Good morning Issachar92,
Full Preterism is dangerous in that, along with allegorizing end-time events, claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, puts them under the same condemnation as Hymeneas and Philetus who were teaching that the resurrection had already taken place. Regarding this, Paul called it godless chatter, that it would spread like gangrene, that they had wandered from the truth and that they were destroying the faith of some. Preterism is detrimental to ones salvation.
The correct way to read the book of Revelation is "if the literal sense makes good sense, then don't seek any other sense." Take it at face value unless there is obvious symbolism. People who interpret Revelation as being completely symbolic are in error right from the get-go. In his book, one writer proclaimed that the book of Revelation is hyperbole i.e. exaggerated, not to be taken literally.
Those who do so will never be able to properly interpret the book of Revelation or end-time events.
Full Preterism is dangerous in that, along with allegorizing end-time events, claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, puts them under the same condemnation as Hymeneas and Philetus who were teaching that the resurrection had already taken place. Regarding this, Paul called it godless chatter, that it would spread like gangrene, that they had wandered from the truth and that they were destroying the faith of some. Preterism is detrimental to ones salvation.
The correct way to read the book of Revelation is "if the literal sense makes good sense, then don't seek any other sense." Take it at face value unless there is obvious symbolism. People who interpret Revelation as being completely symbolic are in error right from the get-go. In his book, one writer proclaimed that the book of Revelation is hyperbole i.e. exaggerated, not to be taken literally.
Those who do so will never be able to properly interpret the book of Revelation or end-time events.
I think the allegorizing teachers are doing this to stroke their own ego to be honest.
Why do I say that? Because once you get someone to accept that view, now you gotta go back to that teacher constantly and ask him what does this and that mean.
Since you cant read it for yourself in the literal sense and see what it says, you need a guru to explain it.