The End of All Things: A Defense of the Future

by C. Jonathin Seraiah

The easiest way to deal with false doctrine is to affirm its absolute opposite. Unfortunately, this opposite affirmation is often no less erroneous than the false doctrine against which it reacts-sometimes, it is worse. Most conservative Christians in the twentieth century have been obsessed with "the last days." An absolute opposite answer has recently emerged in the form of what C. Jonathin Seraiah terms "pantelism," the view that all final events had taken place by the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D.70. With one feel swoop, this viewpoint eviscerates dispensationalism. Unfortunately, it also undermines orthodox Christianity. This book by Seaiah shows that "consistent preterism" is far from consistent with the Biblical evidence and that the Second Coming of Christ is still in the future. Anyone interested in the larger questions of eschatology and hermeneutics will benefit from this book.

Genres: Theology

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jason Garwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Completely demolishes the erroneous pantelist view.

[Trish · Rating 3 out of 5]

R.C. Sproul, Jr. wrote the introduction to this book - and I could not say it better!!! I grew up a dispensationalist - and it never made much sense - but it was the only thing I knew for a long time. I hope to read more books about this subject in the future.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid, biblical refutation of hyper-preterism.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was pretty good. It is written to save pantelists from their heresy. Being "not a Pantelist", I really felt left out and like the author was not talking to me. If you are a Pantelist-Heretic, you should read this book. If you are not a Pantelist-Heretic, recently learned about partial preterism and are questioning things, this book is a great contribution, but there are better books for the task.

Short read. Covers many texts pertaining to the 2nd coming of Christ from a Postmillennial perspective.

[Gary · Rating 3 out of 5]

An exegetical look at the heretical claims of the Pantilists (hyper-preterists). Seraiah does a really good job. He patiently and fairly works through most of the relevant passages and shows the huge problems with a Pantalist reading. But, and it is a big enough but, he is not a great writer. In fact, his prose is rather dull and tedious. Only the interest I have in the subject kept me going.

Liked it.

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. It made me really think about eschatology. The author does not spend a lot of time explaining his opponents positions, so I plan on reading more about pantelism and then re-read this book to check arguments. A great resource.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

good and thorough