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Back on December 9, Dr. Talbot wrote me to ask me to post some official statements from WTS on the blog for the benefit of the readers, and I dropped the ball and completely forgot. Dr. Talbot kindly wrote me today to remind me, and I was deeply mortified that I didn’t do it back when I said I would. So now I do wish to make good on my promise. A brief summary is in order first. Hyperpreterist Samuel Frost until very recently taught a course at Whitefield Theological Seminary, and in our opinion, consistently used that fact as tool to try to validate his heresy. Some correspondences were written to WTS expressly concern and opposition to having an unorthodox teacher at an orthodox school even if his subject matter was Hebrew and not eschatology. Since that time, I have been in some very kind exchanges with Dr. Talbot which have been slow due to both of our busy schedules. Here is what I had promised, and should have, posted back in early December. Even though I already apologized for my forgetfulness in private, I also apologize to Dr. Talbot publicly for that oversight on my part. Here is what he wished to be published:

“Mr. Edwards:

My answer to you was representing WTS when I stated: “”Whitefield Theological Seminary does not promote Full (Hyper) Preterism. Whitefield Theological Seminary maintains that Full (Hyper) Presterism is a ‘very dangerous’ theological error.” Now if you are Reformed and Calvinistic as you say you are, then you must know that since WTS publically states that our Seminary holds to the Westminster Confession of Faith 1647, that it would be impossible for us to support Full (Hyper) Preterism. We have a published statement in our Confession that clearly opposes any theological views held by Full (Hyper) Preterism. That is what confessionalism is all about. You have the official statement from WTS as given by its President.”

Whitefield Theological Seminary does not promote Full (Hyper) Preterism. Whitefield Theological Seminary maintains that Full (Hyper) Preterism is a ‘very dangerous’ theological error. Further, some Full (Hyper) Preterists may be heretical pending on their other doctrines as it relates to God, Christ, Man, and Salvation. Each individual would need to be interviewed for me to make that determination.

Dr. Talbot also wishes it known that Samuel Frost decided on his own to use Roderick’s email to WTS as a public issue and that WTS did not ask Samuel to do that.

While some of these issues are moot are Samuel Frost has resigned from WTS, Dr. Talbot and I are still in ongoing exchange over what my particular objections were from the beginning. Our conversations are private and shared with no one, including Roderick. I presume that Dr. Talbot is or has also corresponded with Roderick and those are private, between those to. I fully intend to honour the privacy of those emails and only post what Dr. Talbot says I may. I look forward to further discourse.

Phillip G. Kayser listed as a “regent” of Whitefield Theological Seminary wrote a paper in 1999 along with a committee wherein he defines hyperpreterism (so-called “full preterism”) as a heresy.  Although this declaration may not be all that bold since most all Christians would define hyperpreterism as a heresy since it certainly is contrary doctrine & divides Christians from true, historic Christianity (Rom 16:17-18), this coming from a regent of WTS is important because a well-known hyperpreterist “leader” likes to cite his association with WTS as an attempt to validate himself.

In the paper, Pastor Kayser says:

On the topic of eschatology, it seems there as many
answers as there are people to ask. Indeed, true believers
throughout history have held to all three main branches of
end-time chronology: premillennialism, postmillennialism,
and amillenialism. But aside from the differences all have
agreed on core issues and these commonalities reveal full
preterism to be unorthodox (i.e. heresy). (source: http://biblicalblueprints.org/products/Critique%20of%20Full%20Pre-bkl.pdf)

This is a very important point since many hyperpreterists, including the hyperpreterist man associated with WTS, try to claim that hyperpreterism should be accepted as just another alternative YET even with all their variances, all of the “orthodox” eschatologies affirm exactly the 3 things that hyperpreterism denies.  Hyperpreterism, in contradiction to 2000 years of Christian belief-claims 3 things:

1. Jesus came back once & for all in or around AD70.
2. Resurrection of the believers happened in or around AD70.
3. Judgment of the wicked & righteous happened in or around AD70.

There are now some hyperpreterists that are beginning to embrace their designation as heretics claiming Acts 24:14 as their crown of honor.  This only proves more & more that hyerpreterists twist the Scriptures to fit their agenda since Acts 24:14 speaks directly of Judaism’s view of Christianity.  Hyperpreterists are in effect, comparing 2000 years worth of Christianity to Judaism.
I urge people to contact WTS & encourage WTS in its stand against hyperpreterism:

Email & Telephone

(863) 683-7899

info@whitefield.edu
* image credit to Todd Dennis