By David Green
From
Preterism:
101
1. "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." (Matt. 3:2)
2. "Who warned you to flee from the wrath about to
come?" (Matt. 3:7)
3. "The axe is already laid at the root of the
trees." (Matt. 3:10)
4. "His winnowing fork is in His hand." (Matt. 3:12)
5. "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matt. 4:17)
6. "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matt. 10:7)
7. "You shall not finish going through the cities of
Israel, until the Son of Man comes." (Matt. 10:23)
8. "...the age about to come." (Matt. 12:32)
9. "The Son of Man is about to come in the glory of
His Father with His angels; and will then recompense every man according
to his deeds." (Matt. 16:27)
10. "There are some of those who are standing here
who shall not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His
kingdom." (Matt. 16:28; cf. Mk. 9:1; Lk. 9:27)
11. "'When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will
he do to those vine-growers?' '...He will bring those wretches to a
wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers, who
will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.' '...Therefore I say to
you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and be given to a
nation producing the fruit of it.' ...When the chief priests and the
Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about
them." (Matt. 21:40-41,43,45)
12. "This generation will not pass away until all
these things take place." (Matt. 24:34)
13. "From now on, you [Caiaphas, the chief priests,
the scribes, the elders, the whole Sanhedrin] shall be seeing the Son of
Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of
heaven." (Matt. 26:64; Mk. 14:62; Lk. 22:69)
14. "The kingdom of God is at hand." (Mk. 1:15)
15. "What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will
come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.
...They [the chief priests, scribes and elders] understood that He spoke
the parable against them." (Mk. 12:9,12)
16. "This generation will not pass away until all
these things take place." (Mk. 13:30)
17. "Who warned you to flee from the wrath about to
come?" (Lk. 3:7)
18. "The axe is already laid at the root of the
trees." (Lk. 3:9)
19. "His winnowing fork is in His hand..." (Lk. 3:17)
20. "The kingdom of God has come near to you." (Lk.
10:9)
21. "The kingdom of God has come near." (Lk. 10:11)
22. "What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard
do to them? He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give
the vineyard to others." ...The scribes and the chief
priests...understood that He spoke this parable against them." (Lk.
20:15-16,19)
23. "These are days of vengeance, in order that all
things which are written may be fulfilled." (Lk. 21:22)
24. "This generation will not pass away until all
things take place." (Lk. 21:32)
25. "Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but
weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are
coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that
never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' Then they will begin to
say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'" (Lk.
23:28-30; Compare Rev. 6:14-17)
26. "We were hoping that He was the One who is about
to redeem Israel." (Lk. 24:21)
27. "I will come to you. ...In that Day you shall
know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.' ...'Lord,
what then has happened that You are about to disclose Yourself to us,
and not to the world?'" (Jn. 14:18,20,22)
28. "If I want him to remain until I come, what is
that to you?" (Jn. 21:22)
29. "This is what was spoken of through the prophet
Joel: 'And it shall be in the last days...'" (Acts 2:16-17)
30. "He has fixed a day in which He is about to judge
the world in righteousness..." (Acts 17:31)
31. "There is about to be a resurrection of both the
righteous and the wicked." (Acts 24:15)
32. "As he was discussing righteousness, self-control
and the judgment about to come..." (Acts 24:25)
33. "Not for [Abraham's] sake only was it written,
that [faith] was reckoned to him [as righteousness], but for our sake
also, to whom it is about to be reckoned." (Rom. 4:23-24)
34. "If you are living according to the flesh, you
are about to die." (Rom. 8:13)
35. "I consider that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is about to be
revealed to us." (Rom. 8:18)
36. "It is already the hour for you to awaken from
sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The
night is almost gone, and the day is at hand." (Rom. 13:11-12)
37. "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under
your feet." (Rom. 16:20)
38. "The time has been shortened." (I Cor. 7:29)
39. "The form of this world is passing away." (I Cor.
7:31)
40. "Now these things ...were written for our
instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come." (I Cor. 10:11)
41. "We shall not all fall sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet;
for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we shall be changed." (I Cor. 15:51-52)
42. "Maranatha!" [The Lord comes!] (I Cor. 16:22)
43. "...not only in this age, but also in the one
about to come." (Eph. 1:21)
44. "The Lord is near." (Phil. 4:5)
45. "The gospel ...was proclaimed in all creation
under heaven." (Col. 1:23; Compare Matt. 24:14; Rom. 10:18; 16:26; Col.
1:5-6; II Tim. 4:17; Rev. 14:6-7; cf. I Clement 5,7)
46. "...things which are a shadow of what is about to
come." (Col. 2:16-17)
47. "...we who are alive, and remain until the coming
of the Lord... We who are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds... ...You, brethren, are not in darkness, that
the Day should overtake you like a thief." (I Thess. 4:15,17; 5:4)
48. "May your spirit and soul and body be preserved
complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (I
Thess. 5:23)
49. "It is only just for God to repay with affliction
those who afflict you, and to give relief to you who are afflicted and
to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His
mighty angels in flaming fire." (II Thess. 1:6-7)
50. "Godliness ...holds promise for the present life
and that which is about to come." (I Tim. 4:8)
51. "I charge you ...that you keep the commandment
without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ."
