tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post114009501650315667..comments2023-11-03T11:48:36.234+00:00Comments on Chris Hamer-Hodges: Divine Symmetry: 110Chris Hamer-Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680998868164693275noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1141489242752837132006-03-04T16:20:00.000+00:002006-03-04T16:20:00.000+00:00Are you sure you guys have just not had too much c...Are you sure you guys have just not had too much coffee?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140447061693323782006-02-20T14:51:00.000+00:002006-02-20T14:51:00.000+00:00Yes Chris - I mainly wish to dissociate myself fro...Yes Chris - I mainly wish to dissociate myself from the idea that Christ's parousia (second coming) occured in AD70 which is part of the Full-Preterist position.<BR/><BR/>(If Anna's reading all these comments she will have a head start at April's SotW lectures!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140445961722296112006-02-20T14:32:00.000+00:002006-02-20T14:32:00.000+00:00Agreed. The fact that something has already happen...Agreed. The fact that something has already happened does not stop it being prophetic about the future — the whole of the Old Testament shows us this.<BR/><BR/>The "last days" and "final judgement" on Jerusalem is highly prophetic about the last days and final judgement on the world. Probably why Jesus discusses them both almost without distinction (Mt 24).<BR/><BR/>I think I would class myself as a "mostly preterist", in that I find the futurist and historicist interpretations so far off beam! (e.g. the temple does not have to be rebuilt again so it can be destroyed to fulfil the prophecies of the end times!) but I do readily accept the multiple layers of prophetic significance that point to events still to come, so certainly not "full-preterist".Chris Hamer-Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680998868164693275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140444575398576872006-02-20T14:09:00.000+00:002006-02-20T14:09:00.000+00:00I agree that the events of AD70 are important both...I agree that the events of AD70 are important both in relation to Daniel's prophecy and Jesus' comments about "this generation will not pass away." <BR/><BR/>I am not however a preterist (certainly not a full preterist) and I know that you are not either! I believe that AD70 is best seen as "the end of the beginning" of the Church Age!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140444411714790562006-02-20T14:06:00.000+00:002006-02-20T14:06:00.000+00:00Matthew, I like it!!Gideon had seventy sons, and A...Matthew, I like it!!<BR/>Gideon had seventy sons, and Abdon had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys and judged Israel <I>[I confess, I used a concordance for that one!]</I><BR/><BR/>Something else about AD70 I spotted when I prepared the Daniel masterclass: it occurred <I>40</I> years after the resurrection. The same period of time for "this generation will not pass away" as "until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone". <BR/><BR/>I had not thought of Psalm 110, but I really like that too! If such "accidents" of symmetry can be found in God's creation, how much more in the Word which he carefully crafted.Chris Hamer-Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680998868164693275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140442357981245422006-02-20T13:32:00.000+00:002006-02-20T13:32:00.000+00:00Chris, I think 70 is also related to judgment - Mo...Chris, I think 70 is also related to judgment - Moses chose 70 judges, one of the judges (forget which one) had seventy sons who also judged, Jesus sent out 70 (or 72) to demonstrate that the ruler of this age had been judged, God's final judgment on Jerusalem occured in AD70. Add this to 40 - signifying a time of proving...<BR/><BR/>What about Psalm 110? The most quoted psalm by the NT writers - I know we would be looking at some editorial manipulation in this case, but that surely could be inspired by the Holy Spirit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9405828.post-1140107914019893982006-02-16T16:38:00.000+00:002006-02-16T16:38:00.000+00:00Interesting thought...Interesting thought...Karunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617207589166009368noreply@blogger.com