
Right Response Podcast Partial Preterism: The Apocalyptic End Of The Old Covenant | Matthew 16:24-28
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Feb 26, 2026 They debate a partial preterist reading of Matthew 16:24–28 that splits Jesus' comings into a near-term AD 70 fulfillment and a future final return. They critique common evangelical hermeneutics and lay out a historic, linguistic, cultural, literal and typological approach. They link AD 70 to the end of the old covenant and clarify partial versus full preterist positions.
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All Scripture Is For Us But Not To Us
- All Scripture is for us but not all Scripture is to us regarding immediate audiences and contexts.
- Joel Levin argues for a historic, linguistic, cultural, literal, typological, and partial preterist hermeneutic to read texts rightly.
Two Distinct Comings In Matthew 16
- Matthew 16:27 refers to Christ's final physical coming and universal judgment, which remains future even for modern readers.
- Matthew 16:28 is distinct and refers to a near-term coming that partial preterists locate in AD 70 as a local spiritual judgment.
AD 70 As A Local Spiritual Parousia
- AD 70 is presented as a local, spiritual parousia where Christ's authority judged Jerusalem via Titus, fulfilling Jesus' near-term promise.
- Joel Levin claims some contemporaries would still be alive to witness that vindication within decades of Jesus' words.
