Duncan McKenzie, Ph.D.

• The Supernatural Rulers Portrayed in Daniel and Revelation "How could three physical empires who had been destroyed earlier than the fourth then survive past the destruction of the fourth? The answer is, we are not being shown physical empires; we are being shown confederations of spiritual rulers behind physical empires."

• The Covenant Judgments of Revelation  "The new heaven and earth in Revelation (and Isaiah) is not heaven. Notice, it still has unrighteous people in it, those outside the New (covenant) Jerusalem (Rev. 22:14-15). The new heaven and new earth is a symbolic representation of the post AD 70 spiritual order of this planet. The old covenant order (the old heaven and earth) flees and the new covenant order (the new heaven and earth) is established (Rev. 20:11; 21:1-2). One has to constantly remember that the truths of Revelation are communicated by way of symbols (Rev. 1:1). In the new heaven and earth hose who are part of the New Jerusalem bride have access to the tree and water of life (Rev. 22:1-2); those outside of the new covenant city do not. "

• The Antichrist Chronicles: vol. II

• J.S. Russell's Position on the Millennium, the Neglected Third Way of Preterism "The position of James Stuart Russell offers a third option that is different from full preterism and traditional partial preterism. Russell’s position is essentially like the full preterist position (i.e. the one and only Second Coming, the judgment and the resurrection happened at AD 70, the resurrection having an ongoing fulfillment since AD 70. Russell’s position sees us as currently in the new heaven and earth, a symbol of the post AD 70 new covenant order). Where Russell position is different from full preterism is that it does not hold that all Bible prophecy was fulfilled by AD 70. "

• The Serious Error of the Literal Hermeneutic in the Interpretation of the Book of Revelation - "The literalist hermeneutic essentially relies on the criterion of absurdity. If an image is absurd or fantastic it is taken as a symbol, if it is not absurd or fantastic it is taken as a literal physical depiction. This criterion of absurdity of the literalist is overly simplistic, inadequate and just plain wrong."

• Babylon was not First-Century Jerusalem - "Seeing the harlot as the old covenant temple system helps to explain Revelation 18:21 (that says Babylon would not rise again).  The city of Jerusalem has risen again; the old covenant temple system has not risen again (and won’t).  By the way if you look at the merchandise of Babylon (Rev. 18:11-13) it is the items used in the building and offerings of the Temple.  The harlot city is dressed in clothes of the high priest.  Carrington said the following on the merchandise of Babylon “The long list of merchandise in [Rev.] 18:11-13 is surely a catalogue of materials for building the Temple, and stores for maintaining it.”

• A Preterist Book on the Antichrist

• Premillennial Preterism - "A Premillennial futurist like Lindsey believes Jesus will return in the future to begin the millennium.A Premillennial preterist like Russell believes that Jesus returned in past (AD 70) and started the millennium at that time."

• Was All Bible Prophecy Fulfilled in A.D.70? - "My short answer to the question of what Luke 21:22 means is that it is saying all things written about the days of vengeance that would come upon the Jews when they violated the covenant would be fulfilled by AD 70. It is not saying that all prophecy in the Bible would be fulfilled by AD 70."

• A New Preterist Perspective - Revelation 12 - "This coming of the one who was to pour out judgment on the desolate was accomplished by the general Titus and the Romans in AD 70. According to this interpretation the last half of Daniel’s 70th week (3½) was symbolic of the time between the cross, (around AD 30 when sacrifices were no longer valid) and the end of the Jewish age in AD 70, when the consummation was poured out on the desolate, (i.e. Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed by the Romans)."

• A New Preterist Perspective - "Like full Preterist I see the Second Coming of Jesus as happening in AD 70. Unlike full Preterist I see us as currently being in the millennium (the millennial reign of Jesus beginning at His Second Coming in AD 70, Revelation chapters 19 and 20)"

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

Tracey VanWynGaarden
"One Last point that I wish to make before quitting has to do with Mr. McKenzie’s statement that, “Again I Agee with full preterists that AD 30-70 was a transition period, I even agree with them on most of the particulars of this period; I just disagree that this transition period was the millennium.” (See his “premillennial preterism”). In particular Mr. McKenzie has tried to make a distinction between the “transition period” and the “thousand years” that he believes is irreconcilable. His argument is that “Those that lived in the transition period (AD 30-AD 70) could lose their salvation, those in the millennium can not (“over such the second death has no power” Rev. 20:6). On this basis he believes that the transition period and the millennium cannot be the same. Regardless of whether he is correct in his statement that “those that lived in the transition period could lose their salvation”, for arguments sake lets say he is (which I believe he probably is, see his arguments), his argument does not hold up. It is true that those who did not “hold fast until the end” probably lost that which they already had received (i.e. salvation) during the transition period or the millennium. But THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN JOHNS MILLENNIUM. John said He saw those seated on the thrones (which I believe to be the disciples) and those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast of his image and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand” (Rev. 20:4). In Revelation it is the overcomers who had reigned with Christ in resurrection during the millennium, holding the Word of God above all during the short time of tribulation (Satan’s release) that are not hurt by the second death, and therefore not subject to losing their salvation. Those who lost their salvation during the millennium, or transition period are not said to either “come to life” and “reign with Christ”. Neither are they said not to be hurt by the second death." (Some Problems With Premillennial Preterism)