Commentary on daniel volume 1 by john calvin commentary on. A partial preterist view can be traced to one of the earliest christian commentaries on daniel, which is contained in the stromata or miscellanies by clement of alexandria in ad 180, and the first known full commentary on revelation by victorinus of pettau in ad 260. Over and over again i was struck with the tiniest detail within the daniel prophecies that were fulfilled in our history. Audio book 023 daniel explained daniel 12 the book of daniel in preterist perspective by jcr4runner. Commentary on daniel twelve the great tribulation and.
The book of daniel in preterist perspective the forerunner. Contrary to the claim that preterism is a jesuit invention, the preterist. If one were to number the ten best known chapters, daniel seven is likely to be among them. Some suggest that the resurrection predicted in daniel 12. This underscores why a recovery of the preterist view of daniel is so important. This school of thought interprets the book of daniel as referring to events that. Virtually all students of the bible are familiar with its imagery. In revelation chapter 12 it refers to the period of time between jesus resurrection, when the woman gives birth to the male child rev. Futurism and preterism, alternate methods of prophetic interpretation, were used by jesuits to. Preterism, a christian eschatological view, interprets some partial preterism or all full preterism prophecies of the bible as events which have already happened. Seven brief points which prove the full preterist view of. Historicist interpretations of the book of daniel wikipedia.
Historicism, a method of interpretation in christian eschatology which associates biblical. Jay rogers has done an excellent job of compiling the mountain of historical evidence in favor of a orthodox preterist interpretation of the book of daniel. Daniel seven is one the greatest chapters of the bible. Daniel 12 the book of daniel in preterist perspective. Stuart comes down explicitly in favor of what wright and calvin proposed. In chapter 12 of daniel we have the final portion of the final vision of the book. Seven brief points which prove the full preterist view of the millennium of revelation 20 is exegetical and orthodox by.
The fact that the messianic kingdom is not a secular, earthly one implies that the fourth empire need not fall in a geopolitical manner prior to the rise of. Revelation chapter 12 partial preterism the preterist. Summary and highlights in the following preterist commentary on daniel chapter 12, daniel 12 is shown to have literally occurred in the first century including the 1,290 and 35 days of daniel 12. Daniel s vision concerning what would befall his people in the latter days concludes with the appearance of christ, a time of universal trouble consisting in the persecution under nero, the roman civil wars, and destruction of the jewish state, followed by the resurrection of the dead. Judging from the book of revelation and many of the lords parables, the great spiritual battle of the last day. Audio book 014 the superiority of the preterist method. The book of daniel is a key source for material on eschatology, and there is. As noted, all on the conservative side agree that rome is in view in some way. This school of thought interprets the book of daniel as referring to events that happened from the 7th century bc until the first century ad, while seeing the prophecies of revelation as events that happened in the first century ad. If the book of daniel was indeed written by the prophet daniel.