Full preterism and the death problem. September 15th, 2025.

Introduction. One of the mistakes people make in their consideration of full

prederism is the mistake of thinking that it is a matter of simple chronological placement.

You know, like how the

dispensationalists have their pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib debates. What it all comes down to,

the thinking goes, is where you put the arrow on the board when explaining your particular

eschatological position on, say, the rapture. But the full preterous position is far more radical

than that. It affects absolutely everything from Genesis on through

to the end of Revelation. It represents a completely different worldview. One of the doctrines

that is radically altered by the idea that there will be no second coming is the idea of death.

Not only will there be no final conquest of death, we also find that death existed prior to the fall.

Death is no longer the same kind of enemy, if it is that death existed prior to the fall. Death is no longer the same

kind of enemy, if it is to be considered an enemy at all. Now, I'm not going to interact with any

particular full preterist here, but rather I want to outline my understanding of Scripture when it

comes to the subjects of entropy and death. I believe that what I will urge here will provide a stark

contrast with the full preterist position.

But I don't assume that it will affect all full preterists equally because I know that they

frequently disagree mightily among themselves. But I welcome that as well because one of the

arguments I've seen them use is that partial preterers differ among ourselves when it comes to

this passage or that one. So consequently, I applaud any dissent from

within the full predator's camp, because if you all agree together, then my argument here is made the

stronger, and if you differ, then one of your arguments has made the weaker. All good to me.

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