Like Father Like Son, On Clouds of Glory: A Study of the Nature of the Coming of Christ

by Don K. Preston

Jesus said his coming in judgment would be "in the glory of the father" (Matthew 16:27-28). Just what did "in the glory of the Father" mean? Amazingly few commentators take careful note of this important statement, but, the full implications of what it means are staggering! It means that Jesus' coming in judgment was going to be a coming as the Father had come before. And make no mistake, the Father had come many times, but, He had never come bodily, visibly, literally. He had always manifested His sovereignty by utilizing one nation to destroy another nation. Thus, for Jesus to say he was coming "in the glory of the Father" was to say that his coming in judgment was not-- contrary to all evangelical Christianity-- going to be a literal, bodily, physical or literal coming! This groundbreaking book by prolific author Don K. Preston has been called one of the most definitive books on the nature of Christ's Second Coming ever produced. There is nothing else like it anywhere! You will never look at eschatology in the same way after reading Preston's powerful book.

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

1968 Graduate of Elkins High School outside Fayetteville, Arkansas.

1975 graduate of the Northside school of preaching, (seminary) Harrison, Arkansas.

Don’s preaching ministry spans 35 years in only two different cities, Shawnee, Oklahoma and Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Don worked for 7 years helping produce a television program Christian magazine which received national recognition in the magazine, Christianity Today.

Don has written several books, including: 2 Peter 3: The Late Great Kingdom, reprinted now under the title of the Elements Shall Melt with Fervent Heat; Who is This Babylon? (Second Edition), Like Father Like Son, on Clouds of Glory, Into All The World Then Comes The End, The Last Days Identified, Seal Up Vision and Prophecy, Can God Tell Time?, Israel: 1948, Countdown To No Where, Blast From The Past: The Truth About Armageddon, Leaving the Rapture Behind, Seventy Weeks are Determined...for the Resurrection; How Is This Possible (third reprint, revised and enlarged, 2009). Some of Preston's works have been translated into six different languages, and reprinted several times.

Don’s book, Who is this Babylon?, A Study of Revelation, has received critical acclaim. He is currently at work on several other manuscripts including books on the(supposed) rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple, the Transfiguration, the parables of Jesus, the Olivet Discourse, the significance of circumcision in New Testament eschatology, the Song of Moses and eschatology, and others.

Don's 2010 book, We Shall Meet Him In The Air: The Wedding of the King of kings, is the very first, and only, full length commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4 from the preterist (fulfilled) perspective.

Preston’s writings have appeared in almost every major religious periodical of the churches of Christ.

Mr. Preston is an experienced debater, and has participated in several formal public debates as well as radio debates. his opponents include some of the leading evangelical leaders of the day, including:

Thomas Ice, co-founder with Tim Lahaye, of the Pre-Trib Research Center,
Harold Hoehner of Dallas Theological Seminary,
Dr. David Engelsma of Reformed Theological Seminary,
C. Marvin Pate of Moody College,
Dr. F. Lagard Smith, and other notable theologians.

He has participated in live interviews on such christian talk shows as “Salt and Light” in St. Louis, Missouri. Preston is also co-host, with William Bell, of a radio program each Tuesday evening, 6 PM central time, called "Two Guys and the Bible." The program can be heard live at ad70.net.

Mr. Preston‘s web address is www.eschatology.org. In addition to this website, Mr. Preston is also the personal owner of www.bibleprophecy.com, one of the top rated sites for the study of prophecy.

The websites contain many articles written by Don and other writers from around the country. They welcome open discussion and study.

Don served as minister for the Ardmore church of Christ, for 16 years. He resigned in order to devote himself full time to research writing, seminars and debates.

Hobbies include collecting and restoring old cars, especially early mustangs, and old pickups; fishing, hunting, internet research, reading, etc.

Reviews

[Richard Conklin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4-stars not because I wholeheartedly agree with all that is contained within/written, but rather due to the consistent challenging of commonly held beliefs, forcing you to dive deeper into scripture for a defense/proper understanding of what scripture does say.

[Lance Conley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Complete trash

In this book Preston denies the physical body of Christ and destroys his incarnation. This book is complete trash, heresy, pseudo scholarship and a waste of money.

[Jarmo Larsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a rich and detailed book written by Don K. Preston, about full preterism, or covenant eschatology as the author also calls it. I have seen several of his so called "Morning Musings" on Youtube and this is the first book I've read written by him. Preston is incredibly good at arguing for this view from God's Word, and it gives a completely new perspective on the end times, as something that already has been fullfilled and not something yet to come. He has good biblical arguments for his view. He agruments are thoroughly made, perhaps he is a little too thorough. He goes toe-to-toe with several well-known preachers and Bible teachers, both dispensationalists, millenialists and some partial preterists, and gives the reader many arguments as to why the modern end-time teaching lacks biblically, at least if one uses a healthy method of biblical interpretation. Sometimes, when you think Dr. Preston is finished with his arguments, he suddenly gives you couple more from his sleeve, and usually based on the Word of God and common biblical sense and logic.

Preston shows in a solid way that the teaching of the end times in the Bible has to do with the Israel of that time and the replacement of the Mosaic law in favor of the new covenant age and the church as the true wine tree and Israel, and that the second coming of Jesus actually happened in the year AD 70 by the total destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Of course I understand why full preterists are called heretics, but we will see how personalities such as John MacArthur, Grant Jeffreys, Thomas Ice, Kenneth Gentry and others gets a thorough analysis of their interpretations and why their end time views don't measure up with good biblical exegesis. We get an insight into how these bible teachers explain away so-called difficult verses about Jesus' return and how some of them sometimes even contradict themselves. Jesus and the apostles clearly claimed that they were living in the last days and that the coming of Jesus was just around the corner and was going to take place within their generation. The author defends this view and he does so in a subtle and biblically faithful way. It is sad that this has been some of atheists' and Bible critics' "best" bullets against the Christian faith, the fact that Jesus and the apostles really believed and taught that the coming of Jesus was around the corner, and then apparently it did not happen during that generation which Jesus prophesied about. But what if it really did happen? Don K. Preston brings this out in a good and solid way.

The author also deals with common accusations this doctrine faces and gives a good defense of his view and occasionally turns the critics' arguments against themselves. Examples of this are around the heresy of Hymenaeus in the Bible, who claimed that the resurrection already had taken place in Paul's time when Paul i.a. wrote his letters to Timothy. Another area he deals with is the area of whether Jesus had a glorified body after his resurrection or not.

Sometimes there may be a bit too much information in this book, to take in at once, and some parts of it are more interesting than other parts, but on the whole this is my clear favorite so far in my preterist readings. Preston also has a slight habit of repeating himself, a bit unnecessarily, but if you have to take it in with a teaspoon, you just have to. A good book that will shake any eschatological preconceptions. Are you ready to be shaken on what you thought was a good biblical foundation about the end times?