Re: Verse 30027
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2026 6:40 pm
Peace to you LJ,SonOfZion232 wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 6:09 pm Richard, you're a preterist, theologically the work that the Almighty has given me to do can not possibly be true in your paradigm, Because all prophecy has been fulfilled, thus you summarily reject the mere idea of English Gematria. You looked up what method I have been using this entire thread without variation "ordinal English gematria" for every Word, Phrase or Verse, Had you followed along in the least, you would have already known that. And that's how you begin? How is that? If I have never varied from ordinal Gematria, do I need to repeat it every time?
Here is the point, If English gematria is true, your theology especially your eschatology is false doctrine. Correct?
As I explained earlier in this thread (here's the link, do you remember?), preterism has absolutely NOTHING to do with my comments about your codes. I've never brought it up, and it has never entered my mind. And more importantly, it's not accurate to say I'm a "preterist" per se because there are many varieties of preterism. I think the partial preterstist view is obviously true in that the temple was destroyed in 70 AD, during that generation, exactly as Christ predicted. It's also important that I haven't been focusing on eschatology at all since my return to faith last year. I've been much more interested in learning to live the faith and get in sync with the mind and will of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I don't believe "all prophecy has been fulfilled". I never believed that. I've always known that no system of eschatology was perfect - whether Preterist, Historicist, Futurist, or Idealist. They all have shortcomings. Back in the day, before I fell away, I concluded that partial preterism was the best, but it felt like all interpretatoins had some degree of support. For example, the seven churches of revelation link well with the history of the last 2000 years. And there is a timeless aspect of Revelation as a spiritual revelation of the revelation of Christ in the heart of the believer during the battle between good and evil over the span of the eon. Etc. I've always been very open minded about these things that we can't know for sure. There is absolutely no reason you work could not be possible in "my paradigm". My only critique is that is seems to be based on generating a list of random verses and then cherry picking words and numbers to make an arbitrary pattern.
And again, as I explained before eschatology has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO with my former rejection of English gematria. And again, as I told you, I have not made any arguments against English gematria since returning to the faith last year. It has not been my focus.
My critique is all about your methods. It has nothing to do with Preterism or even English gematria per se. It has to do with the fact that it would be very unlikely that any two people using your methods would ever independently come to the same conclusion. Now I know that you use English ordinal, but then you mixed it with Greek standard for a rather unusual spelling of "wind". You didn't use the most common word or spelling. There were many possibilities so someone else, using your same methods, would have probably chosen a different word and come to a different conclusion That's my point. Do you understand it?
Finally, you say: Here is the point, If English gematria is true, your theology especially your eschatology is false doctrine. Correct?
NO! That is not correct. Your method has absolutely nothing to do with eschatology. My only interest is in your methods.
Much peace to you.
Richard
