Redirectionalism

Redirectional - Idealism (Christian eschatology)
Redirectionalism is a Christian eschatology that defines Christian Idealism into the specific concepts having to do that generation of Jesus Christ up to AD 70 foremost. Redirectionalism differs from Preterism in that it sees the same prophecies that refer to AD 70 refer to all history in an idealistic (yet very real) sense. Because there is still sin in the world there is still judgment in the world as well. Redirectionalism differs from Historicism in that it does not see any prophecy as relating to any literal future events after AD 70. This eschatological belief is based on the ideas of God being played out in history, not so much as having to do with specific literal future events but more exactly as having to do with the nature of God and His end for sin or establishment of righteousness in the world through the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
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Donald Perry wrote in Redirectionalism Volumes 1 & 2
ISBN 978-0578071909
page 10 first paragraph:
Jesus said in Revelation 1:8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Here (as in other places throughout the New Testament) we are redirected to follow the example of Christ, the apostles, and the first fruits, in that which is, and which was, and which is to come. God does not change. What the book of Revelation concerns is the revelation of God about Himself, not only the plan of God. Revelation 1:1 reads “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ...”. The word for signified is semaino in Greek. In the Gospel of John, John uses the word of Jesus telling of His crucifixion as a sign. (John 12:33, 18:32) “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he should die.” The death of Jesus is not only a historical event, it is also a present reality that has present and future consequences. The crucifixion is also an everlasting expression of God Himself. These signs are truths that go deeper than they would if they were simply literal and historical. These things can and do refer to one period of time, but only in a limited way. Rather foremost, all these things refer to the past, present and future equally and always, they are the expression of the very truth of God that stand against the kingdom of Satan. Idealism in the Oxford English Dictionary reads: Idealism 1. Philos. Any system of thought or philosophy in which the object of external perception is held to consist, either in itself, or as perceived of ideas (in various senses of the word: See IDEA sb.). According to Platonic Idealism, there exists a perfect realm of Form and Ideas and our world merely contains shadows of that realm. Because Revelation was first written in Greek and to Gentiles who understood Greek philosophy an idealistic view and perfect truth would have been reasonable among its readers. The book of Revelation is not to be understood without knowing exactly what each of the truth of these signs mean in their absolute form, that they are the expression of God. This becomes clearer where the signs in Revelation are not presented on a timeline. This can be seen in Revelation where time has only an inconsistent part to do with the order of those signs.

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