Fulfilled
All biblical prophecy was fulfilled by AD 70, in the generation Jesus named, in the city He named, at the time He named. The clock was not broken. The writers were not confused.
A book by Joseph Hill
Unraveling
the Truth
The Grand Deception
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
You've been waiting for the kingdom. What if it's already here?
15
Years of research
27
Chapters
175
Prophecies traced
821
Pages
The book
What if the kingdom you are waiting for has already come?
For two hundred years a grand deception has kept the church looking to the future. Unraveling the Truth recovers the time stamps the biblical authors actually wrote — and refuses to switch the power of the kingdom off once they are honored.
This is not a pamphlet. It is fifteen years of Josephus, Syriac manuscripts, Greek lexicons, and a private war with passages that would not stretch across two millennia. One hundred and seventy-five end-of-the-age prophecies are traced, dated, and located. The position has a name in these pages: Fulfilled Kingdom Theology.
Three convictions at once
Fulfilled Kingdom Theology
No existing school holds all three. Full preterism typically carries cessationism. Continuationism typically carries a pending apocalyptic calendar. This book will not choose.
Kingdom
The kingdom has arrived. It is not coming, not theoretical, not pending a rapture. Its full supernatural authority — healing, prophecy, deliverance, tongues, miracles — remains operational in anyone willing to be a conduit.
Theology
The rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, and spiritual forces of wickedness are not metaphor. They are the operational reality of the present age, and the church has already been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
From Chapter 3
I cannot wear that label
The time-indicator verses push a reader very close to full preterism on the matter of fulfillment. That is where the evidence took me. The prophecies said they would be fulfilled, and they were fulfilled, in the generation they named, in the city they named, at the time they named.
But I cannot wear that label. Full preterism, as it is actually taught, almost always carries cessationism with it. The kingdom came, the argument goes, and then the power of the kingdom politely shut off.
Chapter 20
Sixteen seeds of the deception
The framework most American Christians inherited is younger than the steam engine. It did not arrive in a single hour. It was planted, one seed at a time.
The Doctrines of Demons
Paul warned Timothy that “in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1, WEB).
The “Thousand Years” Literalized
The number “one thousand” (chilias) in Revelation 20 is used in the most figurative book in the Bible, a book that uses numbers symbolically from beginning to end: seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls, 144,000, twelve gates, four horsemen.
Daniel’s Fourth Beast Identified as Rome
As demonstrated in Chapter 8, the identification of Daniel’s fourth beast as the Roman Empire is a load-bearing pillar of the dispensational system.
The Conflation of Three Figures
As documented in Appendix A of this book, it was in Irenaeus of Lyons (about AD 180) that three separate biblical figures were merged into one and the merger made systematic.
The Late Dating of Revelation
As demonstrated in Chapter 12 of this book, the late dating of Revelation to AD 96 rests almost entirely on a single ambiguous statement by Irenaeus, writing over a century after the events.
The Kings’ Funerals Read as the Devil’s Biography
Two prophets sang funeral songs over two kings.
The author
Joseph Hill, writing from McCall
Not a professional theologian. A believer who would not stop asking the questions no pastor, professor, or commentary would answer to his satisfaction.
He lives in the Idaho high country with his wife Kelly and their dogs. He has built companies, holds patents, and spent nearly a decade in deliverance ministry — and fifteen years assembling the book he wished someone had handed him when the questions first started. The Westwood V.P.P. Josephus cover to cover. One hundred and seventy-five prophecies that would not stay unaddressed.
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The age has turned. The kingdom is now.
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