For some time writers like Ken Gentry, R. C. Sproul, and myself have taught a view of eschatology (doctrine of the last things) that—for want of a better term—has been labeled “Preterism.” The word comes from the Latin praeteritus (“to go by, pass”) which, in turn, is based upon praeter (“that which is beyond, past”). A Preterist, then, is one who deals with the past. The immediate concern of all Preterists is the prophetic materials found in the Bible. Much