not again

I can do anything, but for what reason? Pick up any book or read any article by any preterist, take your pick and the first thing they do to justify their nutty ideas is to start talking about the Left Behind Series as if it is serious theology and they have a rational and academic alternative to that madness.

But that still leaves the question of Babylon in Rev. Ch 17 being a code word for Jerusalem.

 

Just a few questions...

didn't Peter say that he wrote from "babylon" which the Church knew was code for Rome?

isn't Rome 'City on the 7 Hills?"

just saying, those people who hold to Jerusalem being Babylon might have to take a look at Rome instead!

 

I think it would be better for a preterist to defend their crazy belief that Babylon is Jerusalem Rev Ch 17 based on the information in the Bible rather than for me or you to make the case that Babylon is code for Rome. But, for what possible reason would Peter confuse Rome for Babylon or John to confuse Jerusalem for Babylon?

 

In the theatre of the absurd, which is figuratively called preterism, the actor is not aware of the fact that they are performing in that theatre called absurd. So they keep repeating the same silliness, night and day in hope that it will somehow make sense, but sense alludes them for time, times and half a time.

 

Go thru Rev ch 17 and 18 and make a list of the many details of Babylon. Then try to make 1st century Jerusalem fit those details. It just simply doesn't fit.

The only way that this can be accomplished successfully is to liberalize or ignore the details.