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Barry Dupont: Universal Redemption Thru Preterism
Here is a classic quote from Preterist Universalist Barry Dupont. Dupont (correctly, in my opinion) sees the logical implications of teaching that 2 Peter 3 depicts the universal abolition of the law. When the law is taken away, sin is made of no strength, and consequently death has no more sting (1 Cor. 15: 55-56). Is this what Hyper-Preterists mean by the destruction of death in A.D. 70? I believe so!
“One need not be a Universalist because one is a Preterist. Nor does one need to be a Preterist because one is a universalist.
“The fulfilled view does however run toward an understanding of common grace for all, for it does see the end of the law in AD 70 (which is the strength of sin). It sees the end of types and figures in the first century and so then see a New World since then.”
Bryan Lewis — A Startling Revelation
Bryan Lewis is a Hyper-Preterist whose teachings have become more and more divergent over the past two years., At one point he proudly called himself a “Reformed” Christian. But that is not now the case. He recently let his guard down, and wrote:
“Systematic Theology seeks to organize theology and doctrine around fairly disconnected standard categories. It is my opinion, that this practice alienates doctrines that are otherwise joined at the hip and often causes the Biblical writers original point to be missed; especially soteriological points. In other words, we must not separate our eschatology and soteriology.”
Wow. Since according to Hyper-Preterists, ‘salvation’ only pertained to people living under the Old Covenant, and since the Old Covenant was completely dissolved in A.D. 70, it appears that salvation must now be a retro-active which is applicable to all mankind. At least ‘damnation’ is no longer possible, for (by H.P. admission) there is nothing left to save anybody from! If Lewis would follow out his own suggestion, he would have to become an inconsistent universalist!
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