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"If it could only be understood that the heaven and earth that were
destined to pass away and be superseded by a new heaven and a
new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness, was the old imperfect and
temporary covenant, with its sacrifices that could not take away
sins, and the unbelievers of a crooked and perverse nation who not
only rejected the words of Jesus and His apostles, but persecuted
those who believed on Him ; and that these were destined to give
place to the new, perfect and eternal covenant with a sacrifice that
puts away sin, and a personal and witnessing spirit ; and that there
would be "an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
for God's own possession," then the harmony and beauty of the
Scriptures concerning these things will begin to appear, and the new
heaven and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, will not
seem so vague and far away." (p. 56) - Have you ever seen a longer
sentence!?
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CHRIST'S
SECOND COMING FULFILLED
MARION MORRIS
Winchester, Indiana
Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.,
1917
"And in the
same generation in which "He had offered one sacrifice for
sins forever," He came the second time and fulfilled the
words of the One Hundred and Tenth Psalm and made His
enemies His footstool"
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"Not many years
intervened between the great outpouring of the spirit and
the great declension that followed. Finally "the last
days" with the spiritual night came to an end, and we are
now living in God's eternal day. "The night is far
spent," said Paul, "and the day is at hand." (p. 48)
"When divested of
literalism, the resurrection of the dead is most beautiful,
even more beautiful than the lilly of the valley or the rose
of Sharon, for in the fulness of time the resurrected one is
transformed into the likeness of the "King in his beauty,"
"transformed into the same image from glory to glory."
(p.95)
AD70 was "the early dawn of the
millennium"
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"It
is a good book: Well written and well-presented. It is sort
of a summary of Russell's work from the 1800's. He has
definitely secured the timing of the coming. And has some
great spiritual insights. However, it is probably a stretch
to call him the father of modern preterism if in fact we
believe Russell was not partial. But Russell was partial in
that he affirmed that we are in the millennium. I could not
find where Morris spoke about his view of the millennium.
There were several contradictory statements:
“This simple resurrection, if accompanied by self-denial
and by growth in he grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.” Will, in the fullness of time, raise
us up “unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ.” Morris fails to see that this was fulfilled once
for all time in the first century just as much as Christ
death was once for all in the first century. To try to make
a pre-time or post-time accomplishment of these critical
aspects of redemptive history is to reduce the necessity of
these very redemptive events *in* history! These type of
theology is popular but does not have exegetical support and
in fact, again, acts as a reducer of sort of not only
redemptive history but even soteriology itself. Morris seems
to be saying that there will eventually come a fullness of
time. Morris’s chief problem is that he individualizes texts
that must not be individualized. He (hopefully unwittingly
so) de-covenantalizes texts and individualizes them. This is
the common problem with a neo-Hellenistic interpretation of
Scripture.
Further, to show his obsession with the common futurist
plight of individualism, Morris writes:
“We are satisfied here with our house from earth, and we
believe that we will be abundantly satisfied there “with our
house which is from heaven.” He obviously, again, has
somewhat destroyed the covenantal context of 2 Corinthians 5
(see chapters 3-5). It appears that he believe the “house
from heaven” comes upon physical death, rather than the
clear presentation of that house in the book of Hebrews as
the eternal house of God comprised of all believers.
Morris believes that the fullness of time is future (see
above). Therefore this statements shows his unawareness of
the real covenantal context of 2 Corinthians 3:
“The resurrection of the dead is most beautiful, even more
beautiful than the lily of the valley or the rose of Sharon,
for in the ‘fullness of time’ (which he believes is future)
the resurrected one is transformed into the likeness of the
‘King in His beauty,’ ‘transformed into the same image from
glory to glory.’”
The passage in 2 Corinthians 3 is clearly and specifically
and restrictively referring to the transformation from Old
Covenant glory to New Covenant glory that was taking place
during the first century. Attempts to de-contextualize verse
18 have been utterly refuted time and again by many
believers in fulfilled eschatology.
Finally, with no covenantal support (the very hermeneutic
that must be employed while interpreting New Testament
scripture), Morris states with assurance:
“Physical death is the Christian’s passport to ‘an eternal
weight of glory.’”
Unfortunately Morris’s assurance leads one to believe that
the eternal weight of glory is not something to be had while
living in this physical life as well. He treats that passage
as if it could never be applied here and now, that is,
experience of heavenly and eternal glories both now and
beyond the grave.
Again, Morris’s book is good. But there are definitely
futuristic aspects to the book which makes his perspective
virtually indistinguishable from James Stuart Russell.
Therefore, I could not properly identify him as the Father
of modern preterism. Then again, the phrase “modern
preterism” has not been defined by Rev. Dennis. However, if
modern preterism refers to a millennium that was fulfilled
by AD 70, then Morris’ book is conspicuously silent. Max
King and even Ben Olsen seem to still be the “fathers” of
modern preterism. If, however, by “modern preterism this
phrase refers to a view that simply holds to a first century
second coming, then we still have to give the crown to J.S.
Russell. But I will gladly identify Morris as another great
preterist writer with some wonderful spiritual insights. I
recommend the book, and recommend it to be accompanied with
my comments.
Ward Fenley
Date: 12 Oct 2006
Time: 17:44:15
Comments:
This was so refreshing to know that at the turn of the
century that great men of God were revealing the truth of
the Word of God. This would be a great book for all
christians to read and examine it's truth against what we
now have in the average church preached today! May Jesus
Christ bless all who reads this book and may they desire to
get to know him better. Your brother in Christ. Gene Wagers
Date: 17 Oct 2006
Time: 00:51:16
Comments:
I'm speaking in tongues over the whole thing. Great find
Dennis!! I think I will track down a hard copy for myself.
In Jesus Name
Evangelist D. Benincasa
Date: 27 Nov 2006
Time: 23:40:34
Comments:
Here is my comment a lyric from a Rock Star. You can beleive
what you want to believe but you don't have to live like a
refugee, Tom Petty. So then why are the majority of so
called christians living like refugees in free well maybe
not so free america? Pardon my french, their thinking is
((*)&* Backwards and the cause of the majority of the evil
that permeates this country presently. Not some fictional
Character known as the devil. Even if such a fictious
character existed according to your own bible Jesus
conquered the last enemy, Death. So if Death was conquered
and it was the last enemy according to the bible then why do
foolish christians still beleive in the fictional character
the devil which by the way if spelled backwards equals
Lived. Utter Nonsense and and an excuse not to take full
responsibilty for ones own destiny.
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