Any read this work ? Does he holds to preterist ? Is it worthy to read ?

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* Ralph Wilms (7-10-1974)
* Church : Christengemeente Roermond (The Netherlands)
* 1729 Goat Yard Declaration of Faith & 1646 Baptist Confession of faith

"To our mind, either everything or nothing must be held in subjection to the will and providence of God. Even the wickedness of ungodly men is restricted by predestination, so that the wrath of man shall praise God, and the remainder of wrath He will restrain." - GILBERT BEEBE (1800-1881)

I own this book and recommend much caution when reading Russell. He is a full preterist and veers off to heterodoxy in his interpretation of the end times.

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Jeff Bartel
Mechanical Engineer
Member - Trinity Reformed Church - RPCNA

"To believe in the power of man in the work of regeneration is the great heresy of Rome, and from that error has come the ruin of the Church. Conversion proceeds from the grace of God alone, and the system which ascribes it partly to man and partly to God is worse than Pelagianism" (The Reformation in England (London, 1962), Vol. 1, p. 98)

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Dr. R. C. Sproul is a partial preterist, and he was very impressed with this book. He said that there is much in there worth considering. Of course, he rightfully disagrees with Russell's full preterism. But partial preterism is just that . . . partial *preterism*, so he says there is a lot of worthwhile stuff to glean from this book.

I bought a copy, and I look forward to reading it.

Having said that, I agree with Jeff that caution should be used while reading this book. Full preterism is outside the bounds of orthodoxy. But as long as we stringently *affirm* the yet-to-come physical second coming of Christ, there still may be a lot to be gained from looking at this book.

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Even Spurgeon said there was much to glean from this book. I will have to find the quote.

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J. B. Atken
John Knox PCA
Layman, M.A. student at Louisiana College

Actually, Spurgeon was taken out of context in his critique of this book.
This evening I will look for and then post his full review on this work. I also own the book and have read his "endorsement" later to read his full review which in less than favorable.

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Brian K. Karger
Faith Baptist Church
1689 LBC
www.founders.org

saying a book has insights and much to glean does NOT equal an endorsement of it.

I read this book four or five years ago and, while I didn't realize it then, it was a big strike against my de facto pre-mil dispensationalism.
The full preterist view I never even considered as tenable -it simply is TOO much of a stretch. But his use of internal Biblical evidences for many of his preteristic arguments (like the "time texts") is/are very compelling (if not altogether undeniable to my limited understanding). Things that I often read right over (especially regarding prophecy and early church history) took on a different depth of meaning that I was frankly lacking prior to reading this. I think he can be read to advantage.
That being said, I'm sure there are others who have written about the same observations without going all the way to full-preterist. (like maybe Gentry or DeMar ???).

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Christopher
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
Ecclesiastes (12:13)
Church Affiliation: Faith Presbyterian OPC