Preterist Gangrene: Its Diagnosis, Prognosis and Cure
Martyn McGeown critiques preterism—the theological position that most or all biblical eschatological events were fulfilled in A.D. 70—as a dangerous heresy that undermines faith in Christ's future return, the resurrection of the dead, and the final judgment. Using the metaphor of gangrene from 2 Timothy 2:17-18, he diagnoses preterism's false teaching, explains its spiritual danger, and offers biblical correction for those affected by this error.
Martyn McGeown Contents I. Introduction II. Diagnosis: Gangrene! III. Prognosis IV. Cure V. Conclusion I. Introduction The Apostle Paul warns in II Timothy 2:17-18 of two false teachers in the church at Ephesus. These two heretics, Hymenaeus and Philetus, were preterists. They taught that the great eschatological event of the resurrection of the dead was past already. In doing this they overthrew the faith of some in the church (v. 18). Paul warns Timothy that heresy, and this preterist...