
Satan's
Little Season (SLS) Part 1 of 4
NO WE WILL NOT BE BANNING "SATAN'S LITTLE
SEASON", WE WILL BE REFUTING IT
SLS, much like IO, ends up
introducing problems it claims to solve:
Chronological
inconsistency: It smuggles in a future expectation post AD70, which
undermines the Preterist foundation that the judgment, resurrection,
and kingdom were fulfilled at that time.
Redefinition of
"the end": If Satan has a "little season" after
the millennium ends, that logically places "the end" (1
Cor. 15:24) after 70 AD, making Jesus' reign and the resurrection
incomplete, contrary to Paul's clear teaching.
Undermines
victory: If Satan was released after the millennium for a little
season, you're left with this weird idea that the church finally
wins… only to have Satan run loose again. That doesn't square with
the total and final defeat language we get in Revelation and other
texts.
It's also worth noting that SLS tends to be used
as a safety valve for unresolved issues. People don't want to deal
with the implications of a fully realized Preterism, so they invent
a vague "little season" to punt the problem into some
undefined post 70 period.
Pair that with IO's flattening
of the gospel into a genealogy chart, and you've got two paradigms
that often lead people away from sound doctrine and into either
confusion or total abandonment of the Scriptures.
So yeah
IO and SLS together is a vibe. Keep the text tight, the fulfillment
full, and the timeline intact.
By Dan Maines
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