From a Q&A allegedly about N. T. Wright:

I like that. So why do some people seem to think he’s so dangerous?

He says provocative things. For instance, he thinks that when Jesus said that people would see the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, no first century Jew would actually expect to see a human figure descending on the clouds. He says that this is just apocalyptic language being used to communicate the theological import of what is happening. Thus, he refers to “the so called ‘second-coming.’” He says that the statements in Acts 1:9–11 about Jesus coming just as they saw him go look like a “post-Easter innovation.” He seems to think the return of Jesus took place in A.D. 70 when the temple was destroyed.

In some ways that sounds like typical preterism. But does this comment about Acts 1:9–11 mean he doesn’t believe everything the Bible says?

That’s what it seems to mean, but he’s hard to pinpoint….

What?

I remember distinctly reading this. What Wright meant by “post-easter” innovation was that the disciples refused to believe/could not seem to comprehend that Jesus was going to die and rise again. Until they saw him literally ascend they couldn’t understand talk of a literal descent/return.

And Wright is so not a full-preterist as this toys with implying.

I guess I’m suppose to go running to my primary sources and prove all this. Forget it. Anyone who wants to know the truth can find it for themselves. If you feel called to leave references in the comments, or to further drive me mad until I am provoked to action, be my guest. But I’m growing old running these fool’s errands.

When Van Til used the analogy of a man throwing balls to another man who had a bottomless pit behind him into which he threw each new ball, he said it applied to a believer trying to win over an unbeliever by listing “facts.” No, its not. It was a prophecy about trying to have rational discourse about N. T. Wright.

For the record, I in fact don’t agree with Wright’s theology of or statements about Scripture (not sure which it is).

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