tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post6579914891225232843..comments2024-03-22T16:09:48.895-04:00Comments on Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Charles Spurgeon, Full-Preterism, and Figurative LanguageJames Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-35686296323339318622018-02-16T10:29:14.828-05:002018-02-16T10:29:14.828-05:00Hi David,
Thank you. Weird about my friend who wa...Hi David,<br /><br />Thank you. Weird about my friend who was a full-preterist that used this quote to provoke this blog entry, I'm not even sure he is any sort of Christian. He went from being an ordained pastor to ???<br /><br />In regard to Owen... that seems like an interesting quote to look up as well. I haven't been engaged in the preterism topic for a number of years now. I'll search through my Owen collection to see if I have that context.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-80410314479722220662018-02-15T15:26:48.565-05:002018-02-15T15:26:48.565-05:00James
Thank you for the helpful summary Im dialog...James <br />Thank you for the helpful summary Im dialoguing with a FP he brought up same quote however I suspected cherrypicking which seems to the approach to Scripture as well.<br /><br />May I suggest that this quote by John Owen needs the same contextualisation<br /><br /><br />' 4. On this foundation I affirm that the heavens and earth here intended in this prophecy of Peter, the coming of the Lord, the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men, mentioned in the destruction of that heaven and earth, do all of them relate, not to the last and final judgment of the world, but to that utter desolation and destruction that was to be made of the Judaical church and state<br /><br />'First, There is the foundation of the apostle's inference and exhortation, seeing that all these things, however precious they seem, or what value soever any put upon them, shall be dissolved, that is, destroyed; and that in that dreadful and fearful manner before mentioned, in a day of judgment, wrath, and vengeance, by fire and sword; let others mock at the threats of Christ's coming: He will come- He will not tarry; and then the heavens and earth that God Himself planted, -the sun, moon, and stars of the Judaical polity and church, -the whole old world of worship and worshippers, that stand out in their obstinancy against the Lord Christ, shall be sensibly dissolved and destroyed: this we know shall be the end of these things, and that shortly." (Sermon on 2 Peter iii. 11, Works, folio, 1721.). John Owen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17089110144748160857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-46529164819465390082012-01-25T15:10:44.054-05:002012-01-25T15:10:44.054-05:00and by the way, I've visited P.A. off and on f...and by the way, I've visited P.A. off and on for many years, and have found much useful information.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-73340826877144498382012-01-25T15:08:08.045-05:002012-01-25T15:08:08.045-05:00Thanks. My apologies for assuming you were partial...Thanks. My apologies for assuming you were partial-preterist in orientation, on some level.<br /><br />The blog entry was provoked by the my friend on Facebook. I simply cited P.A. because I think that's where he got the quote in question. He cited 2 quotes from Spurgeon identical to that which you posted on the webpage of yours I linked to.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-46273698288353260492012-01-25T07:36:03.597-05:002012-01-25T07:36:03.597-05:00I really enjoyed your article, but need to clear u...I really enjoyed your article, but need to clear up one important thing: PreteristArchive.com's native theology is Idealist in orientation.. not partial preterist. That status has been unchanged since 2006. Thanks!<br /><br />By the way, I posted Spurgeon's comment with full context in 1997, along with his entire book. Despite claims to the contrary (remember Bob Ross?), it was never presented as a fully preterist quote. TDTodd Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229227794898594735noreply@blogger.com