak VERY strongly against the doctrines of these views, but you won't see me attacking individuals who hold to Dispy or Full Pret (unless they are a teacher who seems to be callously leading a flock of sheep into a wolf den.. those people should be publicly opposed, no matter how popular they are. amen?)

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