The 70 A'D' Doctrine Realized Eschatology

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The 70 A.D. DoctrineRealized Eschatology
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Introduction

• What is the doctrine?
• Who are the proponents?
• What is the danger?

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The A.D. 70 Doctrine Defined

• Realized Eschatology affirms that all prophecies
  regarding the end times were fulfilled in A.D.
  70 at the destruction of Jerusalem, including
• The Second Coming of Christ
• The Resurrection of the Dead
• The Day of Judgment
• The End of the World

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The Doctrine Defined

• Furthermore, proponents of this doctrine affirm
  that Christs Kingdom/Church was not fully
  established on Pentecost .
• Instead, the kingdom was born in Acts 2, but did
  not come with power and fulness until Jerusalem
  was destroyed in A. D. 70.
• The last days never apply to the Christian age,
  but always to the closing period of the Jewish
  age (A.D. 30- A.D. 70).

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C. H. Dodd

• Charles Harold Dodd (7 April 188421 September
  1973) was a Welsh New Testament scholar and
  influential Protestant theologian.
• He is known for promoting "realized eschatology",
  the belief that Jesus' references to the kingdom
  of God meant a present reality rather than a
  future apocalypse.

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Max King

• Max R. King (born 1930) is the founder of the
  school of thought known as Transmillennialism.
  King served as a minister in the Churches of
  Christ for 40 years prior to developing
  Transmillennialism.
• King created a field of theology that he termed
  "covenant eschatology." King contended that
  Biblical eschatology was not related to the end
  of the space-time universe, but to the transition
  of the Old Covenant to the New.

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http//www.presence.tv/as of Saturday, July 11,
2009
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Books by Max King
About the Author More than any other person in
the 20th century, Max King was responsible for
the renewal of fulfilled Bible prophecy. Through
his writings from 1971 onward King brought the
field of covenant eschatology to prominence in
biblical theology. http//www.presence.tv/cms/bo
oks.php
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The Danger of Over-Reaction

• In times past, men have gone to extremes in the
  relationship of faith and works (Eph. 28-10
  Titus 34-7 Heb. 58-9 James 221-26).
• Adherents of Realized Eschatology make the same
  mistake in their over-reaction to the errors of
  Premillennialism.

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The Danger of Over-Reaction
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The Danger of Restrictive Definitions

• The Jehovahs Witnesses misuse the words soul
  and spirit, giving one definition to all
  occurrences of the word.
• Adherents of Realized Eschatology make the same
  mistake in their restrictive definitions
  regarding the coming of the Lord, the last
  days, etc.

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The Danger of Restrictive Definitions

• The Coming of the Lord

• The last days

• He Came/He Has Come
• His Physical Incarnation
• His Earthly Ministry
• His Church/Kingdom
• He Comes
• Judgment upon Individuals
• Judgment upon Churches
• Judgment upon Nations
• He Will Come/He Is Coming
• To Receive His Own
• To Judge All Mankind
• To Destroy The World

• The last days may point to the forthcoming
  Messianic Age, future from the standpoint of the
  Old Testament, but a present reality in the
  Gospel dispensation.
• The last days may also refer to future days,
  i.e., from the standpoint of the writer.

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The Danger of Presumptive Novelty

• The Athenians and the strangers visiting there
  used to spend their time in nothing other than
  telling or hearing something new (Acts 1716-21,
  esp. vs. 21).
• Adherents of Realized Eschatology demonstrate the
  same prideful spirit (1 Cor. 126-25 1 John
  215-17).

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The Danger of Presumptive Novelty
http//www.presence.tv/cms/books.php Note also
Tim Kings tribute to his father, Max King, found
in the preface toGive Me This Mountain (2003),
p. 7-8.
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Conclusion

• Herein a sad truth is demonstrated the more
  outlandish the message, the more widespread its
  appeal (2 Cor. 111-6 Col. 21-4).
• Recognizing and rejecting the false doctrines of
  men, let us faithfully adhere to the faithful
  word (1 Tim. 13-7 63-5).

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Exhortation

• Let us appreciate godly elders as they exercise
  oversight of local congregations, guarding
  against danger, and keeping watch over the souls
  of those entrusted to their charge (Acts
  2017-32 Eph. 411-16 Heb. 1317).
• Let us also respect the legacy of faithful
  evangelists, such as brother W. R. Jones, who
  opposed errors that have troubled the Lords
  church, including the A.D. 70 doctrine.