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Prophecy Fulfillment
Models:
Mosaic Law
"It is the
outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual truth" |
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The Mosaic
Law was only the external show of that
pre-existing law of death and condemnation as shown in Adam. Its
passing in history was given to signify the passing from death to life
in Christ. To focus solely on the Mosaic institutions
themselves as the focus of "the law" is to miss its
schoolmaster role.
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Full
Pret Teaches That "The Law" Passed Away in AD70
"Since Israel's heaven and
earth would pass when Jerusalem and the temple was
destroyed, and since all things would be fulfilled
when Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed, we
conclude that is the time when the Old Law would
completely pass."
Don Preston,
Heaven and Earth Passed Away
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Modern
Idealism Teaches That "The Law" Only Passes Away in Christ
"For Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth."
Romans 10:4 |
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new. "
2 Corinthians 5:17 |
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COMMENTS FROM MODERN IDEALISTS
Marcus Booker
"Preterists maintain is
that death has already been destroyed, the victory already won. Maybe so!
Indeed, maybe so on a visible historical scale in reference to the Mosaic
economy and the Temple of Herod. Yet maybe not so quite yet with reference
to the individual." (When
Our House is Torn Down)
Todd Dennis
"Really, the one big mistake Christianity has made in
regards to its exegetical maturation has been that it has
taken the natural and historicizing methods of Old Testament
interpretation and transferred them to the New. This is why
there are so many fruitless debates over what historical
aspect is the true fullness of revelation. For instance,
consider these questions, while paying attention to the
fundamental historicity of BOTH propositions:
-Was the Sabbath
changed from Saturday to Sunday?
-Was the Kingdom transferred from Israel to the Church?
-Was the Passover transferred to the Lord's Supper?
-Was the Exodus fulfilled when Jesus came out of Egypt as a
boy?
-Did the Old Heavens and Earth become the New in the 1st
Century?
The problem with
this type of dialogue is that -- and pay attention to this
point, because it is the guiding interpretive principle of
this entire blog -- God's revelation does not go from
natural to natural... but from natural to spiritual.
Therefore, instead of looking "horizontally" to the future
for the substance of revelation, we are meant to look
"vertically" and see how all biblical models are fulfilled
in Jesus Christ alone. Therefore, the Idealist point of view
would suggest looking at the same controversies like this:
-Jewish Sabbath
only stood as a shadow of Everlasting Rest in Christ. (Heb
4:10)
-Jewish Kingdom was always the picture of Everlasting
Kingdom of Jesus. (John 18:36)
-Passover always looked to our partaking of Lord's Self
Sacrifice. (1 Peter 4:13)
-"Exodus" in the Bible points to deliverance from sin for
Lord's children. (Heb. 3:10-13)
-Old Heavens and Earth only become new in Jesus Christ (II
Cor. 5:17)"
Scott Thompson
“But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has
been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the
Prophets, even the righteousness of God through faith in
Jesus Christ for all those who believe” (Romans 3:21-22).
The reason God does it that way is because it is impossible
for sinners to save themselves, “for there is no
distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the
redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (vv. 23-24).
The word “Law” in this passage embraces all human effort to
attain a right relationship with God. The Bible clearly
teaches that God’s righteousness is received as a gift apart
from any human effort. We do not contribute anything in any
manner to our justification. All our human efforts bring
upon us the judgment of God.
What God began in you by His grace He will finish (Phi.
1:6). He will see your salvation through to completion. He
has a great investment in you and He will not lose it." (Righteousness
Apart from the Law)
COMMENTS FROM INCIDENTAL
IDEALISTS
Thomas Hartwell
Horne (1852)
It evidently appears, from comparing the history and economy
of Moses with the whole of the New Testament, that the
ritual law was typical of the Messiah and of Gospel
blessings ; and this point has been so clearly established
by the great apostle of the Gentiles in his Epistle to the
Hebrews, that it will suffice to adduce a very few examples,
to show the nature of Legal Types. ThusŤ, the entire
constitution, and offerings of the Levitical priesthood,
typically prefigured Christ the great high-priest (Heb. v.
vii. viii.) " (An Introduction to the Critical Study and
Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, P. 385) |