(I Tim. 6:14)
52. "...storing up for themselves the treasure of a
good foundation for that which is about to come, so that they may take
hold of that which is life indeed." (I Tim. 6:19)
53. "In the last days difficult times will come. For
men will be lovers of self... ...Avoid these men. For of these are those
who enter into households and captivate weak women... ...These also
oppose the truth... ...But they will not make further progress; for
their folly will be obvious to all..." (II Tim. 3:1-2,5-6,8-9)
54. "I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and
of Christ Jesus, who is about to judge the living and the dead..." (II
Tim. 4:1)
55. "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in
the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has
spoken to us in His Son." (Heb. 1:1-2)
56. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out
to render service for the sake of those who are about to inherit
salvation?" (Heb. 1:14)
57. "He did not subject to angels the world about to
come." (Heb. 2:5)
58. "...and have tasted ...the powers of the age
about to come." (Heb. 6:5)
59. "For ground that drinks the rain which often
falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake
it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns
and thistles, it is worthless and near a curse, and it's end is for
burning." (Heb. 6:7-8)
60. "When He said, 'A new covenant,' He has made the
first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is
ready to disappear." (Heb. 8:13)
61. "The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way
of the [heavenly] Holy Places has not yet been revealed, while the outer
tabernacle is still standing, which is a symbol for the present time.
Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the
worshiper perfect in conscience, since they relate only to food and
drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a
time of reformation." (Heb. 9:8-10; Compare Gal. 4:19; Eph. 2:21-22;
3:17; 4:13)
62. "But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the
good things about to come..." (Heb. 9:11)
63. "Now once at the consummation of the ages He has
been manifested to put away sin." (Heb. 9:26)
64. "For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the
good things about to come..." (Heb. 10:1)
65. "...as you see the Day drawing near." (Heb.
10:25)
66. "...the fury of a fire which is about to consume
the adversaries." (Heb. 10:27)
67. "For yet in a very little while, He who is coming
will come, and will not delay." (Heb. 10:37)
68. "For here we do not have a lasting city, but we
are seeking the one that is about to come." (Heb. 13:14)
69. "Speak and so act, as those who are about to be
judged by the law of liberty." (Jms. 2:12)
70. "Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your
miseries which are coming upon you. ...It is in the last days that you
have stored up your treasure!" (Jms. 5:1,3)
71. "Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the
coming of the Lord." (Jms. 5:7)
72. "You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for
the coming of the Lord is at hand." (Jms. 5:8)
73. "...salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time." (I Peter 1:6)
74. "He ...has appeared in these last times for the
sake of you." (I Peter 1:20)
75. "They shall give account to Him who is ready to
judge the living and the dead." (I Peter 4:5)
76. "The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be
of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer." (I Peter
4:7)
77. "For it is time for judgment to begin with the
household of God." (I Peter 4:17)
78. "...as your fellow elder and witness of the
sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is about to
be revealed." (I Peter 5:1)
79. "We have the prophetic word ...which you do well
to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the Day
dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts." (II Peter 1:19)
80. "Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and
their destruction is not asleep." (II Peter 2:3)
81. "In the last days mockers will come. ...For this
they willingly are ignorant of..." (I Peter 3:3,5)
82. "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be
destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned
up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of
people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and
hastening the coming of the day of God." (II Peter 3:10-12)
83. "The darkness is passing away, and the true light
is already shining." (I Jn. 2:8)
84. "The world is passing away, and its desires." (I
Jn. 2:17)
85. "It is the last hour." (I Jn. 2:18)
86. "Even now many antichrists have arisen; from this
we know that it is the last hour." (I Jn. 2:18; Compare Matt. 24:23-34)
87. "This is that of the antichrist, of which you
have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world." (I Jn.
4:3; Compare II Thess. 2:7)
88. "For certain persons have crept in unnoticed,
those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation.
...About these also Enoch ...prophesied, saying, 'Behold, the Lord came
with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and
to convict all the ungodly...'" (Jude 1:4,14-15)
89. "But you, beloved, ought to remember the words
that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that they were saying to you, 'In the last time there shall be mockers,
following after their own ungodly lusts.' These are the ones who cause
divisions..." (Jude 1:17-19)
90. "...to show to His bond-servants, the things
which must shortly take place." (Rev. 1:1)
91. "The time is near." (Rev. 1:3)
92. "Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I
come." (Rev. 2:25)
93. "I also will keep you from the hour of testing
which is about to come upon the whole world." (Rev. 3:10)
94. "I am coming quickly." (Rev. 3:11)
95. "And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who
is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron." (Rev. 12:5)
96. "And in her [the Great City Babylon] was found
the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on
the earth." (Rev. 18:24; Compare Matt. 23:35-36; Lk. 11:50-51)
97. "...to show to His bond-servants the things which
must shortly take place." (Rev. 22:6)
98. "Behold, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:7)
99. "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this
book, for the time is near." (Rev. 22:10; Compare Dan. 8:26)
100. "Behold, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:12)
101. "Yes, I am coming quickly." (Rev. 22:20)