Preterism, Historic Premillennialism, Dispensational Premillennialism

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• Preterism
• Nero was the Antichrist.  There will be no future
  individual Antichrist.
• The Tribulation Period is already over.  It
  occurred when the Roman army besieged Jerusalem
  in AD 66-70.

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• 3. Christ returned in the clouds in AD 70 to
  witness the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman
  army.
• 4. God replaced Old Testament Israel with the
  Church.  Therefore, all the biblical promises to
  Israel belong to the Church.

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• 5. Armageddon already happened in AD 70.  The
  fall of Babylon refers to the destruction of
  Jerusalem by the Romans.
• 6. Satan is already bound in the abyss and cannot
  hinder the spread of the Gospel.  Revelation 20
  has already been fulfilled.

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• 7. We are already in the Millennium, but it is
  not literal.  Some preterists equate the entire
  Church Age as the Millennium.  The 1,000 years
  are not literal but figurative, even though they
  are mentioned six times in Revelation 19-20.

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• Historic Premillennialism
• 1. It is a completely different eschatological
  system, largely rejecting the whole
  dispensational understanding of redemptive
  history.

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• 2. The basic features of historic
  premillennialism are as follows
• The kingdom of God was manifest through Christs
  ministry.
• The kingdom is present through the Spirit, until
  the end of the age.

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• c. During the period immediately preceding the
  return of Christ, there is great apostasy and
  tribulation.

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• 3. After the return of Christ, there will be a
  period of 1000 years (the millennium separating
  the "first" resurrection from the "second"
  resurrection. Satan will be bound, and the
  kingdom will consummated, that is, made visible
  during this period.

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• 4. At the end of the millennial period, Satan
  will be loosed and there will be a massive
  rebellion (of "Gog and Magog"), immediately
  preceding the "second" resurrection or final
  judgement. After this, there will be the creation
  of a new Heaven and Earth.

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• Dispensational Premillennialism
• 490 years for Israels redemption (70 weeks)
• 383 years from Artaxerxes command 444 Bc. to the
  cutting off of Messiah Crucifixion. (69 weeks)
• 1 week left Dan 927

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• Dispensational Premillennialism believes
• Israel is on hold.
• The Church is the body of Christ and not Israel,
  spiritual nor carnal
• The Church will be raptured
• This generation is Israel and not the
  generation of Jesus time or 1948

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• Chart

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• Preterism has no future promises, resurrection,
  kingdom and the eternal state is here and now.
• Too much missing.

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• Historic Premillennialism
• Israel is the church and the church is Israel.
• No program for Israel and thus the land of Israel
  may as well be Palestinian or Muslim.
• Misses all of Daniels 70th week.

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• Dispensational Premillennialism
• Israel was dispersed in 70 AD
• The Herodian Temple was destroyed
• Israel will regather in the land of promise
• Israel will be reborn with a heart of flesh
  rather than stone.

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• The body of Christ will be taken out of this
  world
• The 7 year tribulation will follow
• The 1000 Kingdom will come on earth
• The Great White Throne Judgment will take place.

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• The eternal State will be introduced and man will
  know time nor sin anymore.