Thank you Bryan Davis for sending me this video. Bryan...This came at just the perfect time. I was just discussing this with another friend. And how this is all intertwined. From Genesis to Revelation. This fulfilled picture is just getting more beautiful every day. And I personally want to thank you Bryan for helping me understand how Chiasm and parallelisms work in general and specific.

Here's another link Bryan sent. http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/23_parallel.html

Thank you again Bryan

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It really hit me when the guy in the video below says that the creation story is the same story being told TWO different ways. Which seems to be the natural conclusion to The John-Revelation Project.

The Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. One story being told TWO different ways.

When you realize that Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation were both written at the same time. Like two railroad tracks with ties all throughout. From beginning to end. And to a lesser extent as reverse parallelisms as well. When you look at these two books in this light the two begin to intertwine in an almost magical way. 

This was demonstrated to my by Dr. Warren Gage of Knox Theological Seminary in Florida. In a recent email exchange with him, I asked him Regarding the John-Revelation project.

Michael - Red - Warren - Blue

"Jesus' Earthly ministry was approximately 3.5 years from what I can tell. Revelation speaks of a 3.5 year period. I know some people say Revelation's fulfillment is future. Some say it is past, circa AD70. Is it possible that John and Revelation are talking about that same 3.5 year period?" And his exact answer was..."I have had the same thought myself, but I haven’t worked to substantiate it.  I take the minority view that Revelation was written in AD 60-65 and is a prophecy of the destruction of  Jerusalem.  So I don’t think it is impossible that the two books are speaking about the same thing."

Do you see that. First off he's a preterist. I'm thinking of a more postmillenial partial preterist view. However with his following answer it's only a matter of time before he see's the natural conclusion. He's had the same thought as me. I've finally found someone that has validated what I've been seeing for the last 18 months. Yet wasn't able to verbalize or write it out well. I just knew that I was seeing it. 

I was seeing Jesus' earthly ministry all over the Book of Revelation. And it has actually been validated for the past 10 years. And both futurist and partial preterist detractors to this project see the natural conclusion of first century fulfillment. The partial preterist argued that this couldn't be right because then full preterism would be true. And the futurist argued that this couldn't be right because then the Gospel of John would still be in the future. 

Scholarship all across the board seem to be in agreement with what Dr. Warren Gage discovered by overlapping the two books in the Greek text. Demonstrating that they are direct parallelisms and would have been written at the same time. And that you CANNOT interpret one apart from the other. They are to be interpreted as parallels. Not as two different storys. Or timelines in my opinion. One story being told two different ways.

Please listen to Dr. Gage's presentation on this topic from the 2006 National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. He really hits the nail on the head in my opinion. It is well worth listening to.

Below is the video I mentioned at the beginning of this post. This guy makes a very interesting point that Bryan Davis and I have been seeing for quite some time. The parallelisms are EVERYWHERE. Right at 57 seconds he makes the whole point of this presentation in my opinion. Have a listen. Or like me you might listen to it 6-7 times. LoL.

The first chapter of Genesis records the days of creation. However, this account is not a scientific disortation, but a beautiful Hebrew song.

I'm also going to speak with Frank about the possibility of him interviewing me on the topic on an upcoming episode of the Hairy Ticks Variety Show. So we can really start taking a look at this. This has some really serious implications.

I have no axe to grind here guys. I'm just trying to present as much information as possible so you all can see this as well. It's fascinating...Yet a little frightning. 

I'm going to be pressing this issue to see if it be true. And I'm not going to stop until I'm convinced one way or the other. And I would really appreciate as much interaction on this topic as possible. We need to get our eyes and ears on this.

If we've missed a major interpretive key in the beginning and the end of the story then, "We got some splainin to do...LUUUUCCCYYY!!!" LoL...8-)

I don't want this to be something anyone might think I'm trying to brew up in private. I'm not. I would love nothing more than every eye in the preterist movement to be on this.

But if you've got a certain theological perspective that you really want to hold on tight to...You might not want to waste your time.

I pray that this will do for you what it has done for me. It's like another layer in the puzzle. Adding more dimension and light to the story from Genesis to Revelation.

The best benefit of all, if this is right. It will virtually wipe futurism off the map. And it will be very easy to see.

Actually...He found me. Kinda.

I recieved an email notification today via Google about this gentleman's videos. Here is his brief testimony. 

Hi everyone, this is Saif Rasouli. I was a former Muslim. I converted from Islam to Christ in my heart through the blood of Christ on the 25th of August 2005. God is powerful to change my life since 2005. I am thankful to the Lord for guiding me to be saved through Jesus Christ. Praise Him! The reason of my participant is, I love to meet different deaf faces through this vlog site. God designed the servants of God to have wonderful Christian fellowships just like the epistles fellowshipped through the letters in the old time.

I don't know any specifics of his doctrinal distinctives. But then again I don't know sign language. If anyone that signs would like to check him out and give me some feedback, I would be eternally grateful...8-)

http://www.deafvideo.tv/vlogger/saif#

Grab some coffee...It's time for more Morning Musings with Don K. Preston

How did I come to be a preterist, to believe that Jesus came in AD 70? This is one of the most common questions that I hear. After all, I was raised as an amillennialist, and even debated from that position! This morning, I begin sharing my testimony on how I became a believer in Covenant Eschatology, i.e. full preterism

Dr. Mark Hitchcock and Mr. Hank Hanegraaff debate the date of the Book of Revelation. The debate took place on December 10, 2007 at the annual Pre-Trib Study Group meeting in Dallas, TX. Dr. Hichcock will argue for the AD 95 date. Mr. Hanegraaff will argue for the AD 65 date. While the AD 95 date does not impact the futurist interpretive approach of Dr. Hitchcock's view, Mr. Hanegraaff preterist view requires an AD 65 date or his view of Revelation is rendered impossible.

Part 01 - Debate on the Date of the Book of Revelation

As of late I've been getting more and more people asking about a preterist fellowship in the Southern California area. So...Let's do it.

In this first meeting we will be discussing when would be the best for everyone to start something on a regular basis.

A centralized location for dinner has been set. Mimi's Cafe directly across the street from Disneyland on Harbor Blvd. Reservations are set for 5:00 P.M. Pacific.

The following is a link for directions and info to the location.

http://www.mimiscafe.com/Resta​urant.aspx?Id=56

As of today we will have aproximately 12 people joining us. A gentleman named Rick wanted to join us but can't because of work. However...His work is just around the corner from the restaurant. Rick is a fireman and will be glad to give a quick tour to all that come by the station after dinner.

If you have any further questions feel free to email me. fellowship@ad70.net.